Kell Brook: My Injury Is Genuine

10/26/201510/24/2015 Olly Campbell

It’s not exactly of ‘did aliens land at Roswell?’ or ‘who shot JFK?’ proportions, yet a persistent conspiracy theory has surrounded IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s rib ‘injury,’ an injury that postponed tonight’s scheduled clash with Argentina’s Diego Chaves.

Many quarters on social media have questioned the legitimacy of the ailment, with reasons given for it including Eddie Hearn wishing to move the fight to his December PPV show, as well as Brook struggling to make 147 in time; rumours that Hearn recently called ‘absolute rubbish.’

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‘I Would Kill Kell Brook’ says Brandon Rios

10/20/201510/20/2015 Olly Campbell

It seems that Brandon Rios hasn’t quite got over his disappointment at the cancellation of his mooted fight with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook earlier this year, insisting Brook was afraid to step in the ring with him and is simply calling out names he has no intention of fighting.

Rios’ team were negotiating with Brook and his promoter Eddie Hearn for some time before the proposed clash fell apart due to contractual minutiae; most notably money and a rematch clause, leading ‘Bam Bam’ toward his alternative date next month with WBO boss, Tim Bradley.

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Brook Pulls Out of Chaves Fight With ‘Convenient’ Injury

10/16/201510/16/2015 Olly Campbell

IBF welterweight champion, Kell Brook, has pulled out of his Oct 24. title defence against Argentina’s Diego Chaves, allegedly due to a rib injury.

The Sheffield fighter has reportedly picked up the injury in sparring, an ailment which the more cynically minded among us might call ‘conveniently timed’ given he was due to fight for what we’ll call a PPV purse on a non-PPV show next week.

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British boxing in the autumn/fall of 2015: ’tis the season of postponement

10/16/201510/16/2015 James Slater

Fight fans, like all sports fans, have at one time or another been forced to accommodate the frustration of big events being postponed. But (is it just me?) it seems more and more fights are being postponed these days. Just now, news has broken how Kell Brook’s IBF welterweight title defence against Diego Chaves, originally set for October 24th, has been postponed due to a rib injury suffered by Brook.

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Kell Brook Will Also Win World Titles at 154 & 160 says Hearn

09/25/201509/25/2015 Olly Campbell

Matchroom boxing’s Eddie Hearn – promoter of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook – says that he can envision his fighter cleaning house at welterweight before moving up in pursuit of world titles at both 154 and 160.

Brook fights Argentina’s Diego Chaves on October 24th in Sheffield before supposedly then closing out his year in December on the big Anthony Joshua/Dillian Whyte bill from London’s O2, that it’s mooted will be the 3rd Matchroom/Sky PPV of 2015.

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Kell Brook says He’s Intent on Surpassing Mayweather’s Legacy / Delighted to Enter RING P4P at #10

09/17/201509/17/2015 Olly Campbell

It’s not unfair to say that yesterday’s revised RING magazine pound-for-pound list raised a few eyebrows and sparked some healthy debate across social media.

The new top ten, freshly adjusted in the wake of Floyd Mayweather’s retirement, saw the returning Andre Ward enter at #2 despite a 19 month lay-off and one routine catchweight win over an over-matched Paul Smith three months ago. It also saw dominant lineal heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko slip down 3 places to #6, sparking yet more intense debate.

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Kell Brook Is a Pu* says Brandon Rios / I Hope Diego Chaves F** Him Up!

09/09/201509/09/2015 Olly Campbell

“Bam Bam” Brandon Rios is finally set to return to the ring in November against Timothy Bradley, a full 10 months after his dominant and destructive victory over an “out-of-sorts” ‘Mile High’ Mike Alvarado in their January rubber-match.

It’s been a long time coming for the Robert Garcia trained brawler, who, until reasonably recently, was all set to be coming to England to challenge IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, until the fight fell apart at the advanced negotiation stage – over a number of different reasons – chief among them was thought to be financial minutiae – so at the last minute, Team Rios, and manager Cameron Dunkin, had to start their search for an opponent all over again.

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Kell Brook: Blame Amir Khan for Not Giving What the Fans Want / Khan vs Provodnikov Speculation

09/04/201509/04/2015 Olly Campbell

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, currently being met with an unenthusiastic reception to his October 24th clash with Argentina’s Diego Chaves, has hit out at bitter divisional rival Amir Khan, once again blaming the Bolton man for being the reason behind their bout not happening, insisting that if it doesn’t come together next year, then it probably never will.

Fans angry at being promised the big names for Brook by promoter Eddie Hearn, were not expecting Khan to step up next, as he had already stated he believed Brook needs to fight bigger names, although this fight with Chaves – reasonably high risk, for very little reward/credit – is hardly going to set the world alight in that respect, and do little to entice Khan in, as the Argie is a relative unknown outside of the hardcore fans in the UK.

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Brook Fighting Chaves in October as Expected / Crazy Mosley Speculation for December!

09/02/2015 Olly Campbell

As expected, Britain’s unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, will indeed make the next defence of his title on October 24th in Sheffield, against Argentina’s Diego Chaves, before returning to the ring in December, in what will be his 4th fight, and title defence, of 2015.

Just before Brook appeared live on Sky Sports News in the UK today, to talk about the fight with Chaves, there was some conveniently timed twitter chatter from American veteran Shane Mosley, who stopped the horrendously out-of-shape Ricardo Mayorga last weekend in Los Angeles – his first fight in two years since returning from injury.

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Kell Brook Opponent to Be Announced This Week / Diego Chaves Still Likely with Klitschko/Fury TV Split

08/31/201508/31/2015 Olly Campbell

For those still waiting on an announcement regarding IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s next defence of his title – that is set to take place on October 24th in his Sheffield backyard, then the wait will come to an end this Wednesday, when an announcement is to be made live on Sky Sports News in the UK.

Brook was last seen destroying over-matched countryman Frankie Gavin inside 6 rounds back in May, and was almost set to face American brawler Brandon Rios, until the fight fell apart over contractual minutiae – including money and a rematch clause – yet Rios is now set to fight in November in California and is (sadly) firmly out of the picture.

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