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IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook is all set to make his ring return against unbeaten mandatory challenger Errol Spence Jr. on May 27. Promoter Eddie Hearn told Sportsmail that all the contracts have been “agreed” and that all is needed now is confirmation from the Sheffield Council that the fight’s venue will be football ground Bramall Lane.

Spence has stated he is wholly un-fazed at the idea of facing Brook in his hometown in front of approx 28,000 fans, while these fans are eager to see Brook back in action for the first time since his brave September stoppage loss to Gennady Golovkin.


“All the contracts are agreed and have been sent to the IBF,” Hearn said. “This is now the only fight we are looking at for Kell and it’s a big one. We are speaking with Sheffield Council about a license for Bramall Lane on May 27 for a capacity of 28,000. We need to go over the policing, safety and other requirements. All being well we will be able to confirm the fight by the end of this week or the start of next week.”

28,000 is a lot of tickets to sell for Sheffield, surely? Welll, I'll buy one cus I live 5 minutes away, but still. 27,999 more?

God bless brook for giving Spence the opportunity to showcase his p4p #1 skills.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:God bless brook for giving Spence the opportunity to showcase his p4p #1 skills.

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I don't think they can sell 28000 tickets, but you never know when the Matchroom hype machine gets running

Me + 9 will be coming up from South Wales. Where's best for a night out afterwards? Went to Fez a few years back but seems to have closed now

AnthonyCrollaArmy wrote:I don't think they can sell 28000 tickets, but you never know when the Matchroom hype machine gets running

Hopefully because of the big capacity the ticket prices will be reasonable , would really like to go to this fight but wouldn't want to be up in the stands/miles away