Lindsey Tucker, IBF Chairman, told Ring Magazine that they will order Kell Brook to make a mandatory defense of his IBF welterweight title against Errol Spence Jr. on October 26.
Tucker stated "We've heard a lot of rumors, but on Oct. 26, we're scheduled to notify Brook to start negotiation with Errol Spence. Now a couple of things could happen. He could say he's giving up the title to move up in weight. He could come up and say that he suffered from an eye injury and he needs some additional time, so we could give him a medical extension. But we won't know unless they come to us and say we're giving up the title — we won't know anything before then.
"At one point, we heard he was going to move up to junior middleweight and the next thing we heard he was going to stay at welterweight. So we don't know what's going on."
Tucker stated "We've heard a lot of rumors, but on Oct. 26, we're scheduled to notify Brook to start negotiation with Errol Spence. Now a couple of things could happen. He could say he's giving up the title to move up in weight. He could come up and say that he suffered from an eye injury and he needs some additional time, so we could give him a medical extension. But we won't know unless they come to us and say we're giving up the title — we won't know anything before then.
"At one point, we heard he was going to move up to junior middleweight and the next thing we heard he was going to stay at welterweight. So we don't know what's going on."
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