On May 27, 2017, Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs), the welterweight IBF champion, defends his title against American challenger, Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs).
Kell Brook is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO loss to Gennady Golovkin, 8 months and 17 days ago. Errol Spence Jr. is on a 21-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round KO win over Leonard Bundu, 9 months and 6 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.7-1.3 in favor of Errol Spence Jr. Kell Brook won't be able to do much against Spence Jr.
Errol Spence Jr. stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF welterweight champion. Spence Jr. improves his record to 22-0 (19 KOs), while Brook adds a loss to his record at 36-2.