As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) - a career welterweight and the current IBF belt-holder in that division - faces IBF, IBO, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) in a full-fledged middleweight bout with a weight limit of 160-pounds.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport admits he nearly fainted when Chris Eubank Jr. and his father/manager Chris Eubank Sr. outlined their demands for a fall fight with WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin.
It was announced on Friday that unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) will be taking on IBF welterweight belt-holder Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) on September 10th from the O2 Arena in London, England.
According to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, there were no issues in making a deal for a showdown between IBF, WBA, WBC and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook , which is scheduled to take place in London on September 10.
WBA/IBO junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13KOs) was shocked, like everyone else, when Friday's announcement came down that Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) had reached an agreement to defend his WBA/WBC/IBO/IBF middleweight titles against Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs), who holds the IBF world title at welterweight.
Kell Brook has boxed above 150 pounds just eight times during his 36-fight, 11½-year pro career. The unbeaten IBF welterweight champion hasn’t fought higher than 155 pounds, either. England’s Brook still didn’t request a catch weight for his middleweight title shot against Gennady Golovkin.
It was anticipated for the past month or so that WBO welterweight titlist Jessie Vargas would face IBF belt-holder Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) in a unification bout in September. But those plans were scuttled when Brook stunningly accepted the assignment to face WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight kingpin, Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) on September 10th in London.
If you would’ve told Tom Loeffler this time a week ago that he would’ve finalized a Gennady Golovkin-Kell Brook fight Friday, he would’ve been about as surprised as the rest of us were when it officially was announced.
Earlier today Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport shocked the boxing world by announcing that his fighter - IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook - would move up two weight divisions to face WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0). The bout will take place on September 10th at the O2 In London. It will aired live on Sky Sports Box Office and HBO World Championship Boxing.
Amir Khan has come out in support of his domestic rival Kell Brook - who will move up two weight divisions to face WBC, WBA, IBO and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin on September 10 at London's O2 Arena.