Amir Khan will not be satisfied with merely beating Kell Brook on February 19, and has set his sights on consigning his fierce rival to boxing obscurity when the pair meet at Manchester Arena.
By now the story is well known; neither likes the other, neither can envision losing and both know they cannot afford defeat at this late stage in their careers.
While victory secures long-brewing bragging rights and perhaps the shot at another pay day or two, defeat potentially puts a full stop to whoever should come off second best.
“I think it comes down to how hard you’ve worked and how hard I’ve worked going into this fight,” said Khan.
“Obviously with the great sparring, great game plan we have for this fight, I’m just going to go in there and hurt Kell, that’s what I want to do.
“I don’t want to go in there and just box him, I want to go in there to hurt him and to put him away.
“He’s already got smashed up eye sockets, he’s already been beaten, knocked out, this is the time now where I finish his career off so he never needs to look at boxing again.
“This is going to be a nice pay day for you, Kell Brook, so you get this pay day and walk away, leave the sport happy.”
