Hearn: "Khan-Brook is not that attractive anymore"

A year ago, Eddie Hearn really wanted to stage a fight of Amir Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) and Kell Brook (39-3, 27 KOs). Today, the topic of this fight has returned to life, but the head of the Matchroom Boxing promotion organization is no longer involved in its organization, and he claims that he has the best offer for one of the opponents.

“I heard Brooke signed his contract for this fight. I am no longer involved in this case," said Hearn on the air of iFL TV. "But I talked to them. I refused to conduct this duel because I would like to offer Khan a fight with Conor Benn."

“Both Khan and Brook want a lot of money for this. I heard Brooke say, "This is going to be the biggest fight in British boxing." Look, I love Amir, I love Kell, this is still the duel that the audience wants to see, but the scale of this venture is not that big anymore. There will be more Joshua vs. Fury, Fury vs. Whyte, even Anthony Yard vs. Joshua Buatsi when the former dealt with Lyndon Arthur. I’m not saying that this is a bad fight, I’m just saying that the money they both want will not be paid by anyone. ”

“They think they’ll sell a million paid broadcasts. But I think that the result of 400 thousand will be for happiness for them. They both want to end their careers and make money, and I don't blame them for that. It's still a good fight, but its scale doesn't even come close to what it once could have been. Once upon a time, I would have put my house on that this fight would garner a million pay-stream sales. It was a huge event. But Khan hasn't boxed for two years today, plus he was beaten by Crawford, right? Kell has not entered the ring for a year, including after losing to Crawford."

Hearn would like to pair the already mentioned Khan with one of his stars, Conor Benn (19-0, 12 KO), who will cross gloves with Chris Algieri (25-3, 9 KO) in December. According to Hearn, the 42-year-old Athens Olympic silver medalist is not the only contender he is trying to challenge the Destroyer.

“If Benn defeats Algieri, I will talk to Amir and be ready to make him a good offer for this duel. We can talk to David Avanesyan, but I see larger options on the horizon. I would like to get Adrien Broner. Khan and Broner are bigger names than Avanesyan, with the same, if not less, risk,” Hearn said.

“David Avanesyan is a very good boxer. He's from the same league as Shawn Porter and the others, and I think even if Conor disagrees with me, I think he needs another fight before that. Chris Algieri is the perfect opponent, the perfect step forward. I have always said that after Granados the rival should be someone like Robert Guerrero, Victor Ortiz or just Chris Algieri, these are the guys we need,” concluded the strongest promoter in the British market.