Amir Khan calls out Kell Brook for fight in 2021, vows to ‘put him in his place’ and ‘shut him up for good’

Amir Khan has declared that he wants to finally fight Kell Brook this year.

The long-time British rivals have been linked with one another for almost a decade now.

Khan was a unified champion at super-lightweight

At first, Brook was a rising welterweight contender around the time Khan was champion in weight class below.

Then Khan was dethroned and moved up to join his fellow Brit at 147lbs.

Brook then won his world title in late 2014 and demand for the pair to meet was at an all-time high.

However, despite several attempts over the years that followed, the contest never came to fruition.

Brook became IBF world champion at welterweight

Now, both men have been stopped multiple times by other opponents and appear to be nearing the ends of their careers.

“No, no, the gloves are still on,” Khan told the Khaleej Times when asked if he was contemplating retirement.

“I’m thinking of fighting probably next year sometime.

“This year was a bit of a bad year for everybody and boxing was off.

“They wanted to fight behind closed doors. I just didn’t really feel like I’d be able to motivate myself, but hopefully, if it opens up next year, we can make something happen.

Khan has defeats to Danny Garcia, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford on his record

“I wanna fight again around March or April and there are so many names out there, there are so many deals on the table, in the Middle East as well. So, let’s see how that plays out.”

When asked who he wanted to face, he replied: “I think someone like Kell Brook, who has always been running his mouth, I think put him in his place now.

“I think it is about time now to put him in his place and shut him up for good.”

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Brook has been stopped by Gennady Golovkin, Errol Spence and Terence Crawford

At the start of last year, Brook made a similar comment.

When asked to name his dream fight for 2020, Brook told talkSPORT.com with no hesitation: “Khan.

“Since I were 18 years old, it weren’t like I targeted him, but our names were [linked] when I was with Frank Warren and he was with Frank Warren.

“It’s been talked about even since then. It’s gone on too long, but if it were done, if it were made and we were all at a press conference, I know that everybody would get excited again.”