By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Amir Khan has been eliminated from contention for a nice payday fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3rd, Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn, the promoter for unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (31-0, 21 KO’s), has given Khan an offer of $8 million [5 million pounds] to face Brook. The money that Hearn is offering Khan is only $2 million less than the likely $10 million that he would have received for the Mayweather fight.
“When we heard Khan’s Mayweather fight was on the brink of falling through, I made a serious offer for him to fight Kell,” Hearn said RingTV. “That offer, £5million, is still on the table and will remain there for the foreseeable future.”
For fans unclear on the money system, 5 million pounds = $8.33 million.
Wow, Khan can make big bank for facing Brook. I wonder why he hasn’t shown any interest in taking this fight? I’ve seen Brook fight plenty of times, and I think he’s as slow as molasses, mechanical, robotic and someone that Khan can probably beat. Why wouldn’t Khan accept a fight with Brook if he’s going to make cash out type money? Is Khan afraid of the guy or what?
Khan needs to look at the big picture before it’s too late. The chances are incredibly high that he gets beaten if Golden Boy Promotions matches him up with a halfway decent opponent in his next fight, and once he gets beaten then the chances of Khan ever getting Mayweather – or Brook – fights will be nonexistent. Khan needs to take the fight with Brook now. That’s the smart money. The only logical reason for Khan saying no to the Brook fight is if Golden Boy is going to match him up against someone that has absolutely no chance of beating him like Paulie Malignaggi next. If that’s the case, then I can see why Khan would say no to a Kell Brook fight. Khan could take the Malignaggi fight, beat him for the 2nd time, and then start calling Mayweather out for September or in early 2015.
Hearn and Brook have wanted to get the Khan fight for some time, but he’s not been resistant to fight Brook. Khan says he wants to see Brook prove himself before he accepts a fight with him, but if Khan’s opponents have to be proven for him to fight them, then why in the heck did he fight this unknown guy named Carlos Molina in 2012? If Khan requires his opponents to be proven then why did Khan fight Paul McCloskey in 2011?
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