Kell Brook V Errol Spence

[mickey1975]

"In an ideal world, he would unify the division against Manny Pacquiao, but the Spence fight is also one that really excites him and fight fans. That could be a big fight here in the UK and with the 75-25 split in place we would be very confident of bringing that fight to Sheffield."

Probably because with a false bid, they could bid £2m and pay each £500,000.

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

[BigDoofus]

Probably because with a false bid, they could bid £2m and pay each £500,000.

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

You think Brook will fight Spence for £500,000?

[mickey1975]

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

You think Brook will fight Spence for £500,000?

He will be told to have any chance of bringing it here, he will have to take a lot less than 75%, whatever that may be.

[BigDoofus]

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

You think Brook will fight Spence for £500,000?

He will be told to have any chance of bringing it here, he will have to take a lot less than 75%, whatever that may be.

You write this as a fact. How do you know the ins and outs of all Hearn's and Brook's negotiations?

In my own humble opinion, Brook's purse will be far in excess of £500,000.

[lefty]

And you claimed recently that "Brook wants nothing of Spence".

Well until the fight actually gets made, it's just talk as of now.

As is your insinuation that Brook wants nothing of Spence.

Well he doesn't really. He has to fight him or give up his belt. He'd much rather fight Pacquaio or Khan. His hand is being forced basically. 154 isn't an easy division if he moved up and he also wouldn't have a belt to use as leverage to get the fights he wants.

For what it's worth I actually think Brook would have a good chance against Spence jnr. I think the latter is defensively quite lax and not quite as good as the hype that surrounds him. I think Crawford is a more talented fighter and more worthy of the hype when it comes to American fighters but it is what it is.

[BigDoofus]

Well until the fight actually gets made, it's just talk as of now.

As is your insinuation that Brook wants nothing of Spence.

Well he doesn't really. He has to fight him or give up his belt. He'd much rather fight Pacquaio or Khan. His hand is being forced basically. 154 isn't an easy division if he moved up and he also wouldn't have a belt to use as leverage to get the fights he wants.

For what it's worth I actually think Brook would have a good chance against Spence jnr. I think the latter is defensively quite lax and not quite as good as the hype that surrounds him. I think Crawford is a more talented fighter and more worthy of the hype when it comes to American fighters but it is what it is.

He might earn more money for fighting Pacquiao or Khan but previously you seemed to insinuate that Brook was ducking Spence.

[lefty]

As is your insinuation that Brook wants nothing of Spence.

Well he doesn't really. He has to fight him or give up his belt. He'd much rather fight Pacquaio or Khan. His hand is being forced basically. 154 isn't an easy division if he moved up and he also wouldn't have a belt to use as leverage to get the fights he wants.

For what it's worth I actually think Brook would have a good chance against Spence jnr. I think the latter is defensively quite lax and not quite as good as the hype that surrounds him. I think Crawford is a more talented fighter and more worthy of the hype when it comes to American fighters but it is what it is.

He might earn more money for fighting Pacquiao or Khan but previously you seemed to insinuate that Brook was ducking Spence.

Well ducking in the sense that he doesn't really want that fight. If he wasn't mandated to take it he wouldn't be going anywhere near it. It's a risky fight.

[Wales]

Probably because with a false bid, they could bid £2m and pay each £500,000.

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

What's a false bid? Agreement with the fighter who's due to get the 75% that he receives a smaller purse so promoter can secure fight?

Brook reportedly got 3m for the GGG fight, even bagged 400k for the Gavin fight so surely he'd demand more than 500k

If Hearn can sell Brook Gavin as a PPV then bet your arse Brook Spence will be one! Beats any of the Joshua PPVs to date...

[mickey1975]

Brook-Gavin had Joshua on and Mitchell. It also did crap, not sure about 400,000. Eddie always quotes that card as one that didn't do well. It was less than a month after Mayweather-Pac too.

[BigDoofus]

Brook-Gavin had Joshua on and Mitchell. It also did crap, not sure about 400,000.

I think he was referring to purse, not PPV sales.

[BigDoofus]

Well he doesn't really. He has to fight him or give up his belt. He'd much rather fight Pacquaio or Khan. His hand is being forced basically. 154 isn't an easy division if he moved up and he also wouldn't have a belt to use as leverage to get the fights he wants.

For what it's worth I actually think Brook would have a good chance against Spence jnr. I think the latter is defensively quite lax and not quite as good as the hype that surrounds him. I think Crawford is a more talented fighter and more worthy of the hype when it comes to American fighters but it is what it is.

He might earn more money for fighting Pacquiao or Khan but previously you seemed to insinuate that Brook was ducking Spence.

Well ducking in the sense that he doesn't really want that fight. If he wasn't mandated to take it he wouldn't be going anywhere near it. It's a risky fight.

First you claimed he would duck the fight, now you're having a go at him for not ducking by claiming that you can read his mind. Great argument.

[Andrew]

Probably because with a false bid, they could bid £2m and pay each £500,000.

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

Eddie said its PpV in this article

http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/pos ... -next-year

[mickey1975]

And you think that Brook would agree to that?

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

Eddie said its PpV in this article

http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/pos ... -next-year

Ive no doubt it would be on ppv. I doubt it would do well, though.

[BigDoofus]

Yes. Eddie has said himself it's common practice. Kell-Spence is not a PPV fight. It might not even sell out Sheffield Arena.

Eddie said its PpV in this article

http://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/pos ... -next-year

Ive no doubt it would be on ppv. I doubt it would do well, though.

Do you still think Brook will fight for £500k?

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Errol will definitely fight anywhere, he's desperate for a big fight and a title.