Hearn: If Khan wants Kell Brook he’s going to have to agree to a 50-50 deal
August 23rd, 2011
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has already mapped out his future plans after he moves up to the welterweight division next year. Khan wants to fight No.2 WBO ranked welterweight contender Kell “Special K” Brook (24-0, 16 KO’s) in his first fight at the next weight.
Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport said this to thesun.co.uk: “We’re going to get a world title so if Khan wants him, he needs to come up with a 50-50 deal.”
Somehow I can’t see Khan agreeing to that. He seems himself as the bigger name and I’d be surprised if Khan and his promoters from Golden Boy Promotions offer Brook much more than 30%. No way will Brook be offered a 50-50 deal, even if he’s holding one of the paper titles at welterweight. I just can’t see it.
Brook fights #11 ranked World Boxing Organization contender Rafal Jackiewicz (38-9-1, 19 KO’s) on October 8th at the Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. The fight is a WBA welterweight title eliminator with the winner becoming the mandatory challenger for WBA champion Vyacheslav Senchenko. Brook would have to be favored against Senchenko, who is little more than a paper champion. However, Matthew Hatton wants to get the first crack at Senchenko, so it should be interesting to see if he beats Brook to the fight. Of course, Brook still has to beat Jackiewicz in October, but that’s pretty much a given. Jackiewicz is slow, and not particularly impressive. Brook should beat him with ease.
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Ha ha brook will be exposed as a 1 dimetional bum soon enough. what on earth makes him think he deserves a 50/50 ha ha
Brook needs to start facing better opponents. or even known opponents.
Still.. not at the level khan is at. If the fight did happen i doubt brook would even get 40% never mind 50%…
And Khan would finish him before the 6th. easy..
has brook ever beaten any one of note you brits fight your life on that stupid island and think you are good. what a hoot. let brook come to the states to prove himself.
Brook noway deserves 50% in a fight with Khan&his not gonna get it….his fought&is a nobody!
Good joke 50-50!!Who writes em for ya?Kell Brook is poo and attacts zero paying customers outside sheffield.He is slow and stiff Khan would stop him early ,mark my words.
I’m from sheffield. Kell will drop him in two!
Kell Brook is a domestic level fighter and knows he cannot excel at elite level. If he fought Khan it would be his first and last world class opponent so may as well make as much from his only real payday.
His progression in terms of the quality of opposition is embarrassing which is generally a sign of a fighter and stable being aware of the limitations of their fighter.
Frank your on another planet.I guess Kell is going to end up like Howard Eastman,getting a shot a the big time when hes about 40 and past it.
50-50!! Is Hearn on drugs??
Kell Brook’s next fight is at Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Khan has been selling out Vegas venues, so Hearn now thinks it will be a 50-50 split???
Amir Khan is known globally, Kell Brook is hardly known in Sheffield, and fighting Khan would give him his largest pay day, even WITH a more sensible split.
I suspect Hearn will issist on a 50-50 split, rightly so Khan will tell him to get lost, and then Hearn will be saying how Khan was avoided Brook.
Heck….why don’t they suggest Kell Brook gets 90% – Hearn should stick to snooker and darts.
kell brook is a nobody and doesnt even deserve to fight on khans undercard.
@WEST If Kell is that worthless then Khan needs to find a different opponent plain and simple.
Not so special K isn’t worth 20%, he sells no tickets, is completely unknown outside of the North of england
sick ov every1 giving brook grief! he can only fight ppl who have the balls to face him!! none of the yanks will fight him becoz they no he will k.o them easily! just watch this space ppl, kel brook will be world champ in next 12mnths
kell brook will beat khan , and there will be a new champion
Lol brook who has his fights in leisure centres? He wants 50/50 with his army of 1000 fans? LMAO brooky GTFOH!
Kell brook is a class act and could be a thoroughly good champion one day. But to ask for 50% from any big name right now would be silly. He’s still unproven at top level. He needs a big name of his resume like cotto, mosley or khan before asking for big money In a weight class packed with class like welterweight is right now.
he wont give 50 50 cause for some strainge reason he thinks he somthing special lol yeah right
So funny Eddie and even more funny William Joker Wacky. Can you believe that 4 people want a piece of Khan the same day. Obviously he is quite famous and people look upto him. But he can’t fight everyone out there. As for Brooks, Khan clearly said on his twitter a couple of days ago he doesn’t want to fight Brooks, so now this 50% demand is just a bad joke, I will be surprised if he offered even 15%!
khan wont fight brook because brook is up n comming good fighter .. hes looking at aol morales ,, stick to the old slow boys amicon
Kell brook does not deserve no were near a 50/50 purse. What a joke, Hearn and his Brook are. Kell brook sells out stadiums with a capacity of 1500/2000 seats, while khan sells in pay per view events and puts bums on seats in thousands.
The only reason Hearn must of talked about a 50/50 split, is Khan would never except this and Khan won’t fight brook. Cause Hearn knows, Khan would woop any of his fighters.
If he takes on Prescott even if he loses I will gain a new found respect for him just for taking the fight on but that’s just a pipe dream. Hopefully it happens though.
As a Amir Khan fan I would like to see him avenge his loss against Briedis Prescott and show that it was a fluke and more importantly than that that he has a heart of a champion. I’m sure eventually it’s going to happen I just think now is the best time before he moves up to 147.
Amir can never win before the fight they b**** and complain how he’s overrated and he won’t win and than after he wins they still b**** and complain so no matter what he does people won’t be satisfied.
brook is a bum who built up his record by fighting nobodys.
he dosnt desrve a shot at khan he need to fight matthew hatton first.
They don’t want to fight Amir “King” Khan thats the whole premise behind his statement. Eddie “The Cry Baby” Hearns is smarter than he looks. He knows his fighter has no chance. ALL HAIL THE KING!
Who is Brook Kelly? Sounds like a country singer. Hearn is still bitter at losing Khan to Golden boy Promotion and he is just trying to get a little promotion for this guy who is having his next fight in some town hall in Sheffield UK. Give us a break, Khan is a star now, he has done his deed and has walked the walk. He will have the say on most fight out there. Get used to it Mac Kay!! And for a fight with Brook Kelly, apart for being a warm up for bigger fight, I don’t believe it. There are a lot of better fight, against better known boxer-Berto, Ortiz, Cotto, Marguarito, Mosley…etc Exciting fights but not against the country singer from butt place in UK!!!! Please.
That guy whatever his name is aint worth 20%… GTFOH!
That guy is delusional if he thinks his fighter is gonna get anything close to 50%.
Thats definitely the best way to show the world you deserve a bout with Mayweather. What a joke Khan is.