Round-by-Round: Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook - 19 February 2022

[golden_labrador]

SKY made a money grab. Did their best ti keep selling the fight even after it was clear Khan was never there.

Khan will have known too.

You would think so. I mean he had to have been on new born deer legs in sparring even with the head gear

[KiwiRider]

Anyone think they got their money worth?

I skipped it and listened in on the radio, mostly because of all the missmatches on the undercard.
Going by the poll, hardly anyone actually paid for it.

Undoubtedly so. Those first two rounds were electric. Both of them went at it with zero feeling out. Thought Brook was plodding the more it went on but Khan's punch resistance let him down, he was boxing fairly well but took some serious shots that had him all over the place.

A poll on here doesn't mean that much, I would think the PPV numbers will be big. Everyone was talking about the fight, it really crossed over. Khan's interview in his dressing room afterwards was pure class, got to love the guy for that. His career caught up with him and he didn't make any excuses. As for Brook, the door is open to another fight.

Sky did a brilliant job with this, showing all the press conferences, gloves are off. The weight in coverage meant that although the undercard was weak, I knew a bit about who the fighters were so was interested.

All in all, a good night's boxing and well worth the money.

Thanks Carl
Wish I could have been there in person at Wembley, but I never tire of you recalling it.

[tonyevs]

Imagine if Kell could have been that disciplined throughout his career.

Incredible condition. Credit to Dom.

Brook ditched Dom for the Crawford fight didn't he?

Was Brook being so fragile in that fight down to messing the weight like what some claim Liam Williams was so fragile too recently.

Would Dom have made a difference to each guys loss if he was with them then?

[DrDuke]

Brook has a helluva resume. Porter, whom he won, Golovkin, against whom he moved up, Spence and Crawford. I guess, Brook was prepared well to all those matches and has done everything he could.

[maverick23]

Imagine if Kell could have been that disciplined throughout his career.

Incredible condition. Credit to Dom.

Brook ditched Dom for the Crawford fight didn't he?

Was Brook being so fragile in that fight down to messing the weight like what some claim Liam Williams was so fragile too recently.

Would Dom have made a difference to each guys loss if he was with them then?

Who knows. Galahad was seemingly done at the weight against Martinez under Dom.

Kell was a bit all over the place training for Crawford. His main trainer was a fairly random guy who wasn’t even with him the whole camp because of covid. May also have been those additional couple of pounds to lose that did the damage.

[maverick23]

Anyone think they got their money worth?

I skipped it and listened in on the radio, mostly because of all the missmatches on the undercard.
Going by the poll, hardly anyone actually paid for it.

It’s strange but I think there was value for money just for the excitement of the main event.

The undercard was predictably awful and it certainly would have helped if it had been stronger but the last time I had the butterflies just before the main event was AJ/Usyk. I was more excited for this than Fury/Wilder 3.

I’ve seen pretty much every Brook/Khan fight, 10 or so Brook fights live, a handful of Khan fights live and I’ve been out on a couple of nights out with Brook too due to him being a friend of a friend so I felt pretty invested in it and I was buzzing after Kell won.

[Pugilist-specialist]

Imagine if Kell could have been that disciplined throughout his career.

Incredible condition. Credit to Dom.

Brook ditched Dom for the Crawford fight didn't he?

Was Brook being so fragile in that fight down to messing the weight like what some claim Liam Williams was so fragile too recently.

Would Dom have made a difference to each guys loss if he was with them then?

Both of them performed much better with Dom than without.

[Dioufy]

Khan’s ringwalk told me everything and I thought Khan might do him in one all through this . Looked like he was absolutely petrified. With good reason I guess; sparring would’ve showed what was to come.
Maybe he thought Brook might pull out. Maybe he thought he could box and use the 22ft ring. Deep down he must’ve known at the weigh in when Kel comes in looking like me and nearly a 1lb inside what was gonna happen..
Shell of Amir Khan there last night.
Heart is still there so needs to go out with that positive.
He’s had a tremendous career.
Hats on.

[mickey1975]

His ring walk was very worrying. What was up with him? He's a very experienced man.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Khan’s ringwalk told me everything and I thought Khan might do him in one all through this . Looked like he was absolutely petrified. With good reason I guess; sparring would’ve showed what was to come.
Maybe he thought Brook might pull out. Maybe he thought he could box and use the 22ft ring. Deep down he must’ve known at the weigh in when Kel comes in looking like me and nearly a 1lb inside what was gonna happen..
Shell of Amir Khan there last night.
Heart is still there so needs to go out with that positive.
He’s had a tremendous career.
Hats on.

That ring was no 22 ft was it

[mickey1975]

It could have been 50ft, he'd have still got beat.

[tony1234]

One of those fights like Bruno v Tyson and Haye v Enzo that you knew who was going to win from the ring walk. Khan looked frail up against Brook and give him credit he lasted till the 6th round.
Hopefully with all the publicity it did big money and will encourage SKY/BOXXER to put on more big fights , just put on a better undercard if they do

[Nightmare Roy]

Not sure about that to be honest

[maverick23]

Khan’s ringwalk told me everything and I thought Khan might do him in one all through this . Looked like he was absolutely petrified. With good reason I guess; sparring would’ve showed what was to come.
Maybe he thought Brook might pull out. Maybe he thought he could box and use the 22ft ring. Deep down he must’ve known at the weigh in when Kel comes in looking like me and nearly a 1lb inside what was gonna happen..
Shell of Amir Khan there last night.
Heart is still there so needs to go out with that positive.
He’s had a tremendous career.
Hats on.

That ring was no 22 ft was it

Yep - it was. Another Khan request in the contract. Same as the type of gloves.

I think it’d have been over in a couple of rounds if Kell was able to wear his gloves of choice.

[Pugilist-specialist]

His ring walk was very worrying. What was up with him? He's a very experienced man.

He'd said for years that Kell was levels below him but at the moment of truth he didn't appear so confident. I thought he was going to go full Oliver McCall

[Ruthless-RKO]

Khan’s ringwalk told me everything and I thought Khan might do him in one all through this . Looked like he was absolutely petrified. With good reason I guess; sparring would’ve showed what was to come.
Maybe he thought Brook might pull out. Maybe he thought he could box and use the 22ft ring. Deep down he must’ve known at the weigh in when Kel comes in looking like me and nearly a 1lb inside what was gonna happen..
Shell of Amir Khan there last night.
Heart is still there so needs to go out with that positive.
He’s had a tremendous career.
Hats on.

That ring was no 22 ft was it

Yep - it was. Another Khan request in the contract. Same as the type of gloves.

I think it’d have been over in a couple of rounds if Kell was able to wear his gloves of choice.

Really? It looked small on the tv.

[maverick23]

That ring was no 22 ft was it

Yep - it was. Another Khan request in the contract. Same as the type of gloves.

I think it’d have been over in a couple of rounds if Kell was able to wear his gloves of choice.

Really? It looked small on the tv.

Yep.

[Ruthless-RKO]

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[Ruthless-RKO]

[JamesPhilips]

Did anyone notice Khan's trainer was so fat he couldn't get into the corner? Had to give instructions from ringside? He just about huffed and puffed his way into the ring at the end. How can this fat lump be called a trainer? Surely he can't do the pads?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Did anyone notice Khan's trainer was so fat he couldn't get into the corner? Had to give instructions from ringside? He just about huffed and puffed his way into the ring at the end. How can this fat lump be called a trainer? Surely he can't do the pads?

He's a perfectly fine trainer. He was doing all sorts of different pad work with Khan. Did you watch the Sky youtube ringside videos?

He gets on the apron, but never inside the ring. You not seen him at Crawford fights?

I've seen plenty of trainers not get in the ring during the corner break, and much thinner than BoMac.

[jimmystone]

Did anyone notice Khan's trainer was so fat he couldn't get into the corner? Had to give instructions from ringside? He just about huffed and puffed his way into the ring at the end. How can this fat lump be called a trainer? Surely he can't do the pads?

He trains the P4P#1 fighter in the world. Must be rubbish.

[orbtastic]

I had floor seats 5 or 6 rows back. It took AN HOUR for people to find their right seats. It was a mess. The staff were clueless and security completely ineffectual. I couldn’t see hardly anything because the retards in front spent almost the entire fight standing up. The guy next to me refused to sit down even when nobody was standing up. Complete moron. The khan fans were fcking idiots. One of them couldn’t even count to ten and couldn’t work out what row he was in and some woman in a hijab spent the entire fight standing up filming. Even when everyone behind her asked her (very politely) to sit down. Only when I shouted sit down you fcking twat did she pay any attention. She sat down but continued filming. Why? You’ve paid £250 quid for a ticket and you’re not even watching.

The undercard was awful, dodgy stoppages and quick finishes and dire matchmaking. Don’t get me started on the music, awful.

Khan’s entrance music was the highlight but a few lads to the left of me decided to have a tag match brawl which was more entertaining than the entire hour’s worth of undercard before.

Khan looked weird. He had what I assume are cup marks on him and it was obvious 30 seconds in what little punch resistance he had was gone for good. He did well to last six rounds. I hope he retires and gets his wedding venue finally built with his money (or cuts it loose). I didn’t understand his tactics either. Didn’t jab didn’t shoot off combos didn’t go for the body.

[orbtastic]

Anyone know what the story was with brook’s gloves? Why glove up and get the the tape signed only to take them off in the ring? They were different to khan’s white gloves.