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Brook weighs in heavier
- Updated: September 9, 2016
Kell Brook weighed in slightly heavier than Gennady Golovkin ahead of their blockbuster unified world middleweight title clash at The O2 on Saturday.
There was controversy ahead of the weigh-in with rumours that the WBA Super, WBC and IBF world middleweight champion was unwell, while many were intrigued to see how Brook would look with an extra 13lb allowance.
Welterweight world champion Brook (36-0-KO25) is jumping up two weight divisions to face the most feared man in boxing, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and weighed in just inside the 11st 6lb middleweight while Golovkin came in at 11st 5lb.
The pair then squared off in front of a roaring crowd of fans and locked into an intense stare-down.
Brook, who like …