Kell Brook insists a fight between him and Amir Khan “must happen” if they both make successful returns to boxing
Brook has moved up to super-welterweight after losing his world title in a stoppage defeat to Errol Spence Jr last May, while Khan is expected to end his lengthy absence with a fight at welterweight
KELL BROOK welcomes Amir Khan to team Eddie Hearn at Matchroom by saying a fight with the Bolton boxer “must happen.”
Brook has moved up to super-welterweight after losing his world title in a stoppage defeat to Errol Spence Jr last May, while Khan is expected to end his lengthy absence with a fight at welterweight.
“It’s great news for boxing. We’re with the same team with Matchroom now, so surely it must happen now,” Brook told Sky Sports News.
“Surely it must happen this year. He’s saying it could be the third fight. I’ve been ready for a long time. Now we’re together in the same camp, let’s make it happen baby. Let’s make it happen.”
Brook insists himself, Hearn and Khan will sit down with “piles of money” and admits a future showdown could be at a catchweight between both divisions.
He said: “We’re going to sit down, piles of money in the pot, and we sort it out when the time comes. When that fight is ready to happen.
“We’re all going to sit down and make it happen. Make it rain. That could be at catchweight, we don’t know.
“Until we’re ready to fight and everyone is 100 per cent it’s going to happen, then we can decide on what the weight is and the ins and outs of it.
“Of course I am very confident of beating Queen Khan. I’m very confident of that.”
“It’s a massive threat,” said Brook. “It’s a 50-50 fight, believe it or not. This guy, I’ve had life and death with him in sparring, he’s very tough.
“This is his golden ticket, him beating me. He’s coming to win, so I’m excited.”
Brook has to get past Sergey Rabchenko on March 3 in Sheffield first and Khan who is waiting on an opponent has a fight booked for April 21 in Liverpool.