It’s the relative calm after the Wilder-Fury storm this weekend in the boxing world. After the heavyweights fought to a draw in the Staples Center last Saturday night, the eyes of the boxing faithful turn to the smaller men this coming Saturday, with the likes of Kell Brook, Isaac Dogboe and Vasyl Lomachenko back in action.

It’s the return of ‘Special K’ on Saturday night in Sheffield as the, now, super welterweight looks to build towards a domestic long-overdue bout with rival Amir Khan.

In all honesty, this rumoured fight is six years too late. Both Brook and Khan are now at the twilights of their careers, neither with a world title to bring into the mix in a fight that could once – without question – fill a stadium. It’s now nothing more than a grudge-match looking to settle the arguments that have been drained from life over the past half a decade…

This being said, Brook has to negate the challenge of game Australian challenger Michael Zerafa on Saturday night as he returns to action in front of a home crowd.

Since his back-to-back losses at the hands of Gennady Golovkin and Errol Spence Jr., Brook has made one return to action in a successful second round demolishing of Sergey Rabchenko. This was sold as a big ask for Brook as he looks to make waves in the 154lbs division; the former IBF world champion looked comfortable at the weight as he cruised to victory inside the fifth minute.

The big question surrounding Brook is the passion he still has left for the sport. He has suffered two horrific eye injuries in previous losses that would understandably dent the confidence of any fighter entering the squared circle again. This latest fight, however, looks like another tick-over fight as we await further news on a potential Amir Khan fight – news that is looking unlikely ever to come. There was talk that Khan would be in attendance on Saturday to announce the fight in the ring afterwards; news on that has since gone quiet.

Zerafa has vocalised his confidence coming into this weekend; his record speaks a different truth of his abilities. Without a standout victory on his record, Zerafa has lost his two biggest tests at the hands of Peter Quillin in a fifth round KO, as well as falling to a unanimous decision over Arif Magomedov in 2014.

Claiming that he was a “kid back then and very inexperienced” Zerafa believes that now he is a “complete fighter with more power, more speed, and more boxing IQ”. This bravado from the challenger is refreshing in a fight that we expect to go one way, however, his resume has failed to take the necessary step up in recent outings for Brook to be troubled on Saturday night.

Brook has shown he has the power at this weight and should make light work of Zerafa in quick fashion. Brook won’t want to be dragged into wars late in his career with his injury concerns.

Kell Brook vs Michael Zerafa under 7.5 rounds @ 4/5 (BetVictor)

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