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29th November 2021
04:03pm GMT

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They both achieved amazing things, including world titles, but every boxing fan wanted the two to meet in the ring and it just never happened.
"He's always veered off, never given me respect, never acknowledged me," claimed Brook. [caption id="attachment_242309" align="alignnone" width="649"]"It has got to a part of his career where there is nowhere else for him to run, I have wanted it for many years."(Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)[/caption] "He has said: 'Win a world title then I will fight you, fight this guy then I will fight you'.
"In the past 10 years I have fought two of the best pound-for-pound best fighters," replied Khan. "I have never run from Kell. I have never needed to, what I have achieved speaks for itself. [caption id="attachment_242310" align="alignnone" width="644"]"There is no point crying about the past. In the past he hasn't deserved this fight. Come February 19 it will be time to see if he can back those words up. "I am coming levels down by taking this fight. I have fought the best in the world. I have conquered America. "But people want to see me punch him in the face. It's my time now to put him in his place and move onto bigger and better things." The Sheffield warrior had enough at this stage, and was clearly incensed by his long term rival. [caption id="attachment_242311" align="alignnone" width="633"](Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)[/caption]
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Amir Khan and Kell Brook interact during a BOXXER Press Conference as they announce an upcoming fight at Hilton Park Lane on November 29, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)[/caption]
"He's in cuckoo land! You are getting knocked clean out. I will knock you spark out."Of course, in typical Khan fashion, he has one last, important observation to make on his old foe.
"You are half retired now. You look overweight!"
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