Amir Khan reveals reasons behind delay in making Kell Brook fight

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AMIR KHAN will not be facing Kell Brook in a mammoth domestic clash in his next outing as he wants to shake the rust off in a warm-up fight first.

Khan was flattened by Canelo Alvarez last May and subsequently underwent surgery on a long-term hand injury, which he now insists is fully healed.

His and Brook’s teams have been in talks over the past few weeks to discuss finally making a fight between them, but Khan does not want it right away.

“A fight before Kell Brook, Iโ€™m trying to get it in the UK. Iโ€™ve got a meeting with Al Haymon about it,” he told Boxing News.

“One thing about the Kell Brook fight, heโ€™s got a mandatory challenger. Go fight your mandatory, you say youโ€™re the king of mandatories, so go fight your mandatory. Hopefully you can take the fight with me afterwards.

“I told everyone I want a tune up fight after getting my hand sorted. If he moves up to 154, the fight with me will never happen because Iโ€™ll never move up to 154.”

The Bolton man is in Las Vegas where he watched Leo Santa Cruz hand Carl Frampton his first professional defeat in a thrilling rematch.

Afterward, Frampton urged Santa Cruz to face him in a trilogy fight next, preferably in Belfast, but Khan advises both men against such a scenario.

“That was an amazing fight, one of the best fights Iโ€™ve ever seen live,” he said. “It had me on the edge of my seat, it was full of fireworks. Obviously I didnโ€™t want Carl Frampton to lose. Iโ€™m sure thereโ€™s another day to have a trilogy.

“It makes sense, just not yet. Maybe a tune-up fight first. If they do it straight away it might not be good for them, you have to look at your health. Have a nice recovery, a nice break and then come back to it.”

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