ADRIEN BRONER TO DEFEND VS. GAVIN REES

According to publsihed reports, including Britain's Daily Mail, Adrien Broner will face Gavin Rees on February 16th in defense of Broner's WBC lightweight title. Rees, 37-1-1, briefly held the WBA 140-pound regular title when he surprised Souleymane M'baye in 2007, but Rees lost in his first defense against Andriy Kotelnik. --Scott Shaffer