Kell Brook v Errol Spence Jr - 27/5/17 Sheffield UK

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Eddie Hearn says Kell Brook is most likely to defend IBF title against Errol Spence Jr and has admitted doubts about whether Amir Khan wants a British battle this year.
Hope this happens, two decent punchers so should be a great fight... Spence looks good so we'll find out if he's the real deal at elite level.



http://www.badlefthook.com/2017/2/1/14469594/kell-brook-likely-to-defend-ibf-title-against-errol-spence







http://www.badlefthook.com/2017/2/1/...t-errol-spence

[Fenster]

Eddie wants Brook to go to 154 but he doesn't want to dump his belt. Eddie hasn't heard from the Spence team since making them an offer. Eddie said Haymon/Spence must be ready to pay fortunes as Brook gets 75% of the purse bid.

Seems a big risk to go back to 147 after the Golovkin weight, if Brook does then fair play, especially for Spence.

Bet they vacate.

[g3org3]

Be surprised if this fight happens spence will fuck brook up easy people getting carried away by brooks last performance i think

[Dark Lord Al]

Spence has that Julian Jackson kind of power , would really show Brook has some guts to take on Spence after fighting at MW in his last fight.
I think as someone else said he will vacate.

[Master]

I would love Brook to take on Spence and beat him. That would shows brass balls and Khan would crap himself.

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I wouldn't give up my belt if i was Brook, i don't think he can hold his own with the elite in the Middleweight division.
I think an on for Saunders boxes his head off, Jacobs beats the shit out of him too and even Eubank Jnr would beat him.
I reckon he knows it too which is why i think he'll fight Spence and defend his title - time will tell
I think Spence v Brook is a seriously brutal fight so hope it happens.

[nuggetdotcom]

I would love Brook to take on Spence and beat him. That would shows brass balls and Khan would crap himself.

Brook will get support for a Sheffield fight from the council/institute of sport/Jessica ennis and all the rest, Hearn will obviously exploit the local corruption to subsidise the show. Wish other towns/cities had so much dodgy support with our money. I suppose Romford is not PC enough?

[Marty]

Eddie wants Brook to go to 154 but he doesn't want to dump his belt. Eddie hasn't heard from the Spence team since making them an offer. Eddie said Haymon/Spence must be ready to pay fortunes as Brook gets 75% of the purse bid.

Seems a big risk to go back to 147 after the Golovkin weight, if Brook does then fair play, especially for Spence.

Bet they vacate.

How does purse bids work chief?

[Alpha]

Eddie wants Brook to go to 154 but he doesn't want to dump his belt. Eddie hasn't heard from the Spence team since making them an offer. Eddie said Haymon/Spence must be ready to pay fortunes as Brook gets 75% of the purse bid.

Seems a big risk to go back to 147 after the Golovkin weight, if Brook does then fair play, especially for Spence.

Bet they vacate.

How does purse bids work chief?

Bids are accepted by any promoters. The highest bid wins the rights to stage the fight. The champion 'Brook' gets 75% and the challenger 'Spence' gets 25%.

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Spence is 100% willing to come to the UK and fight

Undefeated Olympian Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs) has no problem traveling over to the UK for his mandatory showdown with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, according to Spence's head trainer Derrick James.
Brook's promoter, Eddie Hearn, has placed his focus on making a deal with Spence and ongoing negotiations to fight Amir Khan had broken down over the financial terms.
But Hearn openly admits that he would rather have Brook drop the title and move up to the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds - as Brook strains his body to get down to the welterweight limit.

There is a purse bid scheduled for February 7th. Because of the 75-25 split in Brook's favor, Hearn is confident of gaining the home court advantage and bringing Spence over to the UK - which is fine with the challenger.
According to Hearn, there is a 70-80% chance that Spence will be the next fight for Brook - who as of this past weekend remained firm on the idea of following through with his mandatory defense. A meeting between Hearn and Brook is scheduled for tomorrow, when a final decision will be made.
"That's good to hear (about the chance of a Spence-Brook fight) but he hasn't really got a choice," James exclusively told Sky Sports. "We've heard about that fight [Khan], but we're not concerned with that because Eddie Hearn does say a lot of different things.
"Kell Brook wanted to fight Khan and be champion, but if he wants to stay champion, he's got to fight Errol. We're happy about it. We've worked a long time to get where we are and the outcome has made us happy. I can tell you, it's going to be a pretty good fight. We're expecting it to happen in the next three or four months and fighting in the UK is not a problem at all."
James watched Brook's last fight, but he wasn't overly impressed with what he saw. Brook moved up to by two divisions, to middleweight, to challenge WBA, IBO, IBF, WBC world champion Gennady Golovkin and was stopped in the fifth round. Brook started off very well, but faded due to a fractured orbital bone that came about in the second or third round.
James expects his boxer to shine in the contest, despite Brook appearing to be a step up in class when compared to the competition that Spence has faced thus far.
"On paper it might look like a big step up for Errol, but so far I have only watched one of his [Brook] fights against Triple G, and he looked a pretty good fighter but he certainly ain't phenomenal," James added.
"It just so happens that [Spence] is the No 1 in the IBF and it's not so much about the fighters, it's about the belt. If it was someone else, we would be talking about someone else. We've got nothing against Kell Brook, Kell Brook's just got something he wants to get. I think he's a good fighter, but I wasn't super impressed, thinking 'oh my god, he's amazing'.
"He's earned everything he's got, but he is going to need to go in there and do what he does best, because Errol is going to do what he does best, and what he needs to become a champion."

http://www.boxingscene.com/errol-spe...int_friendly=1

[Alpha]

Hearn should be very confident of winning the purse bid as I don't see Haymon put up a bunch only to have 75% of it go to Brook. I'll be impressed further with Spence if he decides to travel.

[powerpuncher]

Doubt it happens but it would be awesome if it did. It's just the fight that Spence needs to propel him to the top.

[Master]

Groves won the 3rd round but working hard for it