Brook back early next year and chasing Mayweather too
Friday 10 October 2014 15:31, UK
Kell Brook should take on Amir Khan in his next fight - and will beat him.
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
That is the view of the Sheffield fighter's trainer Dominic Ingle, who believes the recently-crowned IBF welterweight world champion has also now joined the queue to face Floyd Mayweather.
Brook, of course, is recovering after being stabbed in the leg in Tenerife last month, but he could be back in action early next year.
Both Brook and rival Khan claim they want a showdown, and Ingle believes his man does not even need a warm-up contest.
"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."
Khan had targeted a fight with Mayweather only to miss out and move further back down the pecking order due to the world number one's rematch with Marcos Maidana.
He is due to fight on December 6 and promoter Eddie Hearn believes a summer showdown between Brook and Khan will sell-out a huge stadium.
But even if it is not Brook's next fight, his trainer is convinced he can - and will - move above Khan in the queue to take on Mayweather.
"I know Khan is chasing Mayweather but we need Khan before he gets to Mayweather, basically," said Ingle.
"That's the big fight and if Kell gets rid of Khan he's got to be a legitimate opponent for Floyd Mayweather."
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