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| Stabbed boxer Kell Brook 'stable' after Tenerife operation | Stabbed boxer Kell Brook 'stable' after Tenerife operation |
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| World boxing champion Kell Brook is "stable" in a Tenerife hospital following a major operation after being stabbed in the leg while on holiday. | World boxing champion Kell Brook is "stable" in a Tenerife hospital following a major operation after being stabbed in the leg while on holiday. |
| The 28-year-old from Sheffield "lost a lot of blood" in the incident during the early hours of Thursday, said a spokeswoman for Spain's Guardia Civil. | The 28-year-old from Sheffield "lost a lot of blood" in the incident during the early hours of Thursday, said a spokeswoman for Spain's Guardia Civil. |
| "He had an operation after the stabbing," his trainer Dominic Ingle told BBC Radio Sheffield. | "He had an operation after the stabbing," his trainer Dominic Ingle told BBC Radio Sheffield. |
| "I think it was about an hour-and-a-half, he's now stable and on the mend." | "I think it was about an hour-and-a-half, he's now stable and on the mend." |
| Brook's parents flew out to Tenerife on Thursday night and his promoter Eddie Hearn arrived on the island on Friday. | |
| Ingle said the fighter's pregnant partner Lindsey - who had been out with Brook earlier in the evening of the incident - had been unable to visit him in hospital on Thursday. | |
| "I've been in touch with Lindsey this morning. Yesterday police were all over their apartment and she didn't have access to him. By the time she was allowed out of the apartment, visiting hours were closed," he said. | "I've been in touch with Lindsey this morning. Yesterday police were all over their apartment and she didn't have access to him. By the time she was allowed out of the apartment, visiting hours were closed," he said. |
| "Kell's on holiday in Tenerife. For 16 weeks he was switched on for fighting. After a fight you want to relax, switch off. You let your guard down and innocent situations can turn rapidly into something else if you're not careful." | "Kell's on holiday in Tenerife. For 16 weeks he was switched on for fighting. After a fight you want to relax, switch off. You let your guard down and innocent situations can turn rapidly into something else if you're not careful." |
| No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing. | No arrests have been made in connection with the stabbing. |
| 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. |
| The victory stretched his unbeaten professional record to 33 fights and his next fight was expected to take place on 6 December. He was reportedly being lined up for a fight against Amir Khan next year. | |
| It is the second time Brook has been stabbed, the first followed an incident in Sheffield in 2007. | It is the second time Brook has been stabbed, the first followed an incident in Sheffield in 2007. |