The other boxing forum is stating that Michael Clark (http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer) is Kell Brooks opponent on Dec 11th. Supposedly it's on Twitter
Not a particularly tough test IMO for someone of Kells supreme skills, but a win should push him towards title contention
Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
I remember watching Michael Clark on The Contender. I was happy to see him lose. He's really gobby.
It's not a good fight, though. Mike Alvarado has already iced Clark in 1 round.
It's not a good fight, though. Mike Alvarado has already iced Clark in 1 round.
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
He didn't 'ice' him, did he? Regardless, it's a poor opponent - can't see this happening, surely.Asterix wrote:I remember watching Michael Clark on The Contender. I was happy to see him lose. He's really gobby.
It's not a good fight, though. Mike Alvarado has already iced Clark in 1 round.
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
Just checked, and you're right, Clark "hurt his hand".Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:He didn't 'ice' him, did he? Regardless, it's a poor opponent - can't see this happening, surely.
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
bit of a joke really
he's a tad over-rated imho
he's a tad over-rated imho
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
Kel's under-rated IMOLP_1985 wrote:bit of a joke really
he's a tad over-rated imho
Paulie Mallignaggis name is also being touted allegedly
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
Chambers2 wrote:Kel's under-rated IMOLP_1985 wrote:bit of a joke really
he's a tad over-rated imho
Paulie Mallignaggis name is also being touted allegedly
yea i heard that to. he needs to step up not down otherwise were get another mitchell episode....
Re: Kell Brooks opponent Dec 11th
According to to the boxrec schedule, Sheffield's Kel Brook ticks over with a 12-rounder against veteran former world title challenger Michael "Cold Blood" Clark in Liverpool on December 11.
Brook, a heavy handed youngster with masses of potential, extended his unbeaten record to 22-0 (11) with a cuts win over Chorley's Michael Jennings in five rounds in September; however, he looked a little raw against the clever Jennings, and the fight was still very much up for grabs, so it is wise to keep Brook learning at this stage of his career than to throw him in with a top 10 contender, although you scratch your head as to why Jennings doesn't get a second go.
Clark, a pro 17 long years and from Colombus, Ohio, has sparred Floyd Mayweather Junior in his time but his book of life reads 'tried yet failed' in the ring for real. At 40-5-1 (18), Clark was turned back by major world champions Artur Grigorian, Vivian Harris and Sirimongkol Singwangcha at his peak, by a much heavier Cornelius Bundrage more recently in 2006 and by world class Colorado light-welterweight Mike Alvarado in December 2007, since when he has popped up occasionally to bag a win here and there, and was held to a 10-round draw by good ol' country boy Verquan Kimbrough in West Virginia in 2008. He has fought just once this year to date: a bizarre nine-round decision win over fellow American Jason Pires in Rhode Island. "They didn't want to make an eight-round fight and they didn't want to go 10 so we met in the middle," said Clark, who had Pires down in the eighth.
He was 24-0 when he challenged Grigorian for the WBO lightweight title in Germany in 1999. He dropped the hard-hitting Uzbekistani southpaw in the fourth round but was down twice himself and stopped in the fifth. Clark was down four times against Brooklyn's Harris in an ambitious match at light-welterweight in 2002, and lost a landslide 12-round decision. (Harris was WBA light-welterweight champion two fights later.) He was down twice against Thai star Singwangcha, a former WBC super-featherweight champion, and stopped in the seventh round of a lightweight encounter in Las Vegas in 2005. Light-middleweight Bundrage dropped him in the dying seconds of their five-rounder in Contender II and eliminated him on a majority, while Alvarado chased him round the ring after Clark injured his right hand with the very first punch he threw, forcing the referee to stop it midway through the opener.
Clearly, Clark looks a bit 'chinny', but he gets up and he fights on. Despite his nickname, he is not a big puncher. He is crafty, a good mover who throws decent combinations. However, he remains a blown-up lightweight whose most recent fight, in the summer, came at light-welterweight. Plus, he is 37.
Brook, 13 years younger, naturally bigger and stronger, can box and punch his way to a decision.
Brook, a heavy handed youngster with masses of potential, extended his unbeaten record to 22-0 (11) with a cuts win over Chorley's Michael Jennings in five rounds in September; however, he looked a little raw against the clever Jennings, and the fight was still very much up for grabs, so it is wise to keep Brook learning at this stage of his career than to throw him in with a top 10 contender, although you scratch your head as to why Jennings doesn't get a second go.
Clark, a pro 17 long years and from Colombus, Ohio, has sparred Floyd Mayweather Junior in his time but his book of life reads 'tried yet failed' in the ring for real. At 40-5-1 (18), Clark was turned back by major world champions Artur Grigorian, Vivian Harris and Sirimongkol Singwangcha at his peak, by a much heavier Cornelius Bundrage more recently in 2006 and by world class Colorado light-welterweight Mike Alvarado in December 2007, since when he has popped up occasionally to bag a win here and there, and was held to a 10-round draw by good ol' country boy Verquan Kimbrough in West Virginia in 2008. He has fought just once this year to date: a bizarre nine-round decision win over fellow American Jason Pires in Rhode Island. "They didn't want to make an eight-round fight and they didn't want to go 10 so we met in the middle," said Clark, who had Pires down in the eighth.
He was 24-0 when he challenged Grigorian for the WBO lightweight title in Germany in 1999. He dropped the hard-hitting Uzbekistani southpaw in the fourth round but was down twice himself and stopped in the fifth. Clark was down four times against Brooklyn's Harris in an ambitious match at light-welterweight in 2002, and lost a landslide 12-round decision. (Harris was WBA light-welterweight champion two fights later.) He was down twice against Thai star Singwangcha, a former WBC super-featherweight champion, and stopped in the seventh round of a lightweight encounter in Las Vegas in 2005. Light-middleweight Bundrage dropped him in the dying seconds of their five-rounder in Contender II and eliminated him on a majority, while Alvarado chased him round the ring after Clark injured his right hand with the very first punch he threw, forcing the referee to stop it midway through the opener.
Clearly, Clark looks a bit 'chinny', but he gets up and he fights on. Despite his nickname, he is not a big puncher. He is crafty, a good mover who throws decent combinations. However, he remains a blown-up lightweight whose most recent fight, in the summer, came at light-welterweight. Plus, he is 37.
Brook, 13 years younger, naturally bigger and stronger, can box and punch his way to a decision.