English professional boxer Kell Brook has slammed his compatriot and rival Amir Khan for talking to him like he is nothing.
The world welterweight champion retained his IBF belt on Saturday and wants to have a bout with Khan, who has opted to fight American Chris Algieri next.
Brook said that Khan has no respect for him and looks down his nose at him, but insisted that he has done everything asked of him, the BBC reported.
Brook claimed that he is an unbeaten world champion and deserve and command respect but pointed out that Khan talks to him like he is nothing.
Brook added that if someone said to him that he can get five million quid, a world title, fight at Wembley with a fight that every fan wants to see, it's a no-brainer for him.
Khan, a former world champion at light-welterweight, has expressed a desire to fight Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao in the future, but has said that he might fight Brook inside the next 12 months.
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However, Sheffield-based Brook, who has won all 34 of his professional fights, expressed his surprise at Khan's choice of Algieri as an opponent and revealed that Khan is now fighting in his division and has not had many fights there as he used to fight at a lower weight.
But, Brook claimed that now Khan thinks he can jump the gun and fight Mayweather or Pacquiao before him, when he has earned the right to do so; adding that he doesn't know who the British boxer thinks he is, insisting that it's about ego for him.