The long-simmering rivalry between British rivals Amir Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) and Kell Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) will finally come to a head in a 149-pound catchweight battle on February 19, at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Roughly 20,000 fans will be in attendance for this British super fight for the ages, which sold out in 10 minutes when tickets went on sale in December.
Promoted by BOXXER, Khan vs. Brook and select undercard fights will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+.
“I think Kell Brook is very bitter, and this is a good time for me to put the issue straight between us because he has always thought he is the better fighter than me,” Khan told Sky Sports. “He’s always said he should have had the recognition that I had and believes that should have been him. But at the end of the day, my skills made me the name I am today.”
In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Brook said: “This is a real grudge match, there’s no love lost in this fight and we both don’t like each other. The fans and the pundits can’t split us, and that shows how even this fight is going to be.”
Talk about a fight thats years too late
Still quite looking forward to it though. Really grown to dislike Khan as a person over the years. Hope Brook can beat him in good fashion
As long as I don’t have to pay a single penny extra aside from my ESPNt subscription then cool! Otherwise not getting my money
Someones glass jaw or brittle eye sockets are likely to get shattered in this one
it’s interesting how critical people are of Brook’s career. Only lost to GGG, Spence jr and Crawford. Beat a prime Porter. He can only really be criticised for chasing Khan for way too long. That messed up his prime.
Brook dared to be great and took on the biggest challenges he had available. He came up short but should be honored as a fighter not criticized for the outcome.
I believe the prior comment was fair in that Brook had two different eye socket injuries and Khan goes down if he gets hit with a decent shot.
I’ll go with M.Glassjaw on the canvas.
should of booked a larger venue for this fight
thats all………
That has to be a big regret to sell out a stadium in 10 min when there are far bigger stadiums to generate huge revenue. This has been a big fight in Britain for a good while. Seems they should have anticipated a huge interest and prepared to capitalize on what could be their last fights.
Tickets were likely too low also. Could have likely made at least 4x what they will make.
– I am looking forward to this fight, even though it’s a little late.
– At least it’s not on PPS.
A little too late but still very intriguing. Remember how exciting the Leonard Vs Hearns rematch was 8 years later?
Leonard Hearns was a nothing fight compared to the 1st fight. So was Lenard Duran 3 just money grabs
So, is it on ESPN+ exclusively or is it on ESPN+ but PPV, where you have the ESPN+ service but you still have to pay for the PPV which is what the UFC does?
I dont think they could possibly make it extra ppv they did this with Crawford vs Porter you had to buy the subscription to be able to purchase the ppv and they wanted to do that more in the future
amir might as well go for a slugfest, khan never did anything over 147. Hated his fight against Luis Collazo. Glad Mayweather fought Maidana, even though Khan won the popularity contest to get the fight. Khan got lucky in the late rounds vs Maidana, pulled a De La Hoya vs Trinidad in the last 3 or 4 rounds vs Maidana. Amir should figure eveyone expects him to lose, or run all night chasing a decision.
I’ll watch it but not excited about it unfortunately.
…assuming the you-know-what doesn’t cancel it.
i will take brooke in this fight khan not that good anymore he should retire
Can wait to sed Khan on the canvas again
Disgrace this is PPV in UK and Taylor Catterall is on normal sky lol