IBF world welterweight champ Kell Brook says he won’t relinquish his coverted belt and plans to drop back down to the weight and get a massive unifacation bout in 2017. Brook who moved up to face POUND FOR POUND grave Gennady Golovkin in September and put on a brave 5 round performance says plans are afoot for the big bouts after a metting with his promoter Eddie Hearn.
“I had a meeting with Eddie yesterday and told him I am not prepared to give up my title,” said Brook. “I know there are options at 154lbs and I may even be more suited there but I am not willing to give up what I fought so hard for. I want the unification fights but if they aren’t there then it will be Spence next for me in a big UK show.”
“I spoke through various options Kell and he was adamant that he would not relinquish his Welterweight World title,” said Hearn. “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.”