![]() We are aiming for early next year, there are a few details still to confirm and it's not been easy.”Īn announcement by BOXXER is expected Monday. When asked about details of the deal, Shalom replied, "Where ever this fights ends up, this is going to be a monster of a fight. The two of them hate each other and it's been painful dealing with it, but we are very close.” They are both coming off world title fights, they are both younger than Mayweather and Pacquiao were when they fought each other, and hopefully it will be the biggest fight in the U.K. "Brook only fought for a world title last year, and it's still a huge fight. ![]() "Everyone says it should have happened three or four years ago but people said that about Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao and it still broke records," said promoter and BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom. LhFoIbj3Mu- bet365 February 8, 2020īoth Khan and Brook have suffered losses of late, and at 34 and 35 years old respectively, the question is wether this fight is coming along too late. The only men to ever beat him are considered generational fighters in Gennady Golovkin & Errol Spence Jr. In 2014 he shocked the world by beating IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter in the US. Kell Brook has fought 41 times in his career. He dropped back down to welterweight to defend his IBF title against Errol Spence, but the punishment was just too much for Brook in an 11th round stoppage. Stepping up two weights to face GGG, at a time when there were no takers to the Kazakhstani’s domination, earned him perhaps grudging respect on this side of the pond when, although hopelessly outmatched, he put up five rounds of spirited trading until a broken hand and broken eye socket forced his trainer Dominic Ingle to throw in the towel. ![]() He saw off Carson Jones and Vyacheslav Senchenko, and his complete dismantling of Shawn Porter led to howls of protest from the American boxing public. LONDON (AP) Retired British boxer Amir Khan has been banned from all sports for two years after testing positive for a prohibited substance following what proved to be the last fight of his career. He rose through the professional ranks to take the British, WBA Inter-Continental, and IBF International titles against some stiff opposition. Kell Brook (34-5, 21 KOs) showed the same promise as Khan, coming up through the amateur ranks under the tutelage of Brendan Ingle. ⏪Back in 2012 silenced any doubts that he was a world class fighter after stopping Amir Khan in devastating fashion in Vegas□□ /VX7W3PY9VA- Sky Sports Boxing July 14, 2021 ![]()
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