Khan vs Brook – The complete timeline

Khan vs Brook

2003/4 โ€“ Khan and Brook spar as amateurs

August 2004 โ€“ Amir Khan wins silver at 2004 Olympics in Beijing

September 2004 โ€“ Kell Brook turns pro, outpointing Peter Buckley

July 2005 โ€“ Khan pummels David Bailey inside a round on pro debut

August 2005 โ€“ A potential fight between Brook and Khan is mentioned for the first time during an interview with Brook in the August 12, 2005, issue of Boxing News. Brook was 8-0 at the time and Khan was 1-0

April 2007 โ€“ Brook stabbed on a night out one week after beating Karl David

July 2007 โ€“ Khan emerges from a flash knockdown to beat Commonwealth lightweight boss, Willie Limond

February 2008 โ€“ Khan goes 12 for the first time, beating Gary St Clair

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June 2008 โ€“ Brook beats Barrie Jones for vacant British welterweight title

June 2008 โ€“ Khan survives tougher than expected scrap with Michael Gomez

September 2008 โ€“ Breidis Prescott thrashes Khan in 54 seconds

November 2008 โ€“ Brook stops Kevin McIntyre in round one

December 2008 โ€“ Khan returns with two-round victory over Oisin Fagan

March 2009 โ€“ Khan wipes away remnants of Marco Antonio Barrera

July 2009 โ€“ Khan outscores Andriy Kotelnik, wins WBA light-welterweight strap

September 2010 โ€“ Brook halts Michael Jennings in five rounds

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December 2010 โ€“ Brook blasts out Philip Kotey in two rounds

December 2010 โ€“ In his third defence, Khan wins war with Marcos Maidana

December 2010 โ€“ Brook calls out Khan, Frank Warren tries to make fight

April 2011 โ€“ Khan takes on Paul McCloskey instead, winning a technical decision after six

June 2011 โ€“ Brook taken the full 12 by Lovemore Nโ€™Dou. Khan is unimpressed and takes to Twitter to say so. Brook replies, โ€˜Donโ€™t talk rubbish Khan, if you want it you can have it.โ€™

July 2011 โ€“ Khan looks superb while stopping Zab Judah

October 2011 โ€“ Khan claims heโ€™s open to the idea of fighting Brook in 2012

December 2011 โ€“ Lamont Peterson scores big upset, beating Khan on points

March 2012 โ€“ Brook outpoints Matt Hatton over 12

April 2012 โ€“ Khan tweets about Brookโ€™s private life then removes tweet, drawing anger from Brook and an investigation from the British Boxing Board of Control into Amirโ€™s behaviour

July 2012 โ€“ Carson Jones pushes Brook to the limit before losing a decision

July 2012 โ€“ Danny Garcia wipes out Khan in four rounds

October 2012 โ€“ Khan and Brook have a slanging match on Sky Sports show, Ringside

April 2013 โ€“ Khan gets up off the canvas to decision Julio Diaz

July 2013 โ€“ Brook meets Jones again, this time stopping him in eight

October 2013 โ€“ Brook looks terrific while hammering Vyacheslav Senchenko inside four

May 2014 โ€“ Khan drops Luis Collazo three times before winning on points

August 2014 โ€“ Brilliant Brook takes the IBF welterweight title from Shawn Porter

September 2014 โ€“ Brook stabbed on holiday in Tenerife

December 2014 โ€“ Khan dazzles against Devon Alexander

January 2015 โ€“ Khan rules out a Brook showdown while talking to Boxing News, stating he wants Mayweather or Pacquiao

March 2015 โ€“ Brook returns to thrash Ionut Dan Ion in four

May 2015 โ€“ Khan outpoints gutsy Chris Algieri

May 2015 โ€“ Brook too good for Frankie Gavin, winning in the sixth

August 2015 โ€“ Khan urges Brook to โ€˜prove himselfโ€™ against the worldโ€™s best then he will fight him

January 2016 โ€“ Khan annoyed when Brook signs to fight Kevin Bizier in March, said he was willing to agree to fight. Brook says Khan wanted too big a share of the purse. One week later, Khan signs to fight Canelo instead

May 2016 โ€“ Khan knocked sickeningly cold by Canelo Alvarez in 155lbs catchweight bout. The morning afterwards, in his Las Vegas hotel, Khan rules out Brook again

September 2016 โ€“ Middleweight Gennady Golovkin breaks Brookโ€™s right eye socket en route to fifth round win

May 2017 โ€“ Brookโ€™s left eye socket fractured during defeat to Errol Spence Jnr

January 2018 โ€“ Khan signs with Eddie Hearn, fuelling speculation fight with Brook is nigh

March 2018 โ€“ Brook knocks out Sergey Rabchenko in two rounds

April 2018 โ€“ Khan returns, stopping Phil Lo Greco in one

September 2018 โ€“ Khan dropped by Samuel Vargas but wins decision

December 2018 โ€“ Brook unconvincing as he outpoints Michael Zerafa. Afterwards, it is reported that Khan-Brook could happen in March 2019

April 2019 โ€“ Terence Crawford dominates Khan, winning in sixth but fight ends with a low blow administered by Crawford

July 2019 โ€“ Farcical mismatch sees Khan demolish Billy Dib in four

February 2020 โ€“ Brook knocks out Mark DeLuca in seven

November 2020 โ€“ Terence Crawford, the first and only common opponent of Khan and Brook, stops Kell in four rounds

November 2021 โ€“ Khan vs Brook confirmed for February 19, 2022

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Read the account of when Brook first called out Khan here

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