By Charles Brun: Kell Brook has got a REAL chip on his shoulders about being ignored by Amir Khan for the last 10+ years when attempting to get a fight with him, and now thinks he’s completely bonkers because he’s going to win their February 19th fight.
According to Khan, the 35-year-old Brook is levels below him in the talent department, and he expects to put him in his place by proving that when they meet up.
Brook can still punch, but his ability to take a shot looks like it deserted him completely, with him getting easily knocked out in his last fight by WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford in November 2020.
Crawford hit Brook with a soft right hook that shook him to his boots, and then flurried on him, resulting in Kell exposing his back. That left the referee with no other choice but to stop the contest to save Brook from being brained by Crawford.
Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) finally agreed to face the needy Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) after years of being called out by the Sheffield native, and the two will be battling it out on Sky Box Office PPV in two months from now at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
“Levels below!? He’s in Cuckoo Land. He needs to go back to believing he’s a celebrity,” said Kell Brook via World Boxing News. “This fight is the icing on the cake.
“This is an easy fight for me,” Brook continued. “You’re getting knocked out. I’m going to knock you spark out. You’ll see, you’re getting it.
What’s crazy is for both Khan and Brook to expect their fight to bring in a lot of PPV buys on Sky Box Office. Yeah, the fight sold out in 10 minutes for their clash at the Manchester Arena, but there’s a difference between selling out an arena than bringing in a million PPV buys on Sky Box Office.
Khan hasn’t fought in almost three years, since his win over lightweight Billy Dib in July 2019, and his last significant win against name opponent was six years ago when he beat Chris Algieri in 2015.
Things started going badly for Khan in 2011 when he lost back-to-back fights to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia. You can’t blame those losses for why Khan’s career imploded. I mean, his career was going to go downhill anyway once he started fighting better opposition.
Khan likely would have been knocked out by Marcos Maidana in 2010 if not for the referee Joe Cortez continually pulling the Argentinian off of Amir after he hurt him in the 10th. That fight was bizarre to watch because it looked like Maidana was fighting two people inside the ring, Khan and the referee Cortez.
“It’s easy to talk a big game,” said Brook of Khan. “Watch what happens. I’m going to knock you out and look over and go, ‘I told you so.’ You’re nuts.
“I know you know who I am. I can’t wait to spark you. I’m going to retire you. I’m so happy this fight has gotten made,” said Brook.
As bad as Brook looked in his loss to Crawford, you can’t rule out a knockout win for Khan if he lands one of his big shots on him. It will be difficult for Brook to get down to the welterweight limit, and he’ll likely be weight drained.