Brook injured, cook to get replacement for fight of July 28

Kell Brook's next fight against Brandon Cook is no longer after the former welterweight world champion suffered an ankle injury.

Brook was supposed to face Cook in a 154-pound title eliminator in the UK. of the July 28 boxing card at the O2 Arena in London. The injury will prevent him from competing and defending his WBC Silver Junior title. The fight was going to be Brook 's first title defense and the second overall fight at the junior middle.

Even though Brook is out of the map, Cook will remain on the map with a different opponent. Cook will now face former European welterweight champion Sam Eggington on the map. Eggington will fight for the third time this year after scoring premature shutdowns in April and June

Cook is on a run of two consecutive victories since being arrested by Kanat Islam last September. Cook previously held the IBF North American and WBA-NABA Junior Champion and is ranked in the top 15 WBA, WBO and IBF rankings in the Junior Middleweight.

The card will be titled by Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker for the WBC Silver and WBO International Heavyweight titles. Katie Taylor, unified women's champion of the IBF / WBA, defends her titles against Kimberly Connor in the co-principal event and other famous names like Carlos Takam, Joshua Buatsi and Dereck Chisora ​​should also fight on the map.