Kell Brook: Canelo at 155 is a Step Too Far For Amir Khan

By Edward Chaykovsky

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24KOs) believes Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) may have bitten off a little more than he can chew by accepting a bout with WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.

Canelo-Khan is scheduled to headline an HBO Pay-Per-View event on May 7th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brook is training for his upcoming mandatory title defense against challenger Kevin Bizier on March 26th in Sheffield.

Prior to finalizing the deal with Canelo, Khan's team were involved in very serious discussions to face Brook on June 4th at Wmbley.

Brook believes that Canelo's size, combined with Khan's questionable chin and sometimes reckless nature in the ring, will create a recipe for disaster. To make matters worse, the winner of Canelo-Khan is mandated to fight Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs) in the fall.

Brook told Sky Sports: "I believe fighting Canelo is a step too far for him. Let's say he did win, with Khan's history of getting excited, liking to go out proud and getting involved in a fight - those are the fights you can't do that in.

"You can't do that against Canelo and you can't do it against Golovkin. We are going to have to see what his chin's like at that weight. As time goes on and we see the build-up, we'll see how it unfolds."

Brook is also tired of hearing about Khan. The match has been pushed for the last two years, but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement.

"There are other fighters who are willing to test themselves against the best so he's not wanting the thrill of fighting at Wembley, a packed-out arena against me with a lot of history there. He's doing his thing. I've got Bizier to take care of and then we can talk again about taking a fight against a big name. I'm sick of talking about it, to be honest. We'll have to come back to it when those fights take place," Brook said.