By Edward Chaykovsky
Amir Khan is not taking the verbal bait of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.
Khan is pursuing a fight with WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May. Hearn is confident Mayweather will pass him up for another option.
Some of the statements being made, like Brook being capable of "ending Khan's career" and knocking him out - have only annoyed Amir, who plans to make Brook wait. Brook is expected to make his first title defense in March.
"That fight is not going to happen. He's not big enough [of a name] and being disrespectful he is not going to get the fight. I'm a very respectful fighter. If he was respectful he'd get the fight, but I'm not going to give it to him," Khan told BoxingScene/Be Real Boxing.
"Floyd Mayweather doesn't even know who Kell Brook is and [Hearn] is over there saying 'Kell what do you think [about facing Floyd]?' To be honest, I don't even care about Kell or Eddie or what they're up to. Kell needs Eddie to promote him. I promote myself. I'm a self promoted fighter."
