Kell Brook: record, next fight and profile →
Kell Brook is not holding his breath on a future fight with domestic rival Amir Khan. Brook will return to the ring against Mark DeLuca at Sheffield Arena on February 8. The bout will be Brook's first bout since December 2018. Khan had recently mentioned Brook as a potential opponent for 2020.
Kell Brook says he knew he wasn’t finished with his boxing career when he got bored of sitting on a beach. The 33-year-old former IBF welterweight champion, steps back in the ring in Sheffield on February 8, when he faces American Mark DeLuca in a super-welterweight 12-rounder, having not boxed in 2019.
Kell Brook Training Photos Gallery - Kell Brook will make his eagerly-anticipated 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)
Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) is scheduled to snap his layoff on February 8th when he faces Mark DeLuca in Sheffield. For Brook, it's his first bout since December 2018, when he won a much tougher than expected twelve round decision over Michael Zerafa.
Kell Brook will make his eagerly-anticipated 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.
Kell Brook is expected to return to the ring in February as the former IBF welterweight champion looks to rebuild his career after a blank 2019. The Yorkshireman has not boxed since December last year when he had a tougher-than-expected time against Michael Zerafa in Sheffield, before claiming a unanimous points decision.
Former welterweight champion Kell Brook believes that he displayed a "blueprint" to defeat middleweight contender Gennadiy Golovkin. Back in 2016, Brook moved up by two full weight division to challenge Golovkin for his world titles. Brook gave a good account of himself in the fight, before he sustained a fractured orbital bone and was stopped in the fifth round.
Kell Brook is apparently heading back to the welterweight division. Last year, Brook moved up to the junior middleweight division after claiming to have weight struggles to continue forward at 147-pounds. He's been out of the ring since a much tougher than expected decision win over junior middleweight Michael Zerafa of Australia.
Amir Khan recently revealed that he's back in talks to face his longtime rival, fellow former world champion Kell Brook. Both boxers are looking to fight on a date in November, and then they aim to face each other in the early months of 2020.
WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter has zero interest in avenging a 2014 decision loss to Kell Brook and there is equally little interest in having a fight with Bolton star Amir Khan. This Saturday night, Porter will take part in the biggest fight of his career when he collides with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.