Former Welterweight Champion Announces His Return To The Ring

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The IBF World Welterweight Championship belt during a press conference at the Rum Warehouse, Titantic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2024. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)

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Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook announced his plans for a return to the boxing ring on Monday. Brook, 40, who last fought in February 2022 as he stopped long-time rival Amir Khan, is expected to be facing fellow British boxing legend Chris Eubank Jr. Here’s everything we know about Brook’s comeback and why Eubank Jr. is believed to be his opponent. Let’s talk boxing.

Kell Brook Key Facts​

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Kell Brook before his fight against Amir Khan, at the AO Arena, Manchester. Picture date: Saturday February 19, 2022. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)

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• Record: 40-3, 28 KOs
• Age: 40
• Last fight: February 2022, sixth-round stoppage of Amir Khan
• Time out: More than four years
• Comeback weight: Middleweight or super middleweight, confirmed by Brook
• Expected opponent: Chris Eubank Jr., not confirmed
• Title reign: IBF welterweight, won from Shawn Porter in 2014
• Target: A fight before the end of this year

While Brook is 40 and hasn't fought in more than four years, it is easy to forget — especially for American fight fans — just how good the Special One was during his prime. Brook's career record stands at 40-3 with 28 wins by KO. The three losses in his career came against arguably the best fighters of his era Errol Spence Jr., Terence Crawford and Gennady Golovkin in an ill-advised attempt to move up to middleweight.

Brook confirmed to BoxingScene that the comeback will happen at middleweight or super middleweight — the same territory that produced the Golovkin stoppage. Asked directly whether Eubank is the opponent, he said it could be and that an announcement is coming soon. He also said he is training seven days a week.

All three of Brook's losses came by way of stoppage and he already seemed to have had the perfect swan song with his win over Khan. Perhaps the combination of the itch to return and the bag attached to the comeback were too much to ignore.

This is not the first comeback he has lined up. Brook was set to face Eisa Al Dah in Dubai in a bout raising money for the Ricky Hatton Foundation, but the event was postponed and never rescheduled.

Kell Brook’s 3 Career Losses​

Per BoxingScene.

• Errol Spence Jr. — TKO, round 11, 2017, IBF welterweight title
• Gennady Golovkin — TKO, round 5, 2016, at middleweight
• Terence Crawford — TKO, round 4, 2020, WBO welterweight title

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This article was originally published on Forbes.com

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