• Khan claims Eddie Hearn cut original offer during negotiations
• Hearn tweeted in January Khan had asked for 80% share of purseAmir Khan has claimed Eddie Hearn offered him £10m to fight Kell Brook,before cutting that figure significantly during negotiations. Khan will instead challenge the middleweight champion Saúl Álvarez in the defining fight of his career.
Khan shocked the boxing world this week by announcing he will face Álvarez for the WBC world middleweight title on 7 May in Las Vegas. The Bolton fighter had been in negotiations with Brook but will instead step up in weight and face a man who has lost only once in his professional career, and that against Floyd Mayweather. Brook, and meanwhile,will manufacture the third defence of his IBF welterweight title against Kevin Bizier.
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Source: theguardian.com