Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook | Sky Sports PPV - 19 February 2022

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Good sparring but I’m not too sure how well Troy compares to Khan.

It’s a bit of shame Troy hasn’t kicked on from the Cheeseman win. A good fighter and hopefully he’ll be more active.

Bit of a daft tweet.

He not got gonna say he’s got Khan to win when he’s just sparred Kell and took a snap with him..

[coneye]

I think Khan has summed up the problem for a boxer with DAZN compared to Sky. Eddie can only push it so far.

I think Hearn forgot exactly how powerful Sky is.

Sky Sports News, then they have all the sports channels, then we have the free Sky Showcase which appeals to non-sports fans. Movies channels as well.

ALL of this .... Think Eddie started to watch his own IFL interviews to much and maybee just became TOO BIG FOR HIS BOOTS

[mickey1975]

Jacobs-Ryder hasn't sold out yet, 7000, and that's with Fisher doing 2,000 out of his hand.... Khan, Eubank and Taylor shows all completely gone.

[Switch hitter]

Looks like Kell's testing been done

[maverick23]

Jacobs-Ryder hasn't sold out yet, 7000, and that's with Fisher doing 2,000 out of his hand.... Khan, Eubank and Taylor shows all completely gone.

If they do sell 7,000 I think that’s a pretty good result considering Ryder has never been a noted ticket seller.

I don’t think anyone here is surprised that the 3 Sky shows have sold out based on who’s fighting on the shows. Plus I think Eubank/Williams is only set up to do 5,000.

Most promoters in the current environment of covid/high inflation would be happy with 7,000 for any show outside of the big names. I was trying to think how many shows FW promoted last year that had that many and I think it might be just the Yarde/Arthur rematch from memory.

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Kell Brook: I Really Dislike Amir Khan, I Can't Wait To Punch His Face In!

After years of trying to secure the fight, Kell Brook is practically a month away from getting in the ring with his career rival, Amir Khan.

The two former world champions will finally collide on February 19 in Manchester.

Over the years, the two boxers have traded a variety of heated words.

Brook is already imagining what he wants to do to Khan when they finally go face to face in the ring.

"I don't know if I hate him - that's a strong word - but I'm close to the hate side. I really dislike the man and I really can't wait to punch his face in. I can't wait to get my knuckles to the nearest point of the gloves and drill it straight into his face," Brook told IFL TV.

Many observers expect the loser of this contest to walk away from the sport.

Khan has practically tabbed this bout as the final contest of his pro career - win or lose - but Brook is still very much undecided on what he will do in the aftermath of the event.

Should Brook win, there are several potential options out there - including another big domestic dustup, with rising welterweight contender Conor Benn.

"I think a lot of people want me to say I'm going to retire. Conor Benn's been mentioned, Mayweather's been saying that he wants the winner, Danny Garcia's been saying that he wants the winner, Keith Thurman's getting active again," Brook said.

"I think my mojo's back sat here right now. I feel young, I feel fresh, I feel good, but you known obviously this fight is on my mind you know. Obviously many inexperienced fighters make the mistake in this game of overlooking fighters and looking for the next fights rather than the fight that's in front of them so I'm just focused on Khan for this fight.

"Am I going to retire? Let's see how I'm feeling, whether I've got that buzz after hearing all them in Manchester screaming and cheering, when the first bell rings and whenever the last bell rings, what emotions are going to be going through me directly straight after the fight. Let's just wait and see."

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Khan Reacts To Hearn Saying Conor Benn Would KO Him in Two Rounds



“I think he’s a brilliant fighter,” Khan told Pro Boxing Fans. “Obviously, we’re on a different path, but who knows? Anything can happen in the future. We’ve seen fights happen that we never ever expected.

“At the moment my eyes are on Kell, making sure I get through this fight, but who knows in the future? A fight with Conor could happen or could not happen. It just depends [on] how things play out.”

“Eddie’s a promoter isn’t he,” the 35-year-old added.

“Eddie’s a promoter and obviously a promoter’s going to say that just to kind of lure me into that fight. But at the moment, like I say I’ve got the Kell Brook fight there and if I was Eddie’s fighter, I don’t think he’d be saying that.

“If I was Eddie’s fighter and Conor wasn’t then I think it might have been the opposite. As a promoter, Eddie I’m sure is going to back his fighter. Conor’s a great fighter and Eddie’s a great promoter and to make fights happen, that's what you have to do, you have to lure the guy in. Obviously, I’m a bit more experienced now, I’m a little bit older, so I know how the system works.”

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Classy response from Khan.

He's not wrong.

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Kell Brook has revealed there is a rematch clause in the contract!

[dan28uk]

Kell Brook has revealed there is a rematch clause in the contract!

why??

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Kell Brook has revealed there is a rematch clause in the contract!

why??

There should be a clear winner in the first bout.

It’s not going 12. There should hopefully be no controversy.

It should be a one and done fight rivalry.

If they do it again, it’s gonna get significantly less buys.

[maverick23]

Kell Brook has revealed there is a rematch clause in the contract!

why??

There should be a clear winner in the first bout.

It’s not going 12. There should hopefully be no controversy.

It should be a one and done fight rivalry.

If they do it again, it’s gonna get significantly less buys.

It depends what happens. The closer it gets to it the more I’m looking forward to it. A disputed finish in a good fight will get everyone hyped for a rematch.

[margaret thatcher]

i dont really mind this . marinated way longer than ideal, but they at least seem to be at similar points in their careers and that helps even it out a bit. i expect it to be competitive while lasts

[stujones]

Khan's definitely been doing some sparring judging by the nose - looks quite swollen since the first press conference.

[Stobbo]

Personally, I really don't want this to turn into a Haye-Bellew 2 fight job.

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Kell Brook has confirmed a 'rematch clause' in the agreement for his grudge fight with Amir Khan

Kell Brook has revealed a 'rematch clause' was included in the agreement for next month's grudge fight against British rival Amir Khan.

The Sheffield fighter will finally settle his feud with Khan in Manchester on February 19, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and Brook confirmed that a clause for a second fight was part of the contract.

"I believe there is a rematch clause and I'm not sure that he'll want to take that rematch clause or not with what I want to do to him in this fight," Brook told Sky Sports News.

"I think there's going to be fireworks and as soon as that bell rings, I'm going to be marching out and I'm coming straight for him. He's going to want to do the same and there's going to be speed, there's going to be power and there's going to be everything you want to see in a boxing match in this fight."

Speaking later in a virtual press conference, Brook appeared to indicate the rematch option was available exclusively to Khan, and would only be a possibility in the event the Sheffield fighter emerges victorious.

"I leave it to my manager, my dad and to my team," Brook said. "All I'm interested in is this fight. I do know that there's going to be a rematch if Amir Khan wants that.

"If Amir Khan wants another beatdown he can have one."

"I'm enjoying the sport, I really am. I know I'm 35 and not a spring chicken in the boxing game, but I just think that I feel in myself that I've done it many times before and the world has been wanting this fight for many years.

"I've been in with the best fighters in the world and gone overseas and won world titles, but this fight is giving it back to fans. The fans have been after this fight and I've been after giving them this fight for years.

"This is a real grudge match, there's no love lost in this fight and we both don't like each other. The fans and the pundits can't split us and that shows how even this fight is going to be."

'Khan to go on his face or his back!'

"He [Khan] has got really fast hands and I'm expecting those fast hands on fight night," Brooks added. "I'm preparing myself for the best Amir Khan possible and if you'd seen what I'm putting myself through in the training camp, you'd have nightmares!

"I'm really putting myself through it because I want to make sure there's no stone unturned in this fight and there can't be an error. I just want to make sure that I give it my all and there's going to be no questions asked of myself that I've cut any corners in this fight.

"You have to turn up and get involved in this one because it's going to go one of two ways; Amir's either going to go on his face or on his back in my eyes!"

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[Pugilist-specialist]

Certain posters seem a little obsessed with homosexuality. What could be the possible reason for this?

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It’s funny because anybody local to Sheffield knows that there’s loads of people who talk just like Brook. They get the piss taken out of them & called ‘dee dahs’ over the way they talk & pronounce words.

He’s in his mid-30’s, married with 3 kids & has been doing big ticket sales & viewing figures yet there’s not a single person who’s ever seen Brook with a bloke or doing anything that would suggest he’s gay. This is despite the fact that he’s notorious (certainly pre-2014) for been a heavy drinker & off his head on coke on a regular basis between fights. Surely he would’ve slipped up at some point.

The bizarre belief that Brook somehow got stabbed because he tried it on with a bloke is also pretty ridiculous. Hypothetically, pretend a bloke is coming on to you. You might be a bit disgusted & tell him to fornicate off but you aren’t going to knife him are you? Well I wouldn’t have thought so anyway.

Truth is he got into a row with a nasty piece of work local drug dealer whilst off his tits & got stabbed. He didn’t want it all over the news what he’d been up to so claimed a random attack by someone he didn’t know.

[Frostieballs]

Heard Khan on talkSPORT this lunchtime.

He’s defo got the eye of the tiger.

He claimed it was Brook who wanted it at 149?

[Pugilist-specialist]

It’s funny because anybody local to Sheffield knows that there’s loads of people who talk just like Brook. They get the piss taken out of them & called ‘dee dahs’ over the way they talk & pronounce words.

He’s in his mid-30’s, married with 3 kids & has been doing big ticket sales & viewing figures yet there’s not a single person who’s ever seen Brook with a bloke or doing anything that would suggest he’s gay. This is despite the fact that he’s notorious (certainly pre-2014) for been a heavy drinker & off his head on coke on a regular basis between fights. Surely he would’ve slipped up at some point.

The bizarre belief that Brook somehow got stabbed because he tried it on with a bloke is also pretty ridiculous. Hypothetically, pretend a bloke is coming on to you. You might be a bit disgusted & tell him to fornicate off but you aren’t going to knife him are you? Well I wouldn’t have thought so anyway.

Truth is he got into a row with a nasty piece of work local drug dealer whilst off his tits & got stabbed. He didn’t want it all over the news what he’d been up to so claimed a random attack by someone he didn’t know.

There was a well known Sheffield boxer in the 80s that had the same rumours despite his amazing popularity with the ladies downtown and him fathering twice as many kids as Kell
I think there are some on here that get turned on fantasising about Kell's muscular physique

[mickey1975]

I thought he was taught at Radford ABC in Nottingham before he went to Sheffield and taught them how to box?

[forcefraser]

Who is reffing? Foster or IJL?

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Who is reffing? Foster or IJL?

Oh yeh..

One will be the ref and the other no doubt will be a judge.

Hopefully we won’t need any judges.