Browsing Tag Kell Brook

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  Sept. 27, 1986: Curry vs Honeyghan

  Remember when Britain’s Kell Brook attempted to shake up the sports world by challenging powerful middleweight KO artist Gennady Golovkin? Naturally, Brook was a big underdog as he moved ...

  On September 27, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

  You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...

  On September 25, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Don’t Sleep On “One Time”

  For my money, there is no hotter and more tantalizing division in boxing today than the welterweights. Historically, the 147 pound weight class has been the home of ...

  On June 13, 2019 / By James Simpson
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  When Fighters Fought: Time for a Welterweight Renaissance

  Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...

  On April 29, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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  Enigmatic To The End

  Amir Khan may be the nicest man I’ve spoken to in the entire fight game. If I had to consider all the people I’ve shared a few words ...

  On April 22, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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  Method To The Madness?

  I’m moving up two weight divisions, and not just to fight any welterweight, but Errol Spence. At first glance, it seems nuts. –Mikey Garcia Four-division titlist and counter-puncher ...

  On March 15, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  The Weekend That Was

  In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter showed just how taxing it could be outside ...

  On March 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Garcia vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

  As one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...

  On September 5, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Special K Ready To Rebound

  A major theme of recent years in boxing is fan frustration with too many elite fighters taking too few risks. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather side-stepping a match with ...

  On March 9, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 172

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! This week: Congrats to Deontay Wilder! And Sergey Kovalev! And Dmitry Bivol! And Kell Brook! ...

  On March 8, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans

  Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...

  On January 23, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  Don’t Count Him Out

  This Saturday night, Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C. will be in Brooklyn, New York to face Errol Spence Jr. for the IBF world welterweight title. While the welterweight ...

  On January 18, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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  2017 Performance of the Year

  Nominees: Leo Santa Cruz (vs Carl Frampton) Oleksandr Usyk (vs Marco Huck) Andre Ward (vs Sergey Kovalev) Errol Spence (vs Kell Brook) Roman Gonzalez (vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai ...

  On January 5, 2018 / By Rafael García
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 163

  Happy New Year and welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week: congrats to Khabib Nurmagomedov! He made it look easy! Will Conor McGregor ever fight again ...

  On January 4, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  2017: The Nominees

  One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to recent years when significant matches were few and ...

  On January 3, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Fury vs Joshua: It Has To Happen

  As of last week, lineal heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury, has been cleared by UK Anti-Doping to fight again. News on the Furious One has been ...

  On December 18, 2017 / By Sherif Dhaimish
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  Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!

  As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in the boxing world, all the top contenders and ...

  On July 13, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Next Step to Stardom: Spence vs Khan

  Errol Spence Jr. is now a world champion, becoming one under circumstances not common to this generation of fighters. He took on the most talented welterweight in the ...

  On June 8, 2017 / By Danny Howard
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  Fight Report: Brook vs Spence

  The Event: The welterweight division is one of the most intriguing in the sport at the present time and Kell Brook vs Errol Spence Jr. is one of ...

  On May 28, 2017 / By Matt O'Brien
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  Brook vs Spence: Closer to The Truth

  Tomorrow night at Bramall Lane Ground in Sheffield, England, IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook will defend his belt against fearsome up-and-comer Errol Spence Jr. If most fight fans ...

  On May 26, 2017 / By Rafael García
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  Brook vs Spence: The Fight City Picks

  As 2017 continues to be a stellar year for professional prizefighting, we come to one of the best possible match-ups in the welterweight division: Kell Brook vs Errol ...

  On May 26, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Q&A With Lee Wylie (No. 5)

  Suffering from uncertainty about your lead shoulder feint? Having trouble with your distance management or footwork? Are tactical concerns regarding your favorite fighter keeping you up at night? ...

  On May 19, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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  Porter Defeats Berto: Time For Thurman vs Porter II

  Multiple cuts and myriad head clashes couldn’t discourage Shawn Porter’s relentless onslaught against Andre Berto, resulting in a ninth-round stoppage win for “Showtime” that should lead to an anticipated ...

  On April 24, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  The Khan Conundrum

  At the Athens Olympics in 2004, the British boxing team consisted of a single pugilist: Amir Khan. The Bolton-born lad was alight with a Northern-English charm. He nonchalantly ...

  On April 16, 2017 / By Sherif Dhaimish
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  Golovkin vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks

  Say what you like, but Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs is a legit, elite-level matchup, a clash of two of the very best in the middleweight class. Yes, ...

  On March 16, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 120

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats to Paulie Malignaggi on a great career! The former two-division champion may have lost his last fight, but he ...

  On March 8, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Brook vs Spence: Boxing Moves On

  What a difference a year makes. Truly, in 2016 I was genuinely worried about the state of pro boxing. There were times last year when it just seemed ...

  On February 17, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 95

  Time for Manny’s Thoughts! Congrats to Jonathan DiBella! Congrats to Chocolatito! Congrats to Kell Brook! Never forget that second round! Big amateur shows this coming Saturday in The ...

  On September 13, 2016 / By Manny Montreal
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  Respect For Brook And Cuadras

  Only in boxing can a man be criticized for doing a poor job after fracturing his opponent’s eye socket. Sure enough, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin messed up Kell “Special ...

  On September 12, 2016 / By Sean Crose
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  The Curious Case Of Kell Brook

  Ezekiel Brook of Sheffield, England is something of an enigma. He became one of the very few British boxers to win a world title from an American champion ...

  On September 9, 2016 / By Matt O'Brien