Brook's Trainer: Kell Ready To Face Amir Khan Next

By Edward Chaykovsky

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (33-0) is prepared to face Amir Khan (29-3, 19KOs) in his very next fight, according to the champion's trainer Dominic Ingle. Brook captured the championship in August with a twelve round decision over previously undefeated Shawn Porter. Brook will be physically prepared to return to action in February.

By beating Khan, Ingle says Brook will become a legitimate option for a unification with WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"To be honest, Kell is 28-years-old, he's had 33 fights and once you can train for a 12-round fight, have been to America and won a world title, what do you need a warm-up fight for?" Ingle told Toe 2 Toe podcast. "He's had a couple of years of warm-up fights, so it doesn't really matter.

"If that [a Khan fight] has to be the next fight, that's what the next fight is. If Eddie Hearn decides that, that's what it is, the money is there, he might as well do it because time is ticking away."

"I know Khan is chasing Mayweather but we need Khan before he gets to Mayweather, basically. That's the big fight and if Kell gets rid of Khan he's got to be a legitimate opponent for Floyd Mayweather."