Hero's welcome for boxing champ Brook
Kell Brook had a hero's welcome at a reception in Sheffield after winning the IBF welterweight title.
Kell Brook: I've come to his back yard and I'm the champ
Sheffield boxer Kell Brook is celebrating becoming the IBF world welterweight champion after beating Shaun Porter in California. His win now sets up the potential for a domestic tussle against Amir Khan with both men eventually eyeing a bout against pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather who holds the WBC and WBA straps.
Amir Khan later told BBC Radio Five Live that he would be up for a fight against Kell Brook describing it as the fight UK fans want to see and one which they have been talking about for a long time.
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