From Tyson Fury, Chris Eubank and Ricky Hatton – the Brits love a grand entrance and here are the best with rumours of spectacular ring walk for Amir Khan vs Kell Brook

Prepare for the spectacular on Saturday night when Amir Khan and Kell Brook finally meet in the ring.

The pair will settle their differences at the AO Arena in Manchester and there are rumours swirling of a grand ring walk from Khan where a grand piano is set to play a key role.

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Us Brits do like to make scene in the boxing arena and here, talkSPORT.com looks at some of the most memorable.

George Groves Vs Carl Froch II – 2014

Before Anthony Joshua revived British boxing in big stadiums, George Groves and Carl Forch had the biggest domestic showdown in years that, Froch is always keen to remind us, drew 80,000 people to Wembley.

Saint George’ showed showed out for the huge audience as he arrived on an open-top double-decker bus. Played out by Kasabian’s ‘Underdog’, the Londoner strutted in front of 80,000 buzzing fans on the top deck as the pyro whirled around him. These days, AJ is partial to a bit of the pyro himself.

Ricky Hatton vs Juan Lazcano – 2008

This one is Ricky Hatton down to a tee. The Hitman had one of the most goosebump-inducing entrances in all of boxing anyway when Man City’s Blue Moon blared out in Manchester, but he took it up a notch for Juan Lazcano.

The media had scrutinised how Hatton was blowing up in weight between fights, so to make like of the ‘Ricky Fatton’ jabs, the former two-weight world champion hilariously came to the ring in a fat suit. He would do the same entrance before he fought Pauli Malignaggi, too.

Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder II – 2020

Everyone remembers Deontay Wilder’s entrance to this fight because he would go on to blame his loss on it among around 12 other excuses, but Fury made sure he put on a show for the fans in attendance, too.

Not only was Fury carried to the ring on a giant throne, but the music that played was Patsy Cline’s tepid ballad ‘Crazy’, a song from 1961 that felt every bit of its era. Fury sung the song and looked very regal on the throne in a very peculiar combination with the music, but then he’d go on to display, arguably, the best performance of his career with a seventh-round stoppage.

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Chris Eubank vs Steve Collins – 1995

Chris Eubank is one of the originators of the great entrance in British boxing and he loved to soak in an electric atmosphere pre-fight whether he was loved or hated. Eubank was a man who relished being polarising and heading into his clash with Collins, he was unbeaten in 43 fights.

He arrived for his entrance on a Harley Davidson bike – which was big business in 1990s pop culture – as his name lit up the arena in sparklers next to him. Eubank then sauntered to the ring with the textbook swagger he always exuded as Tina Turner’s ‘Simply the best’ blared over the speakers, but little did he know his first ever loss awaited him.

Naseem Hamed vs Wayne McCulloch – 1998

Who didn’t love a Prince Nassem Hamed ring walk? One of the Britain’s greatest ever boxing prodigies was also an entertainer at heart and he was desperate to put on a show for anyone that bought his fights and with Flying carpets, thrones, and convertible cadillacs part of his repertoire, Hamed was undoubtedly worth the money.

Perhaps his greatest outing, though, was the arrogant classic of him dancing through a graveyard bearing the names of his former opponents, joyfully skipping around and stopping to knock a gravestone over, to the tune of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ on Halloween. The leopard-skin wearing world champion did all of this prior to his patented flip over the top rope. The man was money.

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