Kell Brook has not shied away from hiding his disgust at Amir Khan’s two-year suspension following their fight in February last year. Khan tested positive for the substance Ostraline an anabolic agent, which United Kingdom Anti-Doping confirmed on the 4th of April. The ban was backdated to the 4th of April 2022, which means he will not be allowed to compete in any sport till the 5th of April 2024.
Brook would win his encounter with Khan in a one-sided fashion inside six rounds at the Manchester Arena, which saw both Brook and Khan call time on their careers. However, it should be noted that Brook is seeking to fight again and is strongly linked to being Conor Benn’s next opponent following Conor’s most recent doping saga.
Brook was unaware that Khan had failed a drug test until UKAD’s resolution was revealed on social media on Tuesday. Brook says he felt sick and ultimately says that the whole situation is a joke and not in a comical aspect.
“It makes me feel sick,” Brook told IFL TV. ‘I have got three beautiful kids, he’s gone in there to try and hurt me on some sort of drug he’s been on. It is a fucking joke.
“I just think his back is against the wall. It is the same for everyone who has been caught out, “I didn’t know, it was this or that.” At the end of the day, it was in you and you were going to fight and hurt me in a sport where you can legally get killed. It is in your system. You’ve gone in there with bad intentions to win the fight at all costs, which has come back to bite him.
“It could have been a completely different story, I could be in a wheelchair now, him seriously destroying my life or killed me or crippled me forever. He came into that ring cheating, trying to boost himself up or whatever he’s done trying to get the advantage, not doing it in a 12 week camp. He needs to pay bad.
“He is going to have to live with that. People will think how long has he been on these drugs, it is going to tarnish his career terribly. He got an absolute pasting. Imagine if he weren’t on these drugs, he probably would have gone out in the third round. He still took a massive hiding. He’s got to live with that beating for the rest of his life and everyone looking down with shame on him.”
