Kell Brook's roller-coaster career: Ex-world champion left with nothing more to fight for

After years of searching to fight Aamir Khan, Kyle Brook realized that in light of the most satisfying victory of his career, he had nothing left to fight for.

At age 36, lightweight opportunity Brooke Connor Benn and middleweight contender Chris Ubank Jr. have worn gloves to avoid a potentially lucrative fight.

Why would Brooke withdraw from Sheffield, England (40-3, 28 KOs) now with the cash options available for the upcoming fights and after such a strong showing after defeating Khan in the sixth round stoppage ? Only three months old?

Brooke now has several reasons to decide to end it.

First, for Brooke, when they defeated Khan in February, they could not be compared to the provocative conflict. After six years of trying to talk and fight Trash , Brooke gave his favorite performance.

Khan and Brooke, then 28 and living just 50 miles in rival English northern counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, both entered the lightweight division for Brooke in 2014, defeating Khan - after nearly a decade of squabbling between the two - was definitely the sweetest moment. . Brooke's career could not have been better and the pair ended up in fear.

It was Brooke's best performance of his career, in addition to a points victory over Shawn Porter, who won the IBF World Welterweight title in the United States in 2014.

After defeating Khan, becoming world champion and losing to some of the best boxers of his time, Brooke's motivation was said. In terms of finances, Brooke calmed down after investing millions of pounds, including at least 3 3 million, in a fight with Khan in Manchester in February.

"I have lost my heart, I have nothing to prove," he told the Telegraph . "She is OK.

"I had to fight Khan, I had to resolve an animosity, animosity. Now she no longer has a dark feeling in me, I think when you were in the ring with someone, she leaves, leaves. Amir and I said something in preparation that was disgusting, but that's what happens in boxing. But I respect him after the war. There he showed his true heart.

After the match, there was a high expectation that one or both boxers would announce their withdrawal. Later, Khan told reporters, "I did not have that emotion and that push in the ring. Maybe it's a sign that it's time for me to finish, but we'll see." In the days that followed, however, neither side made a public decision, only hinting.

The second point is that Brooke was removed from the photo for the world title. After becoming the IBF World Lightweight Champion with three defenses, Brooke lost the belt when she was eliminated by Errol Spence in the 11th round in 2017.

IBF-WBC-WBA champion Spence and American WBO champion Terrence Crawford are the best in this category and Brooke lost to both in the final. Crawford Brooke was eliminated in four rounds in November 2020 and was unlikely to win the world lightweight title because he was not in the top 10 of the four world governing bodies as impressive as Khan.

After defeating Khan, Brooke told a post-war press conference: "I had a great career. I went to America to win the World Cup. I was with Gennady Golovkin, Errol Spence Jr. and Terrence Crawford. I thought I was 22 rings today. "But I'll sit down with my family and talk about it."

Brooke had in mind to retire the moment Khan finished.

Third (and who could argue with that?), Brooke had to think about her health after an 18-year professional career that seemed to be shrinking when she snapped her eye socket due to Gennad's initial injury . Golvkin and Spence 2016 and 2017. years.

Brooke suffered another break due to Crawford in November 2020, and for the past three months he has been asking himself: Is it worth missing another ban?

It was a good call from Brooke, who will be remembered more than his hostility to Khan. He fought (and lost) the two best lightweight fighters and the two best fighters in each weight category and even took the two middleweight categories to face Golovkin, who was definitely the fighter best in all weight classes. In this world.

Brooke was also one of the best performers of a British boxer on American soil when Carson defeated Porter by a majority decision in August 2014.

But two weeks after Porter was beaten, the Sheffield boxer was found in hospital after being stabbed in the leg during a vacation in Tenerife, saying he could no longer box.

The episode featured Brooke's busy career, from winning moments to career threats, to high-profile meetings against the biggest names, to knockout rates.

After losses and eye injuries in 2016 and 2017, it took Brooke three years to win another world title. After the loss to Crawford, many praised how quickly Khan pulled Brooke, but the strength, will and perseverance of the Sheffield boxer were too much for his opponent.

The 35-year-old Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) is now considering whether to follow Brooke, who shot a T-shot at the right time in a brilliant career.