Kell Brook’s world title dream ends as Crawford extends unbeaten record​​​​​​​ in Las Vegas

Terence Crawford retained his WBO welterweight strap after stopping Kell Brook inside four rounds in Las Vegas.
Kell Brook was stopped in the fourth round of his WBO world welterweight title fight against Terence Crawford. Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images.Kell Brook was stopped in the fourth round of his WBO world welterweight title fight against Terence Crawford. Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images.
Kell Brook was stopped in the fourth round of his WBO world welterweight title fight against Terence Crawford. Picture: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images.

The 34-year-old from Sheffield was outshone in only his second bout in the last two years and was a huge underdog against Crawford, who is now unbeaten in 37 professional fights.

The Briton took a standing eight count a minute into the fourth when the American connected with a right hand and Crawford pounced after the resumption with a flurry of shots with referee Tony Weeks stepping in.

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Brook, by a narrow margin, had the best of the early exchanges but the Nebraskan began to switch stances and found his rhythm by the third.

The jab, which was the beginning of the end for Brook, seemed fairly innocuous but he fell back into the ropes and the writing was on the wall as Crawford, who saw off Amir Khan in 2019, finished the job.