Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:42, UK
IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook is determined to punish Amir Khan for what he perceives as a lack of respect.
With Brook making a mandatory defence of his world title against Kevin Bizier on March 26 and Khan pushing to challenge WBC world champion Danny Garcia, the pair's long-running feud appears no closer to resolution.
Brook's promoter, Eddie Hearn, warned Khan that he is pricing himself out of a domestic fight for the ages - and Brook appears to be equally frustrated by the attitude of his fellow northerner.
I want a massive fight in the summer - if we can't get that kid from Bolton, I'd fight Danny Garcia.
Brook (35-0-KO24) said at Monday's press conference at Bramall Lane: "I want a massive fight in the summer - if we can't get that kid from Bolton, I'd fight Danny Garcia, or the winner of Keith Thurman v Shawn Porter.
"He (Khan) has no respect for me - he never has, and that's why I want to punch him in the face. Everyone in the world wants to see us two fight. It would kill him to lose to me - I'd put him on his a***.
"I've been training since November - we are ahead of schedule and I can't wait to get back in there."
Brook's trainer, Dominic Ingle, added of the Khan situation: "Kell has never turned anyone down for a fight and he still gets slagged off. We can only fight who is in front of us.
"Khan is pricing himself out of the fight - who wants to see him fight a guy in Garcia who has already knocked him out?"
Former world champion Khan (31-3-KO19) fought just once in 2015, earning a unanimous decision over Chris Algieri in New York in May.
