Kell Brook lost his IBF welterweight championship bout to Errol Spence Jr in his hometown on Saturday night.
Brook was favourite for the fight and was expected to find a way past the American at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
But the 31-year-old, who has been IBF champion since 2014, succumbed to the second defeat of his career. Despite suffering what appeared to a serious injury to his left eye, Brook bravely attempted to fight on.
However, Brook was caught with a series of shots in the 10th round...
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And was stopped in the next round, after succumbing to what could be a serious eye injury.
Brook's eye was swollen and almost completely closed when he took a knee in the penultimate round.
The referee stepped in and put a stop to the fight, with the Sheffield fighter in obvious pain in front of his hometown crowd.
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Following the fight, Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn said he could be facing eye surgery again.
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Brook underwent surgery on his right eye socket after his defeat to Gennady Golovkin last September.
This time out, it was his left eye and cheekbone [suspected to be broken] that shipped the damage.
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