FEW have had as punishing a recent run as Kell Brook. He leapt up two divisions to challenge destructive middleweight puncher Gennady Golovkin. The Kazakh halted him in five rounds. Brook returned to welterweight only to lose his IBF world title to quality American Errol Spence. Brook fracturedย his eye socket, the same injury that he endured against โGGGโ only on the other side.
Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed plans for Brookโs comeback. โHeโs back training,โ Hearn told Boxing News.
โHe really took the loss bad against Errol Spence. Really bad. The Golovkin fight was always one against the head and he got a lot of respect out of that fight. A lot of actual support and the Spence fight was a really tough fight to take on the chin. Of course [with] the criticism about him quitting in the fight, when he broke his eye socket, I think only now heโs back in his rhythm and now weโre looking at end of November, early December coming back.โ
It is currently unclear against what kind of opponent and at what weight Brook would return. โI want him to come back at 154lbs,โ Hearn explained. โI think we need a good solid fight at light-middleweight. Heโs not going to come back against [Miguel] Cotto, itโs not going to happen unless we get asked. If we want to do that fight in the States then itโs up to Kell. I never make the decisions on who he fights. I would rather he had a comeback fight at 154. Heโs had two losses, I want to see some wins on that record, even if we have two fights in three or four months.โ
The showdown with his British rival Amir Khan seems as elusive as ever. โThe Amir Khan fight, who knows?โ Hearn continued. โWeโre waiting for that fight forever. Now Amir wants it 147lbs. I think Kell sees the names at 147 and thinks I want to fight them. I just donโt think he can do it to his body any more. He makes it and to be fair he made 147 I wouldnโt say well for Errol Spence but well for him but why? Whatโs the point when you can be so strong at 154. I would like to see some green on the record.โ