Amir Khan vows to put ‘fanboy’ Kell Brook ‘in his place’ during grudge clash

Amir Khan mocked Kell Brook for being his “fanboy” as the fighters and their trainers shared several heated exchanges ahead of this weekend’s much-anticipated bout.

Brook has coveted a fight against Khan for several years and up to a few months ago he was repeatedly rebuffed, but the pair will finally settle their differences in a 149lb catchweight contest at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday.

They were pulled apart by security at the fight announcement in November last year but while a head-to-head at Thursday’s final media conference passed off without major incident, Khan and Brook threw unseemly barbs at each other.

Khan said: “I’m worried about a few things, one being Kell’s health after the beating I’m going to be giving him come fight night. The beating he’s going to get is something he’s never had before.

“We are going to definitely put him in his place. This has been going on for 10 years. Kell has always been very obsessed with my career, he is like a fanboy, which is the honest truth.

“I’ve been living in his head for so long now where there comes a time where he asks me to pay rent. I think we have done enough talking, I can’t wait to get in the ring and do a job on him now.”

Kell has always been very obsessed with my career, he is like a fanboy,

Kell has always been very obsessed with my career, he is like a fanboy.- Amir Khan

There is a feeling this encounter is years too late, with the suspicion that both combatants are past their primes, but ex-unified light-welterweight champion Khan believes their careers have been on different paths up until now.

They have largely been campaigning in the same weight category for a decade but while Brook was IBF welterweight titlist between 2014 and 2017, Khan had