Brook and Khan are friends now

[i_am_a_champ]

They made this like" hey buddy, lets fool casuals a little and make a grunge fight and some millions".

Did you see how they embraced each other. These guys are not enemies. It is not even a rivalry like Wilder -Fury.

Khan has always known he had zero chance to beat Brook. Prime Brook would have stopped him even faster...It is just...they gave to each other that payday when they were completely finished.

Khan didn`t have to fight Brook, not even now, he is a millionaire. Khan had no problem accepting another loss for a payday...It is just a prizefighting and he never really hated Brook.

I wouldnt say Zero chance.

The Khan that fought Madaina beats Kell. The Khan that fought Alexander beats Kell.

Khan has nothing left and is shot to shyt

Kell is still functioning

The Khan that used to use his piston jab beats kell. I saw khan back up Kell a few times with dpuble and triple jabs. I saw him feint Kell in the opening rpund.

As soon as he got hit, he stopped doing everything.

[aAgger]

The hate was genuine back in the days, especially from Brook. They knew each other since the amateurs, when Khan was clearly the superior fighter. Khan was sent to the Athens Olympics and won a Silver medal, while Brook failed to make the UK team. Since then, Khan's career trajectory kept going up, beating world champions like Kotelnik, Barrera, Malignaggi, Maidana, Judah, Alexander, etc. Meanwhile, Brook remained a low-level fighter who wasted his prime years fighting bums in the UK. Brook was jealous of Khan's success, and wanted some of that glory. Meanwhile, Khan was annoyed at Brook always talking trash about him, so he refused to give him the payday. The same way Mayweather refused to give Khan the payday for talking trash about him.

The irony is that if Khan had given Brook the fight ten years ago, Khan would've almost certainly won back then. Brook was still a low-level fighter back then who had never been tested against world-class fighters, and hadn't hit his peak yet. It wasn't until around the time that Brook fought Porter later on that Brook improved significantly as a fighter and hit his peak. Meanwhile, Khan had already peaked much earlier, got too comfortable with his millions, and was on his decline. The longer that Khan delayed the match, the better Brook became and the worse he became. Their career trajectories went in opposite directions, with Khan peaking in his early 20s and then declining after that (like Prince Naseem and Mike Tyson), whereas Brook peaked much later around 30 years old (like Lennox Lewis).

But nowadays, the hate is all for show. They both hated each other a decade ago, but that hate has since fizzled out and both were just show-boating for the money. And the glory too in Brook's case. I don't think there's any genuine hate left there now.

[hugh grant]

They'll probably never be besties, but hate is a strong w ord. Life's too short. But you don't get on with everyone in life, different characters