Brook and Rabchenko make weight

Participants of the boxing main event in Sheffield on March 3, former world champion Kell Brook and Sergey Rabchenko went through the official weigh-in procedure. Both fighters met the weight limit at the first attempt without problems. The weight of Brook was 153.4 pounds (69.58 kg), Rabchenko - 153.7 pounds (69.71 kg). At the stake of the meeting will be the title of silver WBC champion.

The meeting of Brook and Rabchenko will be broadcasted on the British channel Sky Sports.

According to the plans of Brook promoters the duel against Rabchenko should mark the beginning of Kell's new campaign for the title, this time in a new weight category. Prior to this, Brook owned a belt at welterweights, which he lost last summer to American Errol Spence.