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Boxing: Amir Khan reveals ongoing talks with Manny Pacquiao and bemoans missed Kell Brook opportunity
Amir Khan has accused promoter Eddie Hearn of "killing" a fight with his bitter rival Kell Brook and revealed that negotiations were still ongoing over a fight with Manny Pacquiao. As it was announced on Wednesday that Brook will defend his IBF title against the unbeaten American Errol Spence at Bramall Lane on May 27, Khan said his much-anticipated bout with the welterweight may never happen.
"I just think sometimes the promoters kill a fight before it happens," Khan, 30, said at his training base in Oakland, California. "It just seems to me Eddie Hearn does more talking than Brook. They're making this into a war when it's just a sport.
"I don't need it in my career. I just think it became a slagging off match. Me and Eddie. Everywhere I went people said knock him out, do this, do that. It just got messy.
"I don't need that in my career. If me and Kell Brook fought each other, we'll be talking s--- about each other at press conferences, and putting each other down so much people will think this is a joke, this isn't real. I never want to be known for a fight like that. I know it's going to make me trash talk. Do I need the fight? No. My career has been great and I've still got good fights ahead of me."
Conversely, Hearn on Twitter had accused Khan of demanding too great a percentage of the purse to fight Brook.
Regardless, Khan said he plans to fight three times this year, and is targeting a welterweight world title. "I know that one day my career is going to be finished. I've got two years left in the game. Now every move has to be the best move to benefit me."
He said a fight with Pacquiao could still happen. "This is the time for me now to prove everyone wrong. I'd still like to fight Pacquiao, if that fight can be made. Putting the fight anywhere, even in America or the UAE, would be massive. If they want to open a market in Dubai I think it's a key fight.
"You've got a lot of Filipinos there and you've got a lot of Pakistanis and a Muslim community there. There are still negotiations going on. Even now I still think that there might be a possibility the fight could happen."
Khan was knocked out in the biggest fight of his career in Las Vegas last year, when he stepped up two weight divisions against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and was knocked out in the fifth round. Khan required surgery on his right hand after the contest.
"I had a bone graft taken from both my hips. They screwed the bone - the size of a matchbox - into my right hand. All that's fused now. It's like one big piece. I still get a little pain sometimes. It feels weird because when you punch wrong you think I hope the screw didn't move."
He revealed that he split from his management team, including his uncle "Taz" and best friend Saj Mahmood, after the Canelo fight and admitted going it alone has been a challenge.
"I remember being on the phone needing a cooker fixed and I didn't know what to do. I had to make payments and I'd never made a bank payment in my life. I normally bring the money in and everything gets done for me. I had to do everything myself. It was a great wake-up call. I'm glad I'm doing it now.
"I'm very happy. I'm more relaxed. It's matured me a lot. It was the first time I've seen a white hair in my whole life, in my beard. This is the real world. I don't want to be living that life where I've always got people doing things for me. I'm not that kind of person." Since turning professional after winning the Olympic silver medal as a 17-year-old at the Athens Games, Khan's family have been ever-present at his fights.
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"We speak now and then. Mum and Dad will always be my mum and dad. I speak to my brother here and there if he replies back or messages me. Other than that I get a random email off one of my family members saying you need to do this. I got an email from my sister saying my house tiles have fallen off. If you want to get them fixed there's a number here. Ring this guy."
Khan, who has been back in training for two months after recovering from his surgery, will build now towards a grand finale on his own.
"I want to end on top with one more big title win. Then I'll call it. I've not got long left in my career. I've been doing it a long time. It's the end of an era. It's now just about setting my legacy. I'll make the right choices and do the right things.
"Hopefully, I'll end my career with a Manny Pacquiao fight and a welterweight world title. I know I can win it."
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