Kell Brook Accuses Amir Khan Of Lacking Respect

IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook is determined to punish Amir Khan for what he perceives as a lack of respect.


Brook's promoter, Eddie Hearn, warned Khan that he is pricing himself out of a domestic fight for the ages and Brook appears to be equally frustrated by the attitude of his fellow northerner. Brook said in a press conference at Bramall Lane that “I want a massive fight in the summer - if we can't get that kid from Bolton, I'd fight Danny Garcia, or the winner of Keith Thurman v Shawn Porter. He (Khan) has no respect for me he never has, and that's why I want to punch him in the face. Everyone in the world wants to see us two fight. It would kill him to lose to me - I'd put him on his a***. I've been training since November - we are ahead of schedule and I can't wait to get back in there”.

Brook's trainer, Dominic Ingle, also had this to say “Kell has never turned anyone down for a fight and he still gets slagged off. We can only fight who is in front of us. Khan is pricing himself out of the fight who wants to see him fight a guy in Garcia who has already knocked him out?”
Former world champion Khan fought just once in 2015, earning a unanimous decision over Chris Algieri in New York in May.