British legend Kell Brook tempted to have ‘one last dance’
Boxing legend and former IBF Welterweight champion Kell Brook (40-3, 28KO) has hinted that he could be tempted out of retirement for a matchup against Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24KO).
The 37-year-old ended his career on a high after securing a sixth-round knockout win over fellow British legend Amir Khan in 2022.
Originally Conor Benn was considered Brooks’s most likely opponent after the two clashed while in Dublin attending Taylor vs Cameron.
However, speaking to LuckyBlock, ‘The Special One’ has revealed that, due to Benn’s ongoing drug testing fiasco, a fight with Brighton braggart Eubank Jr. is a more attractive move for the Sheffield fighter, assuming that he receives the right financial incentives.
“In the driving seat for me, if I did come back, would be Chris Eubank,” Brook revealed. “The reason being, is that Conor Benn has got these drug allegations over his head and he’s not sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control, so he’s a bit out of the picture. But, obviously, the two names there are the names that could excite me and get me back into the ring.
“If the right figures got mentioned I could put the pipe and slippers away, get the running trainers back on and get on the road. I’m retired at the minute, but I’d be willing to talk about those fights and possibly have one last dance.”
Brook feels that boxing has taken a turn for the worse since he has retired. Perhaps ‘Special K’ could breathe some fresh joy back into the sport if he decides to step back into the ring for a final time.
“Everywhere I go people are saying that they want me out of retirement, that boxing’s dead without me. There’s not really been anything exciting; bar me and Khan, what fights have been out there that have really got the juices flowing? There’s been none.”