Amir Khan believes that next week he will finally finish off his domestic rival, Kell Brook, when they collide in a battle of former world champions.
Their long-awaited grudge match takes place on February 19 in Manchester.
The feud between the two has been playing out for several years, with each boxer suffering bruising knockouts along the way
Khan has been out of the ring since a stoppage win over an overmatched Billy Dib in July of 2019, while Brook has been away since a TKO defeat at the hands of WBO welterweight world champion Terence Crawford in the fall of 2020.
The loser of the upcoming showdown will certainly be poised to retire from the ring.
Taking no chances, Khan started working with veteran trainer Brian “Bomac” McIntyre in the United States. McIntyre is the longtime trainer of Crawford, who also holds a TKO win over Khan.
“I think it comes down to how hard you’ve worked and how hard I’ve worked going into this fight. Obviously with the great sparring, the great game plan that we have for this fight and just go in there and hurt Kell,” Khan said to Sky Sports.
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“That’s what I want to do. I don’t want to go in there to just box him, I want to go in there to hurt him and to put him away. I mean, like I already said, he’s already beaten, he’s already got smashed up eye sockets, he’s already been beaten, knocked out.
“So you know what, this is the time now where I just finish him off, finish his career off so he never needs to look at boxing again. This is going to be a nice payday for you Kell Brook, so you just get this payday, walk off and leave this sport happy.”