All the details you need to watch the Kell Brook vs Mark DeLuca fight
'Special K' Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) is back to business as he returns to the ring a year on from his last fight to face Mark 'Bazooka' DeLuca (24-1, 13 KOs) as he aims to become a two-time world champion.
Here's everything you need to know about Brook-DeLuca:
Date
The bout takes place on Saturday, February 8 – which is the same day in history that Mary Queen of Scots was executed
Venue
It will be held at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield
Rounds scheduled
12 x three-minute rounds at the super-welterweight limit
Titles
The WBO Inter-Continental super-welterweight title is now on the line, which will give the victor a top 15 world ranking – world champion Patrick Teixeira is the current WBO 154lbs titleholder
Ringwalks
UK fight fans can expect the pair to make their ringwalks any time around 10pm (GMT)
TV Coverage
Coverage starts live on Sky Sports Facebook at 6pm, then live on Sky Sports from 7pm live, and DAZN in the US
Live Stream
You can watch online via the Sky Sports website here: https://www.skysports.com/watch
There is one other way that you can watch if you are not a Sky TV customer, or if you are just out and about on Saturday night by simply finding a suitable pub that is showing the event by visiting pubfinder.sky.com
Price
Free to view for Sky Sports subscribers
Tickets
Tickets priced £40, £60, £100 and £200 (VIP) are available to purchase NOW from the FlyDSA Arena (www.flydsaarena.co.uk), StubHub (www.stubhub.co.uk) and Matchroom Boxing (www.matchroomboxing.com)
Undercard Highlights
Kid Galahad (26-1, 15 KOs) takes on Claudio Marrero (24-3, 17 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the IBF Featherweight crown.
Terri Harper (9-0, 5 KOs) clashes with Finland’s Eva Wahlstrom (23-1-2, 3 KOs) in a unification for the WBC and IBO Super-Featherweight World Titles.
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Press Conference Quotes
Kell Brook: "I feel great, I feel good. I'm ready to fight, I'd be ready to fight next week. It feels good to be preparing for a fight again. I'm fighting back in Sheffield, we know what we get from the fans – amazing support. It's always an amazing atmosphere in the arena.
"DeLuca is in front of me, an ex marine, a very fit fighter, very strong, he's going to come over here like it's his World Title fight. The fans are in for a real treat and I can't wait to give them that treat. I can't wait to perform and for the crowd to get behind me and push me on.
“At the beginning of last year it was frustrating because I was trying to get the Terence Crawford fight to happen. I was trying to make a few fights happen but they never materialised. 2019 was frustrating at first but then I was just enjoying my time with my little girls, went travelling about a little bit but then I started getting a bit bored and thought boxing is where I belong and I need to give some more of myself to the fans. I’ve got unfinished business and I want to give all I’ve got.
"I want whoever holds a belt, I want to be a two-time World Champion this year. That’s what I’m aiming for."
Mark DeLuca: “This is the pinnacle of my career at this point, fighting a former World Champion. Kell Brook fought two of boxing’s biggest boogeymen at the time in Errol Spence and Gennadiy Golovkin, he shook up their world. I have admiration and respect for Kell as a champion but in order for me to get to where he has been, I have to beat him in Sheffield.
“I can’t speak for him, but I know he is at the crossroads in his career. I know he wants to get back to where he once was and in order to do that he needs to beat me. I don’t think that he has taken this fight lightly as it’s a make or break fight for both of us.
"I don’t really get into social media or read online comments, but I think he is feeling the pressure ahead of this one. All of his fans are waiting for him to come back and it’s in his hometown. He has to deal with this pressure and show up and perform, he has his hands full!
“This is my chance and this is my time. I feel great. I have been grinding on small cards in small venues to get to this point and I can showcase my skills and what I am all about in this fight.
“This would be like winning a World Title for me. Fighting someone of his calibre means everything to me. I am confident in my preparation and that is what it all comes down to, fighting the best that I can, that’s all I can do."
Background
Former IBF Welterweight ruler Kell Brook was last seen outpointing Australia’s Michael Zerafa over a year ago in his hometown and ‘The Special One’, now trained by Dominic Ingle, will be aiming to shake off the ring rust and fire his name back into the mix for a Word Title shot in 2020. He plans to become a two-time world champion either back at super-welter or down at welter if the right fight comes along.
Standing in his way is the USA’s DeLuca, a southpaw hailing from Massachusetts, nicknamed ‘The Bazooka’, who is currently enjoying a three-fight winning streak, picking up the NABA Super-Welterweight title on the undercard of Andrade vs. Kautondokwa in October 2018. Find out more about Mark DeLuca HERE
Fight Preview
The two-time American super-welterweight champion, Mark DeLuca, was still doing six-rounders against insignificant opponents while Kell Brook was celebrating a career-best IBF world title win over ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter… Read more
Betting Odds Supplied by 888Sport
1/20 Kell Brook10/1 Mark DeLuca
28/1 Draw
Weights and Running Order
16:45 First Bell – Live on Before the Bell
4 x 3 mins Light-Heavyweight contest
Callum Beardow 12st 11lbs 8oz v Pawel Martyniuk 12st 11lbs 5oz
6 x 3 mins Super-Middleweight contest
John Docherty 12st 1lb 8oz v Pablo Mendoza 12st 11oz
17:50 Live on Sky Sports Facebook
4 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight contest
Donte Dixon 9st 4lbs 10oz v Eduardo Valverde 9st 4lbs 3oz
10 x 3 mins Eliminator for British & Commonwealth Welterweight Titles
Anthony Tomlinson 10st 6lbs 10oz v Stewart Burt 10st 6lbs 6oz
19:00 Live on Sky Sports
10 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight contest
Martin J Ward 9st 6lbs 6oz v Jesus Amparan 9st 4lbs 8oz
6 x 3 mins Heavyweight contest
Dave Allen 18st 10lbs 14oz v Doran Darch 17st 6oz
12 x 3 mins IBF Featherweight World Title Final Eliminator
Kid Galahad 8st 13lbs 3oz v Claudio Marrero 8st 13lbs 10oz
10 x 2 mins WBC & IBO Super-Featherweight World Titles
Eva Wahlstrom 9st 3lbs 7oz v Terri Harper 9st 3lbs 10oz
12 x 3 mins WBO Inter-Continental Super-Welterweight Title
Kell Brook 10st 13lbs 12oz v Mark DeLuca 10st 12lbs 12oz
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