The weight for their fight Saturday night was much more of an issue during prolonged negotiations between Amir Khan and Kell Brook than it was Friday afternoon at the British Boxing Board of Control’s scale.

Khan and Brook both came in under the 149-pound limit for their long-awaited 12-round showdown at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Bolton’s Khan weighed one full pound less, 147.5 pounds, than Brook, who officially came in at 148.5 pounds.

The 35-year-old Khan told BoxingScene.com earlier this week that he wanted the weight limit for their domestic grudge match to be 147 pounds. Brook, also 35, pushed for a higher weight and they eventually settled on 149.

Brook (39-3, 27 KOs), a former IBF welterweight champion, made the 147-pound welterweight maximum for his last fight – a fourth-round technical knockout to WBO champ Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs). He’ll fight for the first time in the 15 months since that TKO loss when he encounters Khan, who will end a 2½-year layoff.

Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) hasn’t boxed since he stopped Australia’s Billy Dib (47-6, 27 KOs, 2 NC) during the fourth round of their July 2019 bout at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The weight limit for Khan-Dib also was 147 pounds.

Once they finished their official business Friday, Brook and Khan came as face-to-face as organizers of their event would allow. Brook barked at Khan, which Khan countered with trash talk of his own before two security guards stepped between them and sent them in different directions, off the stage.

A little more than 32 hours later, they’ll settle their longstanding beef in the ring.

Though both boxers are past their physical primes, their fight has drawn intense interest from fans and media in the United Kingdom. Tickets to the card they’ll headline sold out in less than 10 minutes when they went on sale December 13.

Sky Sports Box Office will air Khan-Brook as the main event of a pay-per-view show in the United Kingdom and Ireland (£19.95; 6 p.m. GMT). Brook-Khan will be streamed by ESPN+ as a main event in the United States (1 p.m. ET; 10 a.m. PT).

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.