By Sean McDaniel: If unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s) is looking for a big name like former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) to fight next or anytime soon, then Brook needs to forget all about it because Khan came out recently said he has absolutely no interest in fighting Brook because he’s unproven and it wouldn’t be a fight.

This is probably not what Brook wanted to here, because he and his promoter Eddie Hearn were both calling out Khan after Brook’s lopsided 12 round unanimous decision win over Matthew Hatton last Saturday night.

Khan told esnewsreporting.com “I don’t know who Kell Brook is; he’s no threat to me. People just use my name to get a bit of publicity for themselves. He’s not a fight and he’s not someone I’m looking at fighting because he needs to prove himself if he wants to fight me. I mean, my last five opponents I beat, would beat Kell Brook. There’s no point in fighting him. If I wanted an easy payday maybe then.”

Khan’s promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions then interrupted the interview of Khan, saying “He’s [Brook] a local fighter. He’s on the local stage. Amir’s on the world stage.”

That’s got to hurt Brook and Hearn to hear that I bet. However, you can’t blame Khan and Schaefer for dismissing Brook as an opponent because Khan is the exact same age as Brook but has been facing world class opposition since 2009 when Khan beat WBA World light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik by a 12 round decision to capture his title. In contrast, the 25-year-old Brook is still messing around fighting fringe welterweight contenders like Matthew Hatton an Rafal Jackiewicz. Those are the best fighters on Brook’s eight-year pro resume and it pales in comparison to Khan. For some reason, Brook has been brought along a lot slower than Khan and is STILL being brought along slowly as if there’s a fear he’ll get beaten if he faces a quality top five opponent.

You can see that there’s some worry there in looking at the guys that Hearn wants to match Brook up against next – Marcos Maidana [ a light welterweight coming off of a one-sided loss to Devon Alexander], Shane Mosley [a 40-year-old fighter who hasn’t won a fight in three years], and Paulie Malignaggi [a former IBF light welterweight champion, who moved up in weight after suffering knockout losses to Ricky Hatton and Khan. At welterweight, Malignaggi has faced weak opposition]. It just seems that by the hand holding being done by Brook’s promoter, he must not feel Brook is ready to take on the best fighters at welterweight like Victor Ortiz, Andre Berto, Mike Jones, Devon Alexander and Thomas Dulorme.

Khan says his last five guys he beat would defeat Brook. I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not.

Here are Khan’s last five guys he beat:

Zab Judah – Brook would have problems with Judah’s superior hand speed and power.

Paul McCloskey – Brook wins this fight.

Marcos Maidana – this would be a toss up. If Brook fades like he did against Hatton, he’d lose.

Paulie Malignaggi – Brook wins this fight

Dmitriy Salita – Brooks beats Salita no problem.