Brook Vs Jones 2 - Post-Fight Report

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Kell Brook Vs Carson Jones II - Fight Preview

By Jack Sumner @Jack_Sumner_

When he emerged with a majority decision victory from last July’s tougher than expected test in Carson Jones, Kell Brook was on the brink of the big time, one fight away from a world title shot. Having come through that gut check with his unbeaten record intact the Sheffield stylist was glad to see the back of Jones. Yet almost exactly a year later, he’ll be stepping through the ropes to meet the man who gave him hell once again.

Lee Purdy Vs Carson Jones set for December!

Lee Purdy.

It has been announced that Lee Purdy will defend his IBF International welterweight title against Carson Jones in December of this year. The fight will take place in London and will be shown live on Sky Sports.

The 25-year old picked up the title on September 8th at the Alexandra Palace when he put on a fantastic performance and stopped Gumersindo Carrasco in just four rounds. Purdy took the fight and very late notice but came more ready than ever for the biggest opportunity of his career. The win slung him into the welterweight world scene and the IBF now have him ranked just outside of the top 10 welterweights in the world.

"I took my chance against Carrasco with style and I plan to do the same against Jones," said Purdy. "He fights a bit like me, loves to have a tear-up and I think this could be a great fight, and if I win it I am likely to move into the top five of the IBF."

Jones is also coming off of a career-best performance but in a fight he didn't actually win. The American pushed British welterweight No.1 Kell Brook to the limit and lost a tight points decision.

"I honestly cannot believe he wants to fight me considering what I did to one of his stable mates," said Jones. "But I am glad to fight in the UK and think I am on my way to becoming the UK's favourite new adopted son."

"I hadn't heard of Purdy until the fight was offered. I think his style is perfectly suited for me and I will go in there and take him out."

Purdy's promoter Eddie Hearn is excited by the prospect of staging this show in December.

"I really think this could be one to remember," said Hearn. "Lee and his team have fancied the fight with Carson for a while now and when I made the approach it was accepted instantly. Its pretty obvious what kind of fight this is going to be, an out and out barn burner and a chance for Lee to really make his name on the world stage."

 

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

Kell Brook rejects fight with Timothy Bradley... Hoping for Ricky Hatton!

Brook after beating Ricky Hatton's younger brother Matthew.

British welterweight No.1 Kell Brook has revealed that he was very close to taking a bout with WBO welterweight champion and pound-for-pound contender Timothy Bradley but turned it down in order to finish his quest in becoming the mandatory challenger for the IBF title.

'The Special One' takes on Hector Saldivia on October 20th at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. The winner of this bout will earn the right to challenge for the IBF world title in the near future.

Brook and his promoter Eddie Hearn believe the mandatory route is the right way to go for the 25-year old and could potentially lead to super showdown with Ricky Hatton sometime next year.

"The Bradley fight was put in front of me but I believe the mandatory position in the IBF is the right move," said Brook. "Eddie (Hearn) has worked hard to get me into the position and providing I beat Saldivia, I'll be fighting for a world title at the start of 2013."

"I would love that to be in Sheffield too and I know Eddie would do his best to get it here as it would be an amazing event. I will also be watching Ricky Hatton's comeback with great interest as a fight against him next year would be an absolute blockbuster for British boxing."

"When I fought his brother Matthew you could see that the Hatton name still means a lot in boxing and we would fill a big stadium fighting for a world title."

Hearn also explained why they made the decision to turn down the fight.

"Top Rank contacted me in August and made us an offer for the Bradley fight. It was a nice ego boost for Kell to be offered a fight of such magnitude but we begun this journey with a goal of becoming a mandatory challenger and now we are just one win away."

For me, this is important for two reasons. Firstly, it looks clear that Brook is not one of those fighters that just wants to rush into big fights that could potentially back-track his career and he and Eddie Hearn are being very careful when it comes to planning his career and picking fights. It also proves that some of the top welterweight fighters are taking Ricky Hatton's comeback very seriously. The fact that Kell Brook is planning a potential "super" fight with him next year shows us that most of his fighters are expecting him to become serious competition for them.

 

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

Brook taken to a place he has never been before!

Undefeated British welterweight Kell Brook fought last night (June 7th) and extended his perfect record to 28-0. However, it wasn't as easy as some people expected it to be. Jones put up a hell of a fight and made it the toughest test of Brook's entire career.

Brook started well and easily won the first four or five rounds but then things started to change. The tactics that were ineffective for Jones at the start of the fight, were starting to work and bring the American back into the fight. In the first few rounds, it was Brook's physical strength and superior boxing skills that were keeping Jones at bay, but the spite that Brook desperately wanted to prove he had, may have just worked against him in the middle rounds. 'The Special One' started to get involved in a war and this style of fight suited Jones.

The hard-punching American continued to move forward and at one point, Brook looked a little dazed and wobbly. It was revealed that after the 8th round that Brook was suffering from a broken nose. It was clear that this was effecting Brook has he was breathing heavily and not throwing his punches with the same aggression that he was at the beginning. 

Brook managed to last the final few rounds and even stood toe-to-toe with Jones in the last minute or so of the fight. The judges scorecards at the end were 114-114, 116-113, 115-113. The last two were fair, but I still don't know how the first judge managed to score the fight a draw. Jones had a few good rounds, but Brook was in control for the majority of the fight.

'The Special One' proved a lot of things in this fight, but also left a lot of questions. We are still wondering if he is ready to step up in class and fight world beaters, but he did prove to all of his doubters that he has a tremendous amount of heart and almost a pretty strong chin.

On the under-card of the fantastic show set up by Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, there were no surprises. Gavin Rees scored a 9th round KO over Derry Matthews in their highly anticipated rematch for the European lightweight title. And in the other great rematch, Proksa won back his European middleweight title by knocking out Kerry Hope in the 8th round.

Big Fights Weigh-In Results

Here are the weigh-in results for all of tomorrow night's big fights...

Tyson Fury Vs Vinny Maddalone

Tyson Fury - 17st 7lb 8oz 

Vinny Maddalone - 16st 8lb  

Chris Eubank Jr Vs Terry Carruthers

Chris Eubank Jr - 11st 8lb 9oz

Terry Carruthers - 11st 8lb 10oz

Kell Brook Vs Carson Jones

Kell Brook - 10st 6lb 10oz

Carson Jones 10st 6lb 2oz

Wladimir Klitschko Vs Tony Thompson

Wladimir Klitschko - 17st 11lb 2oz

Tony Thompson - 17st 6lb 11oz

Brook Vs Jones winner must face Saldivia...

Brook and Jones head-to-head at press conference.

It has been reported that the IBF have now formally sanctioned the voluntary final eliminator for the welterweight No.2 position between Kell Brook and Carson Jones. However, there is one condition, the winner of the bout must face No.4 ranked fighter Hector Saldivia, and the fight must take place under 90 days after the July 7th showdown between Brook and Jones.

The reason for this is that Jones is ranked at No.3 and Brook at No.5 so it is only fair that the man in the middle gets a shot at becoming the number one contender for the IBF world title.

The vacant IBF title was captured by 37-year old 'Knock-out King' on the undercard of the Bradley-Pacquiao fight last Saturday (June 9th). Bailey pulled off a fantastic comeback to become welterweight champion of the world for the second time. He was behind widely on points and the only way he could win was if he pulled off one of his trademark knockouts in the last round. And that's exactly what he did. In the eleventh round he delivered a one-punch knockout that sent Mike Jones crashing to the canvas, to win the fight.

If the winner of Jones Vs Brook agrees to another fight before their compulsory bout with Saldivia, they will be removed from the eliminator and immediately dropped out of the top 10.

This is a bit of bad news for British fan favourite Kell Brook as he wanted to capture a world title as soon as possible. He has won just about every other title available at lower levels and he now wants to prove that he is a top fighter in the world right now. He will just have to wait a little longer to do so.

Kell Brook & Carson Jones head-to-head at press conference (Video)

Here is exclusive footage of an aggressive head-to-head between Kell Brook & Carson Jones at today's press conference...

Video by iFilm London.

Things got heated at today's press conference to promote the July 7th clash between Kell Brook and Carson Jones. The two squared up for the usual face-off you see at pressers but Jones then decided to go a little over the top and pushed his head into Brook's. The Sheffield star didn't retaliate but you could tell he was a little frustrated and maybe a little scared.

The two men were separated by Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn but a few moments later came together again and this time the stare-off lasted a little longer. Jones continued to press his face into Brook's which forced Eddie Hearn to have to step in again.

Brook is not really used to this type of thing, and from that point on he looked a little weary of his opponent. Maybe Jones' game plan will be to play mind games with Kell Brook and by the looks of it, they may even work.

Lee Purdy Post-Fight Interview

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