Kell Brook vs Carson Jones - Two Weeks to Go
by Danny Richardson
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Tomorrow will mark two weeks until the rising star of British boxing, Kell Brook, faces dangerous American Carson Jones in an eliminator for the IBF welterweight tile, currently held by Randall Bailey, who became the first man to beat Mike Jones nearly a fortnight ago. Brook, who is unbeaten in 27 professional contests, is regarded as a future world champion, and has built up a solid fanbase in recent contests, and is fast becoming a fan favourite.
That was evident in March, when nearly 10,000 people packed out Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena to witness the Steel City man dismantle the seasoned Matthew Hatton, arguably Brook's best performance. Not appearing to get out of second gear, Brook has yet to showcase his full repotoire, and looks set to become a tremendous fighter. Trained at the famed Ingle gym in Wincobank, Sheffield, Brook has a great team behind him and looks set to reach the top of the sport.
However, in Carson Jones, Brook faces a step up in class. Although he has 8 defeats on his record, Jones has stepped up recently and looks a totally different propostion to the fighter that suffered early career defeats. Jones is a tough cookie and throws a great right hand which Brook has looked open to in the past, so will cause Brook plenty of problems on July 7th. He is full of confidence and sees Brook as a stepping stone to a world title opportunity.
However, Brook has a similar mentality. This is a fight he should win, and win well. I haven't seen much of Jones, but from what I have seen, Brook has the superior boxing ability, and if he packs the spite in the punches he is promising to, he should get Jones out of there. He's been stopped before by worse fighters than Brook, and although Jones will make it a tough night for 'The Special One', Brook should come through this fight and earn a world title shot in the process.
That shot should come against Randall Bailey, who as I mentioned earlier, shocked a lot of people by knocking the previously unbeaten Mike Jones clean out. Jones was seen as the rising star of the welterweight division over in America, but was unimpressive against Bailey even though he was winning at the time of the knockout. If the American fans were raving about Jones, wait till they see Brook in action. For the record, I believe Brook would beat Bailey comfortably. Although he has great power, he would struggle to get near Brook, and I am confident we would have a new world champion should they ever meet.
But back to Carson Jones, and I'll be looking at the ins and outs the day before the fight and giving my prediction then, but the early signs point to a Brook win. He looks in great shape, and I fully expect him to do a job on Jones in two weeks time. Something that I have never seen from Brook before is the bad blood shared between him and Jones, which was evident at the press conference announcing the fight.
But I think this may give Brook all the motivation he needs to, as he would say, 'smash' Jones. Of course I might be slightly biased, because I am a huge fan of Brook, especially with him being a local lad, but even then, I see nothing else but a Brook victory in two weeks time. He is incredibly down to earth and has a lot of time for his fans, unlike some of the other fighters we have to offer. I think we should all get behind him.
I am tired of seeing the stick he gets from some of our fellow fight fans, who have nothing else to say apart from "he's 26, he should be fighting at a higher level than he is by now" and "where are the names on his record?". Fighters mature at different rates and there is nothing wrong with taking your time. Age is nothing but a number as we've seen from Bernard Hopkins, and Brook is hitting his peak just as he is about to step up in class. We should be giving him all the support in the world, and I will be right behind Brook come July 7th. Look out for my preview of the fight, but until then, come on Kell!
Tomorrow will mark two weeks until the rising star of British boxing, Kell Brook, faces dangerous American Carson Jones in an eliminator for the IBF welterweight tile, currently held by Randall Bailey, who became the first man to beat Mike Jones nearly a fortnight ago. Brook, who is unbeaten in 27 professional contests, is regarded as a future world champion, and has built up a solid fanbase in recent contests, and is fast becoming a fan favourite.
That was evident in March, when nearly 10,000 people packed out Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena to witness the Steel City man dismantle the seasoned Matthew Hatton, arguably Brook's best performance. Not appearing to get out of second gear, Brook has yet to showcase his full repotoire, and looks set to become a tremendous fighter. Trained at the famed Ingle gym in Wincobank, Sheffield, Brook has a great team behind him and looks set to reach the top of the sport.
However, in Carson Jones, Brook faces a step up in class. Although he has 8 defeats on his record, Jones has stepped up recently and looks a totally different propostion to the fighter that suffered early career defeats. Jones is a tough cookie and throws a great right hand which Brook has looked open to in the past, so will cause Brook plenty of problems on July 7th. He is full of confidence and sees Brook as a stepping stone to a world title opportunity.
However, Brook has a similar mentality. This is a fight he should win, and win well. I haven't seen much of Jones, but from what I have seen, Brook has the superior boxing ability, and if he packs the spite in the punches he is promising to, he should get Jones out of there. He's been stopped before by worse fighters than Brook, and although Jones will make it a tough night for 'The Special One', Brook should come through this fight and earn a world title shot in the process.
That shot should come against Randall Bailey, who as I mentioned earlier, shocked a lot of people by knocking the previously unbeaten Mike Jones clean out. Jones was seen as the rising star of the welterweight division over in America, but was unimpressive against Bailey even though he was winning at the time of the knockout. If the American fans were raving about Jones, wait till they see Brook in action. For the record, I believe Brook would beat Bailey comfortably. Although he has great power, he would struggle to get near Brook, and I am confident we would have a new world champion should they ever meet.
But back to Carson Jones, and I'll be looking at the ins and outs the day before the fight and giving my prediction then, but the early signs point to a Brook win. He looks in great shape, and I fully expect him to do a job on Jones in two weeks time. Something that I have never seen from Brook before is the bad blood shared between him and Jones, which was evident at the press conference announcing the fight.
But I think this may give Brook all the motivation he needs to, as he would say, 'smash' Jones. Of course I might be slightly biased, because I am a huge fan of Brook, especially with him being a local lad, but even then, I see nothing else but a Brook victory in two weeks time. He is incredibly down to earth and has a lot of time for his fans, unlike some of the other fighters we have to offer. I think we should all get behind him.
I am tired of seeing the stick he gets from some of our fellow fight fans, who have nothing else to say apart from "he's 26, he should be fighting at a higher level than he is by now" and "where are the names on his record?". Fighters mature at different rates and there is nothing wrong with taking your time. Age is nothing but a number as we've seen from Bernard Hopkins, and Brook is hitting his peak just as he is about to step up in class. We should be giving him all the support in the world, and I will be right behind Brook come July 7th. Look out for my preview of the fight, but until then, come on Kell!
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