Sheffield’s boxing big guns Kell Brook and Liam Cameron line up comeback fights
Kell Brook and Liam Cameron are on the comeback trail
Two of Sheffield's most popular boxers of the last 20 years are on the verge of major comeback fights.
Kell Brook, the Dore-based former IBF welterweight king, and Chris Eubank Jnr are close to finalising terms for a bout in February, according to promoter Ben Shalom.
And Liam Cameron, whose career seemed to be heading towards its end after his jaw was broken by Bradley Rea in Manchester in May, is being matched against Russian Ali Izmailov at the Humo Arena, Uzbekistan, on December 10.
The Star revealed the possibility of a clash with the unbeaten, American-based Russian on November 4.
Now it appears to have been rubber-stamped.
A fight in the Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, isn't everybody's cup of tea.
But Cameron has lived by the philosophy: "I will take on anybody if the money is right."
The Manor Sheffield light-heavyweight is 36 and could retire from the ring next year, so he wants to maximise his earning potential before becoming a full-time boxing coach and manager.
He currently has a 24-8-1 record and been in with the likes of Ben Whittaker, Lyndon Arthur, Zac Dunn and Rea.
Izmailov is three years younger and less experienced, but has won all 15 of his professional fights, with 10 coming by knockout.
The Brook v Eubank Jr fight has been on the cards for some time,
The 40-year-old Sheffielder hasn't boxed since beating Amir Khan in 2022 while Eubank Jr, three years younger, lost by unanimous decision to Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last November.
Neither fighter is likely to be considered at their peak.
But Shalom has a point when he says: "I think that's the fight that the fans want to see."
He believes "terms are pretty much agreed on both sides."
