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Kell Brook turns showdown with Amir Khan into brutal beatdown

Kell Brook turned showdown with Amir Khan into a one-sided beat down Saturday in Manchester, England.

The build-up lasted forever. The fight was short and one-sided.

Kell Brook showed countryman Amir Khan who is the better fighter when they finally met in the ring Saturday at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, dominating and then stopping his rival in the sixth round of a scheduled 12-round 149-pound showdown of 35-year-olds.

Khan was game. He always is. He was also outclassed for five-plus rounds and – with his weak chin on full display — he ultimately couldn’t withstand the pounding Brook dished out.

Brook (40-3, 28 KOs) hadn’t fought since November 2020, when he was knocked out by welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford.

However, the former beltholder from Sheffield showed no ring rust or a lack of confidence. Indeed, he stalked Khan from the opening bell and quickly broke him down.

Khan was having a solid opening round, sticking and moving, when he was hurt by a power jab. He continued to use his feet in an attempt to avoid trouble the rest of the fight – and had some success from the outside — but he couldn’t avoid Brook’s hardest punches.

And when they landed, they did damage. Khan seemed to fight on shaky legs the entire bout.

By Round 5, Khan began to fade badly as Brook landed punishing blows almost at will. The brave Bolton fighter continued to fight back but he couldn’t stem his opponent’s momentum.

Then, moments after the bell to start Round 6, Brook buckled Khan’s knees with a simple jab and then followed with a non-stop onslaught that prompted referee Victor Loughlin to stop the fight 51 seconds into the round.

At that moment, Brook jumped into the arms of one of his trainers and then onto his shoulders, savoring a victory he has long envisioned.

Brook never looked better, although praise should be tempered given Khan’s apparent decline. Still, the winner, after such a sensational victory, is again in a good position to face the elite 147-pounders in lucrative fights.

Khan? The quick-handed 2004 Olympic silver medalist and two-time 140-pound champ might be finished as an elite fighter.

He’s now 3-3 in his last six fights – with all three losses coming by sixth-round knockouts – and hasn’t won a meaningful fight in more than half a decade. And now he has fallen in brutal fashion against his arch rival, which surely is a tremendous disappointment for him.

All Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) can say is that he went down swinging. That’s about all he could accomplish against a good, determined version of Brook.

Kell Brook turns showdown with Amir Khan into brutal beatdown

Kell Brook turned showdown with Amir Khan into a one-sided beat down Saturday in Manchester, England.

The build-up lasted forever. The fight was short and one-sided.

Kell Brook showed countryman Amir Khan who is the better fighter when they finally met in the ring Saturday at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, dominating and then stopping his rival in the sixth round of a scheduled 12-round 149-pound showdown of 35-year-olds.

Khan was game. He always is. He was also outclassed for five-plus rounds and – with his weak chin on full display — he ultimately couldn’t withstand the pounding Brook dished out.

Brook (40-3, 28 KOs) hadn’t fought since November 2020, when he was knocked out by welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford.

However, the former beltholder from Sheffield showed no ring rust or a lack of confidence. Indeed, he stalked Khan from the opening bell and quickly broke him down.

Khan was having a solid opening round, sticking and moving, when he was hurt by a power jab. He continued to use his feet in an attempt to avoid trouble the rest of the fight – and had some success from the outside — but he couldn’t avoid Brook’s hardest punches.

And when they landed, they did damage. Khan seemed to fight on shaky legs the entire bout.

By Round 5, Khan began to fade badly as Brook landed punishing blows almost at will. The brave Bolton fighter continued to fight back but he couldn’t stem his opponent’s momentum.

Then, moments after the bell to start Round 6, Brook buckled Khan’s knees with a simple jab and then followed with a non-stop onslaught that prompted referee Victor Loughlin to stop the fight 51 seconds into the round.

At that moment, Brook jumped into the arms of one of his trainers and then onto his shoulders, savoring a victory he has long envisioned.

Brook never looked better, although praise should be tempered given Khan’s apparent decline. Still, the winner, after such a sensational victory, is again in a good position to face the elite 147-pounders in lucrative fights.

Khan? The quick-handed 2004 Olympic silver medalist and two-time 140-pound champ might be finished as an elite fighter.

He’s now 3-3 in his last six fights – with all three losses coming by sixth-round knockouts – and hasn’t won a meaningful fight in more than half a decade. And now he has fallen in brutal fashion against his arch rival, which surely is a tremendous disappointment for him.

All Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) can say is that he went down swinging. That’s about all he could accomplish against a good, determined version of Brook.

Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook: Is late really better than never?

Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook: Is late really better than never?

Ben Shalom is strutting around after getting one of British boxing’s biggest rivalries over the line.

And for good reason. The newcomer to boxing has managed to do what more high-profile promoters before him couldn’t achieve by making Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook a reality. The pair meet on Feb. 19. And Shalom will be the man staging it.

It shouldn’t have been this difficult to get Khan and Brook in the ring. This was a dream fight for British boxing for about a decade, as both are talented, charismatic and accomplished. That included a potential showdown for domestic supremacy around 2014, near their peaks.

The fact Brook was the bigger man was an obstacle but it would’ve taken only a one-division move up or down from either boxer to make the match. Finally, in 2022, 18 years after Khan won the hearts of a nation by taking home a silver medal from the 2012 Olympics, it’s happening.

The fight won’t determine who’s the better man of the two because the best version of each warrior no longer exists. Khan is 34, Brook 35.

We can only imagine this engagement happening immediately following Brook’s narrow win over Shawn Porter in 2014 or after Khan was handing out schoolings to Luis Collazo and Devon Alexander the same year.

In 2016 both men chose to be bounced around the ring by middleweights rather than taking on each other. Khan’s knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez was sickening, while Brook suffered damage to his eye socket against Gennadiy Golovkin that also troubled him in a loss to Errol Spence Jr.

Both men bolstered their finances in these fights but the damage done relegated them to gatekeeper status. Then, when both of them were stopped by Terence Crawford, any potential fight between Khan and Brook appeared to lose its appeal. Or did it?

Perhaps because of their name recognition and constant bickering over the years, some people aren’t ready to give up on it just yet.

At the press conference to formally announce the fight, Khan and Brook teased each other on a variety of subjects, including who performed better against Crawford. And based on the reaction of fans afterward, it’s obvious that this is a contest people are eager to see.

A tense head-to-head followed by multiple teasers have given this fight considerable weight. Shalom and Sky Sports deserve huge credit for that.  The fight probably will deliver on many fronts. It will do a solid buy rate, it will provide boxing fans with a memorable night and it will close the book on a lingering rivalry.

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Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook: Is late really better than never?

Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook: Is late really better than never?

Ben Shalom is strutting around after getting one of British boxing’s biggest rivalries over the line.

And for good reason. The newcomer to boxing has managed to do what more high-profile promoters before him couldn’t achieve by making Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook a reality. The pair meet on Feb. 19. And Shalom will be the man staging it.

It shouldn’t have been this difficult to get Khan and Brook in the ring. This was a dream fight for British boxing for about a decade, as both are talented, charismatic and accomplished. That included a potential showdown for domestic supremacy around 2014, near their peaks.

The fact Brook was the bigger man was an obstacle but it would’ve taken only a one-division move up or down from either boxer to make the match. Finally, in 2022, 18 years after Khan won the hearts of a nation by taking home a silver medal from the 2012 Olympics, it’s happening.

The fight won’t determine who’s the better man of the two because the best version of each warrior no longer exists. Khan is 34, Brook 35.

We can only imagine this engagement happening immediately following Brook’s narrow win over Shawn Porter in 2014 or after Khan was handing out schoolings to Luis Collazo and Devon Alexander the same year.

In 2016 both men chose to be bounced around the ring by middleweights rather than taking on each other. Khan’s knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez was sickening, while Brook suffered damage to his eye socket against Gennadiy Golovkin that also troubled him in a loss to Errol Spence Jr.

Both men bolstered their finances in these fights but the damage done relegated them to gatekeeper status. Then, when both of them were stopped by Terence Crawford, any potential fight between Khan and Brook appeared to lose its appeal. Or did it?

Perhaps because of their name recognition and constant bickering over the years, some people aren’t ready to give up on it just yet.

At the press conference to formally announce the fight, Khan and Brook teased each other on a variety of subjects, including who performed better against Crawford. And based on the reaction of fans afterward, it’s obvious that this is a contest people are eager to see.

A tense head-to-head followed by multiple teasers have given this fight considerable weight. Shalom and Sky Sports deserve huge credit for that.  The fight probably will deliver on many fronts. It will do a solid buy rate, it will provide boxing fans with a memorable night and it will close the book on a lingering rivalry.

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Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan? Brook says he has signed contract to face rival

Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan? Brook says he has signed contract to face his rival.

After years of taunting and failed negotiations, it looks as if Kell Brook and Amir Khan are finally set to face each other next year.

With the curtain slowly coming down on the careers of both fighters, they recognize this might be the final chance for them to face off.

Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) revealed during an interview with IFL TV that he has signed his side of the contract and is waiting for Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) to seal the deal.

“I’ve signed my part of the fight,” Brook said. “He just needs to come forward and sign his part, and we’ve got the biggest fight in British boxing. We’ve signed our bit. But listen, we don’t need to hide about it. Everyone knows that this fight needs to happen.

“He’s been shouting my name, I haven’t really been coming in front of the cameras, it’s him shouting my name saying he wants it. I’ve done my thing. Let’s see if he does his thing, and we’ve got the biggest fight in British boxing.”

Brook didn’t mention a specific date or site for the proposed bout.

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Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan? Brook says he has signed contract to face rival

Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan? Brook says he has signed contract to face his rival.

After years of taunting and failed negotiations, it looks as if Kell Brook and Amir Khan are finally set to face each other next year.

With the curtain slowly coming down on the careers of both fighters, they recognize this might be the final chance for them to face off.

Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) revealed during an interview with IFL TV that he has signed his side of the contract and is waiting for Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) to seal the deal.

“I’ve signed my part of the fight,” Brook said. “He just needs to come forward and sign his part, and we’ve got the biggest fight in British boxing. We’ve signed our bit. But listen, we don’t need to hide about it. Everyone knows that this fight needs to happen.

“He’s been shouting my name, I haven’t really been coming in front of the cameras, it’s him shouting my name saying he wants it. I’ve done my thing. Let’s see if he does his thing, and we’ve got the biggest fight in British boxing.”

Brook didn’t mention a specific date or site for the proposed bout.

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