If Kell Brook stays at welterweight, Errol Spence will be next

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THE appealing prospect of IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook fighting Amir Khan is receding into the distant future.

โ€œWeโ€™ve had a quite a lot of meetings and the communication channels arenโ€™t closed. But weโ€™re just too far out. Itโ€™s not like weโ€™re 5% away, weโ€™re 20% away. They keep saying we shouldnโ€™t be thinking about the percentage, we should be thinking about the purse thatโ€™s been offered. But what about the rest of it? It doesnโ€™t mean we roll over and give the rest to you. So we feel there should be some kind of parity, bearing in mind the situation for both fighters. Itโ€™s frustrating because itโ€™s a wonderful fight, a huge fight, both guys make a fortune and you can do it again,โ€ Brookโ€™s promoter Eddie Hearn told Boxing News.

The promoter will try to snare a fight with Manny Pacquiao later on this year. โ€œWe are talking to Bob Arum, we will be making offers for Pacquiao for September, October,โ€ he continued. โ€œI and everybody around him want and know that at 154lbs heโ€™s a much better fighter than at 147lbs. But he does have a belt at 147. He can make it but heโ€™s depleted. He would have to make 147 to fight Khan but itโ€™s Khan. You couldnโ€™t stop Kell from doing that. But weโ€™ve made Errol Spence an offer to come and fight Kell and weโ€™ll see what they come back with.

โ€œIf itโ€™s welterweight itโ€™s definitely Errol Spence and if itโ€™s light-middle, then weโ€™ve got to move fast to either challenge for a world title or put ourselves in a position to challenge for a world title. Heโ€™s a much better fighter 154, thereโ€™s no doubt about it, but itโ€™s hard convincing him to give up his position.โ€

Itโ€™s not so straight forward finding a major fight at super-welterweight. โ€œCottoโ€™s the dream pick, Cotto and Alvarez although heโ€™s all over the place with his weight, Alvarez. But itโ€™s not the most glamorous division amongst the champions. So good fighters, some excellent fighters. The Charlo brothers, Lara but not huge names,โ€ Hearn said. โ€œBut Kell can go in and be a huge name in that division himself.โ€

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