AMIR KHAN and Kell Brook finally go head-to-head this Saturday in an all-British domestic grudge match in Manchester.
The pair have been touted for a big dust-up for years but have never managed to put pen-to-paper on a deal.
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Now that both fighters are at the ends of their careers, Khan and Brook have put their egos aside at the negotiating table to give boxing fans what they’ve been after for so long.
Khan hasn’t been in action for over two years, having last beat Billy Dib in a farcical fight back in the summer of 2019.
Before that he lost a world title fight at welterweight against pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford, who he has been training with in Nebraska ahead of his clash with Brook.
And it was Crawford who Brook last fought in November 2020, when Bud stopped Special K in the fourth round of their Las Vegas match-up.
Now the bitter rivals will put it all on the line when they meet in the middle of the ring at the AO Arena on February 19.
Brook is the favourite with most bookies… but here’s what the experts are saying ahead of the bumper showdown:
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EDDIE HEARN (Matchroom promoter)
“Kell Brook just seems fresher so my money would be on Kell Brook.”
CONOR BENN (Welterweight rival)
“I think Khan, I really do, I know his chin and punch resistance are gone but I think he will outwork Brook.
“I always thought Kell but now I think Khan, we will see who has what left.”
SHAWN PORTER (Ex-IBF welterweight champ beaten by Brook in 2014)
“They are both not what they used to be.
“After fighting Brook I would have said Brook to win but now I think it is an evenly matched fight.”
GEORGE GROVES (Ex-super-middleweight champion)
“I am excited and it is just as interesting now as it would have been five years ago. They are not in their peak but it is still just as fascinating. I think it is even.
“I think, as great as Khan was, I used to make Brook the favourite but they now have more miles on the clock and have had significant spells out of the ring.”
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV (UFC legend)
“I know Khan has a tough opponent but it’s going to be a close fight. My opinion is it’s going to be a close fight, a very close fight.
“Khan has a tough opponent, but he can beat him.”
