Crawford-Brook set for Nov 14

ESPN has announced that unbeaten WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) will fight ex-IBF champ Kell Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) on November 14 at a venue to be decided. Promoter Bob Arum stated that the event will air on an ESPN platform and not be on pay-per-view.

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  • This can be an excellent fight if Brook’s bones can hold up. He more than held his own with Spence for 10+ rounds. I hope that he can perform at the level he is capable of. He did what nobody else could do to Porter. Kept him off and thoroughly beat him. Crawford is a gifted fighter, but I don’t feel he is as effective at welter as he was at jr. I’m excited about this fight and am actually leaning towards the upset. I think Brook gets a bad rap for lack of heart. He stepped up to fight GGG and Spence when nobody else wanted to. Gave a great account of himself in both until he had his eye sockets broken. Exciting matchup! Good luck to both men!

  • If they fought with headgear I would feel Brook stands a good chance. Unfortunately every punch landed on him is going to be a risk of further damage. This surely will affect Brooks confidence badly.

  • Had the feeling for a while that Brook just wanted one more shot at the big time and here it is. Expect Bud to stop him and retire him.

    • Yes, good assessment. Brook is a very good fighter, but I feel his better days are behind him now. Crawford will slowly break Brook down each round and take him out in the middle rounds.

    • Yeah I think you’ve got that right.

      Brook was a decent fighter, until he was thrown in with GGG.

      He did well against Spencer, but ultimately lost, since then he’s not been very active and has looked ragged.

  • Sure , why not?
    Should be entertaining, competitive, and could even be close for a few rounds

  • I like Bud…He has ring smarts, good defense, and he has definitely brought his power! Should be a good fight.

  • Oof, much respect to Kell Brook but this is a bad fight for him, and proves nothing for Crawford. Too bad Khan never agreed to fight Brook, even today Khan-Brook would be a good, and better fight.

  • Brooks if he gets in the best shape of his boxing career and is willing to punch to Bud’s body can pull off the upset. Brook’s trainers have to provide their fighter with sparing mates that are as close to a Bud clone as possible. Very tough to do these days but worth every nickel. Look forward to this matchup.

  • Brook was a huge 147-pounder. If Brook has any gas in the tank, I expect an entertaining fight.

    Brook will need to make it an inside physical fight against Bud while punching to Bud’s body and working uppercuts. However, nothing will develop for Brook without an active, mule kick jab. Brook must create inside physical discomfort for Bud.

    I believe Bud will win by TKO in a rough, entertaining fight. I would love to see Bud fight PORTER.

  • Brooks simply isn’t the same fighter he once was, his boxing skills are fine but his physical body is fragile, back to back orbital fractures I believe. Brooks has Heart though.

    Crawford will take this one by stoppage, not easily but win none the less.

    I would love to see Bud against
    Porter or Pac man or move up a weight class and challenge Charlo at 154.

  • Very good fight especially for all boxing fans world wide who can’t afford PPV right now.

  • Brook is well past his ‘sell by’ and Crawford is in his prime. Crawford will win easily. As much as I would like Brook to win, being British, he would still have had all the trouble he could handle in his prime against The same Crawford who fought Khan, let alone now. Crawford is a real talent and he’s fighting Brook who he sees is ‘keep busy’ stepping stone (Name) because other great fights won’t materialise due to being with different promoters and a lack of gate money due to Cv!d

  • Come here in the hopes that the sport may be looking brighter. Yet we have a guy who cherry picks washed up fighters who don’t deserve a title shot. Shouldn’t be a situation where we know for sure who is going to win nowadays. But here we are.
    Sport is dead.
    RIP boxing

  • Crawford’s boxing IQ is the x-factor. Brooks has displayed great hand speed in the past. Should be an entertaining 4 rounds before Crawford makes the necessary adjustments. Crawford will then put on a boxing exhibition and stop Brooks in the middle rounds.

  • The winner needs to fight Kabib – stop ducking and start fighting the best. I have McGregor stopping Brook if they ever fought – McGregor v Crawford would be a great event. Can’t wait to see what McGregor does next – he is combat sport….

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