About Amir Khan v Kell Brook
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The decade-long rivalry between Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally come to a conclusion in the new year when the two welterweights headline a BOXXER event at Manchester AO Arena on Saturday, February 19. After years of failed negotiations, the long-term rivals have finally agreed to the all-British bout. Brook, 35, has not fought since being stopped in the fourth round by American Terence Crawford in November 2020, while Khan won a points decision over Australia's Billy Dib in January. The fight will be on pay-per-view in the UK under the Boxxer promotion.
At a news conference in London to announce the fight, they engaged in a head-to-head and within seconds had to be separated by security. Sheffield's Brook has won 29 bouts with three defeats and was IBF welterweight champion between August 2014 and May 2017. Brook said 'Amir Khan will hit the deck for the final time, he's never given me respect, acknowledged me. He's always ran away and it's come to this part of our career when there's nowhere else for him to run.'
Khan boasts a professional record of 34 wins with five defeats, having shot to stardom after winning silver at the 2004 Olympic Games. The 34-year-old Bolton fighter won his first world title in his 22nd fight when he defeated Andriy Kotelnik for the WBA light-welterweight belt in 2009, and has also held the IBF title in 2011. 'I'm coming levels down taking this fight,' Khan said. 'I've fought the best in the world and conquered America. I've never ran from him, never needed to, what I've achieved in sport speaks for itself, but we're here now. At the end of the day, the talk he's been giving, he needs to back them words up.'
Initial tickets for the event have sold out in just 10 minutes, making Khan vs Brook at the Manchester AO Arena one of the fastest-selling events not only in British boxing history but in British sporting history as a whole. Additional tickets are on sale now here at TicketPort!
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