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Boxer Kell Brook stabbed on island of Tenerife | Boxer Kell Brook stabbed on island of Tenerife |
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World boxing champion Kell Brook is in hospital in Tenerife after being stabbed in the leg while on holiday. | |
The boxer from Sheffield is in a stable condition according to his promoters Matchroom. No arrests have been made. | The boxer from Sheffield is in a stable condition according to his promoters Matchroom. No arrests have been made. |
A spokeswoman for Spain's Guardia Civil said the 28-year-old was stabbed in the left leg at Golf del Sur in San Miguel de Abona and "lost a lot of blood". | A spokeswoman for Spain's Guardia Civil said the 28-year-old was stabbed in the left leg at Golf del Sur in San Miguel de Abona and "lost a lot of blood". |
Brook won the IBF welterweight title when he beat American Shawn Porter in California last month. | Brook won the IBF welterweight title when he beat American Shawn Porter in California last month. |
It is the second time Brook has been stabbed, after an incident in Sheffield in 2007. | It is the second time Brook has been stabbed, after an incident in Sheffield in 2007. |
Brook's win over Porter stretched his unbeaten professional record to 33 fights and he is being lined up for a fight against Amir Khan next - expected to take place on 6 December. | |
His trainer Dominic Ingall told BBC Look North: "We've been through a lot together, me and Kell, and receiving the news this morning hit me in the pit of my stomach. It's a sickening feeling. | |
"I think he's stable, his mum and dad's gone out today to see him in hospital. | |
"He's a fighter Kell, we don't know the extent of his injuries but whichever way, knowing Kell, he'll try and make that date [in December] if he can." |