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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Kell Brook: "I Need To Destroy
Bizier
To Get My Chance At Unification"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The British Kell Brook, the IBF welterweight
champion of the world, is determinate to demolish the
Canadian Kevin Bizier. Saturday evening in the ring of the
Sheffield Arena in England, Brook (35-0-0) will defend his
title against Bizier (25-2-0), a fighter from Québec City
who is the mandatory challenger for this world title.
Last November, Bizier became the mandatory challenger in
winning an IBF elimination bout at the Miccosukee Indiand
Resort, in beating the African Frederik Lawson (24-1-0) by
TKO in the 10th round.
“I need to fight Bizier, because he is my mandatory
contender, but I have the ambition to fight bigger names
than his, said Brook. I know Bizier is deserving to fight
for the IBF 147 pounds world title, because he won a
decisive elimination bout last November in Miami, and he won
it clearly. I need to destroy him to get my chance to face
the biggest names of the welterweight division. And I will
do it. I will take care of Bizier, and try to get an
unification world titles bout. I have now the maturity to
fight the most prestigious welterweights on the planet. And
I am ready to fight in USA to unify the welterweight world
titles. No doubt in my mind, if I get the chance to fight in
an unification world titles bout, my credibility on the
international boxing scene will be higher than ever.”
The three others world champions in the welterweight
division are three Americans. Danny Garcia (32-0-0), the WBC
champion, lives in Philadelphia, Keith Thurman (27-0-0), the
WBA champion, is from Clearwater, Florida, and Timothy
Bradley (33-1-1), the WBO champion, lives in Palm Springs,
California. Brook became IBF welterweight champion of the
world in August 2014 in Carson, California, in beating the
American Shawn Porter by majority decision of the judges.
Brook was the first fighter to beat Porter, who showed up in
the ring with a record of 33-0-0.
Brook knows that Bizier has the intention to be very
aggressive Saturday evening. “I am sure Bizier will try to
attack me like he attacked Frederick Lawson last November in
Miami, said Brook. But trust me, I will impose my style in
the ring and control the action. It’s not Bizier who is the
IBF world champion, it’s me. I never let the opponent impose
his style in the ring. I know exactly what I got to do to
get out of the ring in the winning shoes. In front on my
fans, I love to give a good show, and prove that I am
deserving the get the statute of world champion.”
When he made the first defence of his world title, in March
2015, again in Sheffield, Brook beat the Montrealer Romanian
Jo Jo Dan (35-3-0) by TKO in the fourth round. Dan, a
southpaw, inflicted to Bizier his two defeats in pro boxing,
each time by split decision of the judges.
“Bizier said his style is more appropriate to fight me than
the Jo Jo Dan’s style, said Brook to a British journalist.
Maybe he is right, we will see in few hours. For sure, I
know perfectly how to adjust my style to the opponent’
style. You will see it in few hours…”
Dominic Ingle, the Brook’s trainer, believes his fighter is
an example of determination and courage. “Kell is a very
hungry fighter, said Ingle. He is so determinate. He is not
only very talented, he is working like hell to stay world
champion. And I am sure he will stay world champion for the
years to come. He is really an example of courage and
determination. It’s certainly not a coincidence he is so
respected and popular in Great Britain.”
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