Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
Kell Brook has no problem with a potential battle with fellow former world champion Liam Smith. Brook has been inactive since December 2018, when he struggled at times at win a tough decision over Michael Zerafa. Brook is back on Saturday night, when he faces once-beaten Mark DeLuca in a junior middleweight scrap from Sheffield’s FlyDSA Arena.
Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) will be aiming to shake off the ring rust and fire his name back into the mix for a word title shot in 2020 when he meets Mark DeLuca (24-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in Sheffield.
Kell Brook Training Photos Gallery - Kell Brook will make his return to the ring against Mark DeLuca at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on Saturday February 8 on a bumper bill featuring Kid Galahad taking on Claudio Marrero in a Final Eliminator for the IBF Featherweight crown, Terri Harper clashing with Eva Wahlstrom for the WBC Super-Featherweight World Title and the return of Heavyweight favourite Dave Allen, shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. (photos by Mark Robinson)
Kell Brook has admitted that nothing less than a "spectacular" win over Mark DeLuca at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield this Saturday will suffice as he looks to regain the attention of the World Champions at 147lbs and 154lbs after a lengthy hiatus from the ring.
Liam Smith is very confident in his ability to defeat fellow former world champion Kell Brook, who returns this weekend after being away from the ring sin December 2018, when he had a tougher than expected decision win over Michael Zerafa.
Mark DeLuca says his clash with former IBF Welterweight World Champion Kell Brook at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on Saturday February 8 is "make or break" as he looks to cause an upset in the toughest fight of his career, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
Former world champion Kell Brook is about two weeks away from his scheduled ring return. Brook has been inactive since December 2018, when he struggled during a decision win over Michael Zerafa. He snaps the streak of inactivity on February 8th, when he faces Mark DeLuca at Sheffield Arena.
Dominic Ingle, the head trainer for former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, is hoping that his boxer will finally face career rival Amir Khan in 2020. Brook is returning to the ring on February 8th in Sheffield, when he faces Mark DeLuca of the United States. The contest will be the first for Brook since winning a tougher than expected decision over Michael Zerafa in December 2018.
Dominic Ingle, the trainer who took Kell Brook to a world title, says he will not know whether the former IBF welterweight champion still has it until he steps back into the ring next month. Brook is back working with Ingle at the famous Wincobank gym ahead of his fight with Mark DeLuca on February 8 in Sheffield, hoping it will provide a springboard to a world-title shot next summer.
Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook is very eager to capture another world title, this time at junior middleweight. Brook returns against Mark DeLuca in the main event of a card being staged in Sheffield on February 8. Sky Sport and DAZN will carry the card. The return will mark Brook's first bout since December of 2018.