With the ‘Battle of Britain’ highly anticipated and IBF Welterweight champion Kell Brook giving Amir Khan 48 hours to commit to the Wembley Stadium showdown, the Bolton-boxer was quick to shoot down the calls.
The Olympic silver medalist doesn’t believe that Brook is up to his standard at the moment and would want his potential opponent to fight more higher esteemed boxers before he’d consider the fight.
The Sheffield-born fighter destroyed Jo Jo Dan and put the Romanian down four times in as many rounds on Saturday and has been quick to call out his long-time target but Khan wants the big names, admitting that Brook just isn’t that. +5
Amir Khan (left) has rejected the chance to fight Kell Brook in June at Wembley because of Ramadan +5
Brook defended his IBF Welterweight title against Jo Jo Dan after knocking him down four times
He told fighthype: ‘No one in America knows who Kell Brook is, whereas I can’t walk the street without it getting crazy, everyone knows who Amir Khan is but it’s a nice thing.
‘June I can’t do because of Ramadan, maybe that’s why he’s calling me out because he knows that I can’t do June. Maybe the end of the year it could be done, I fight twice a year but that’s because Ramadan falls right in the middle.
‘I’ve seen his performance against Jo Jo Dan and he’s going on like beating Jo Jo Dan is like beating a five-time World Champion. +5
The Bolton-boxer didn’t deny the fight could happen in the future but wants Brook to fight better opponents
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The Sheffield fighter has been gunning for Khan for a number of years and feels he deserves a shot
‘He was fighting a b, c-class opponent, no disrespect to Jo Jo Dan but Kell is now a world champion and he needs to fight world class opponents, the likes of the [Keith] Thurman and you have big names in the welterweight decision but he’s picking and choosing who he wants to fight.’
Khan has made it clear he wants a big fight in America to really boost his profile and is targeting two of the biggest names in the sport to give him what he wants but refused to deny that the Brook won’t happen sometime in the future.
‘Whoever they put in front of him, he beats, so you can’t really disrespect that but the fight between me and him won’t happen until the end of the year or maybe next year. It’s a fight I know that is going to happen but not just yet because I’m taking a different route. Kell Brook: Everybody knows it’s Amir Kahn I wanna fight next
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Khan is more focused on fighting the big names like Floyd Mayweather (right) and Manny Pacquiao
‘My route is to fight the big names like the Manny Pacquiao’s and the [Floyd] Mayweather’s and be amongst those names and also to fight in America and bring my name up over here.
‘I just have to keep on doing what I do and keep putting on great performances for my fans. Whatever fights the fans want to see, I’ll give it to them.
‘The Thurmans and the Brook fights will happen so I’ll never say no to any opponent – like the [Marcos] Maidana fight and I was one of the first guys to beat him and the first guy to put him down.
