Kell Brook is demanding a career-best purse of £10million to fight Conor Benn.
Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn claims that is the sum Brook requested when he offered him a showdown with unbeaten welterweight Benn. Hearn also approached Amir Khan, who lost last month’s grudge match against Brook, and says he too is asking for too much.
Benn’s next outing is against South African Chris van Heerden at Manchester’s AO Arena on April 16 and Hearn remains keen to make a fight with either Brook or Khan. He has had talks with both fighters and will speak to them again about a possible summer bout. “I’ve had quite a few conversations with them,” said the Matchroom chief. “I made an offer to Kell Brook, which was more money than he made to fight Amir Khan. He asked for £10million, which was quite a way off what I offered to be fair! I was like f****g hell!
