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Summary

  • Kell Brook beats Mark DeLuca with a seventh-round knockout for WBO inter-continental super-welterweight title

  • DeLuca has been beaten just once going into the Sheffield Arena bout

  • Brook has lost twice in a 40-fight career

  • Get involved: #bbcboxing

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Round 2

    Two rounds gone, two 10-9s to Brook. He has not been challenged so far.

  2. Round 2

    Brook is popping out the left jab and there's some marking under the right eye of DeLuca.

    He tries to change his approach with a dash forward, but Brook sees the swinging left coming and avoids it.

  3. Round 2

    A left-right-left hook from Brook is some good work early in the second. DeLuca is already looking a bit out of his depth.

  4. Round 1

    A lovely straight right rocks the head of DeLuca back, Brook then forces him back on to the ropes late on in the first and that cranks up the noise levels.

    All Brook in the opener. Little to shout about from the American.

  5. Round 1

    Brook, firmly planted in the middle of the ring at the Sheffield Arena, looks to impose himself from the off. Just the one loss for the American Mark DeLuca, but this is a big jump up in class for him today.

  6. Good luck from the Blades

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  7. Here we go. A fight involving Special K is always special.

  8. Get Involved #bbcboxing

    to let us know your thoughts on this one. Can Brook win a world title for a second time?

  9. Buffer's moment

    You know it's a bit special when Michael Buffer has the microphone in his hands.

    "Fight fans are you ready? For the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world, from Sheffield, England, let's get readdddddyyyyyyyyy to rumble."

  10. How they compare

    • Age - Brook 33, DeLuca 31
    • Fights - Brook 40, DeLuca 25
    • Wins - Brook 38, De Luca 24
    • Losses - Brook 2, DeLuca 1
    • Weight - Brook 10st 13lbs 12oz, DeLuca 10st 12lbs 12oz

  11. Mark DeLuca's already in the ring.

    The lights drop in the Sheffield Arena. "All of the lights," from Kanye West comes over the speaker system. It has been one of the anthems of British boxing over the last decade. It still remains spine-tingling.

    Kell Brook has fought the very best and reached the top of the world. A superfight with Amir Khan never happened, despite Brook doing everything he could to get it on, but can Brook catapult himself back to the world title level?

    The forgotten man of British boxing is back.

    Let's hope, it's not just for one last time.

  12. 'If I get beaten I will announce my retirement in that ring'

    It's all or nothing for Kell Brook tonight, who has said he will announce his retirement in the ring tonight if he loses to Mark DeLuca.

    "This last chapter of my career, I'm giving it my all," Brook said. "If I get beaten I can walk away with my head high, knowing I have given everything."

    He told the 5 Live Boxing with Costello & Bunce podcast: "If I get beaten by DeLuca, I will announce my retirement in that ring. If I can't beat him, what am I doing">