Kell Brook vows to retire without fighting Amir Khan if he loses against Mark DeLuca in comeback fight

KELL BROOK has vowed to retire if he loses his comeback fight against Mark DeLuca.

It will mean walking away from the sport without fighting bitter rival Amir Khan, with the pair spending years squabbling at the negotiation table.

Brook – who suffered broken eye sockets against Gennady Golvokin and Errol Spence Jr – failed to fight last year.

The Sheffield star won two super-welterweight fights in 2018, against Sergey Rabchenko and Michael Zerafa before going in search of a world title clash of grudge match against Khan.

Neither came, and now the 33-year-old finds himself in another ticking over fight on February 8 in Sheffield against 24-1 Massachusetts man DeLuca.

But Brook, who still believes he can win a world title at welterweight, has promised to drop it all if he loses in his hometown against his outsider opponent.

He said: “If I lose to DeLuca, absolutely it will be my last fight and I will walk away and retire.

“If I can’t beat DeLuca, how can I say I want to fight the elite of the sport, rematch Errol Spence or fight Terence Crawford?

“There’s no point and I don’t have the right to call for world titles. No – I have to win.

“My opponent DeLuca is a strong, gutsy fighter who is always ready for war.

“But I’m planning on putting on a statement to show the world that I’m still a force at 154 or 147lbs.”