Kell Brook believed he could beat Amir Khan from the moment his mentor Brendan Ingle told him he would as a teenager.Now the Sheffield star is ready to fulfil the late Ingle’s prophecy and finally earn the respect from Khan he has always craved.The pair will meet in the ring at Manchester Arena tonight to end their long-running feud.Famed Irish-born trainer Ingle - who helped Prince Naseem Hamed become a superstar - first predicted ‘Special One’ Brook would topple the Bolton fighter back in 2005 when he was just 18.Now, with both fighters at 35, Brook is ready to deliver on the promise.“Whatever Brendan said to me I believed,” said Brook, who is now trained by Ingle’s son Dom.“He’s my hero, Brendan Ingle.“He’s said that, but I grew up with confidence because I was a winner.
I’ve always believed I have the beating of him. That’s always been in me.”Brook has called out Khan from early in his professional career but he was always dismissed by the former light-welterweight champion.Even when the Yorkshireman won the IBF welterweight title in a superb performance against Shawn Porter in 2014, Khan refused to acknowledge his success.“It’s a sport you can get killed in, so respect is due,” said Brook.The pair spent the early stages of their careers with promoter Frank Warren and they shared a number of cards as they rose up the rankings in different weights.But Khan was seen as the future star because of his Olympic silver medal which left Brook battling for recognition.He added: “It didn’t really annoy me at that time because it was fairly early and I’d only had a few fights.“He won the silver medal and got a big signing on fee from Frank.
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