Kell Brook to fight Eisa Al Dah in Dubai 2026 replacing Hatton

Kell Brook, the retired former world welterweight champion, will come out of retirement to fight Eisa Al Dah in Dubai on February 13, 2026, stepping in for fellow Briton Ricky Hatton, who died in September. Promoters said the card, to be staged at Dubai Media City and billed as Destiny in the Desert, will be dedicated to Hatton and will support the newly formed Ricky Hatton Foundation.

Details disclosed at a coroner’s inquest this week confirmed that Hatton, 46, was found unresponsive at his home in the Greater Manchester area on the morning of Sept. 14. Alison Mutch, senior coroner for Manchester South, told the court that the provisional cause of death was suicide by hanging. The inquest heard that Hatton was discovered by his manager, Paul Speak, who had gone to the boxer’s home to take him to the airport.

Hatton rose from modest beginnings to become one of Britain’s best-known fighters in the 2000s, winning world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and facing marquee opponents including Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. He retired from professional competition after a loss in 2012, later working as a trainer and promoter and announcing a planned comeback...