Conor Benn has branded Kell Brook "delusional" and told Chris van Heerden, the man he will fight instead on Saturday, that he talks "utter b*******."
Benn had hoped to face Brook next weekend but talks broke down amid suggestions that the former IBF World welterweight champion wanted £10million for the fight. As a result, the 25-year-old prospect faces South Africa-born, US-based Van Heerden at Manchester Arena in a battle he hopes will propel him closer to the world title fight he craves this year.
Asked if the demands suggested Brook was ducking him, Benn said: “Who knows what’s going on in his and his team’s heads? It’s a bit delusional, if I may say so myself.
