Khan vs Brook: Finally Fighting
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Amir Khan and Kell Brook, two names that have been put together for years. The former boxing world champions have taken on some of the biggest names in the sport but as yet, have managed to avoid each other. Finally brought together by new boxing promoter, Ben Shalom, they’ve agreed to fight at a catchweight of 149lbs, just above the welterweight limit. Eleanor Roper has been spending time in Bolton and Sheffield, going behind-the-scenes in both camps, ahead of the much anticipated Manchester bout. She hears from both fighters about the highs and lows of their careers and the two-decade long rivalry that will finally be settled on Saturday 19 February.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm here, Khan and Kelbrook, two of the biggest names in British boxing. |
| 0:17.4 | We got told it would be, you know, like, two seeds in a part of Graw. |
| 0:21.6 | Like, branches, then, obviously, come together at some stage, |
| 0:24.2 | but it never happened. It never did happen. |
| 0:27.4 | I think he's just lived by my name all his career. |
| 0:30.2 | Kind of just gets me a little bit angry. |
| 0:32.9 | He's a good fighter, but I don't know. He's not on my level. |
| 0:35.4 | And the day he's been a world champion, he's fought the best out there, |
| 0:37.7 | but I just don't think he has the heart anymore. |
| 0:40.0 | They've both achieved so much, but until now, their paths have never crossed. |
| 0:44.8 | It doesn't need no building. It's a matter of who's got what left. |
| 0:47.9 | In his heart of hearts, Khan's always known. |
| 0:50.3 | It's all right to lose against the big names in America across the sea. |
| 0:54.0 | But to fight, to lose to a domestic fighter like Kelbrook, he'd never be able to live that down. |
| 0:58.1 | After years of talk, it's finally happening. |
| 1:01.0 | It's Bolton vs. Sheffield. It's speed vs. power, |
| 1:04.3 | as they battle for the north of England and look to prove who still got what it takes. |
| 1:17.2 | I mean, it's going to start fast. |
| 1:18.7 | If Kel can sort of withstand the early pressure, I think he'll do okay. |
| 1:28.1 | That's the key, I think, Kel getting through those early rounds, |
| 1:30.5 | and then I mean, it's got to get to stay out of the way, really. |
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