Sheffield’s IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) has told the naysayers that he will be bigger, stronger and fitter when he steps up to middleweight to challenge WBC World, Super World WBA, IBF World and IBO middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 early) at London’s O2 Arena on 10.
Tickets for the blockbuster showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook go on sale tomorrow (Wednesday July 13). Pound-for-pound star Golovkin fights in the UK for the first time in his career and puts his IBF, WBA, WBC and IBO Middleweight titles on the line against the unbeaten IBF World Welterweight king Brook, with the duo sharing a combined record of 71-0 with 57 wins by KO.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - When a note from Gennady Golovkin’s publicist hit my inbox Friday afternoon with a subject line heralding a September fight with Kell Brook, I was sure I’d seen it wrong. So when I clicked ahead on the email, I made sure to read it twice. By the time I’d completed all 863 words the second time, I’d...
K2 Promotions Chief Tom Loeffler says undefeated IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) is A1 for seizing the opportunity of fighting unbeaten WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) at O2.
Conor Benn will be back in action in September when he appears on two huge World title unification bills – Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook at The O2 in London on September 10 and Anthony Crolla vs. Jorge Linares at the Manchester Arena on September 24.
WBA/WBC/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) is expecting a very tough fight from IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs).
by David P. Greisman - This was supposed to be the year that Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought each other. This is turning out to be the year that two middleweights who should’ve fought each other instead face two British welterweights who should’ve fought each other. This is turning out to be the year that...
Hearn Praises Brook - Gennady Golovkin was searching for someone to fight him for the middleweight title. Kell Brook was more than eager to step up for the challenge. Brook will move up two weight classes to face the fearsome Golovkin on Sept. 10 in a clash of unbeaten champions. The British fighter will have the hometown advantage at London's 02 Arena, but faces a formidable task against a fighter who is not only bigger but has stopped his last 22 opponents.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is predicting a massive upset on September 10th, when IBF, WBA, WBC and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin defends his belts against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook at the O2 Arena in London.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez believes that Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) is not a bad fighter, he is undefeated and has shown good things in his career - but even though the fight is at home, the advantages for Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) make him convinced that the middleweight king will win by knockout on September 10 in London.