Kell Brook gives up on Amir Khan showdown and is set to agree fight with Errol Spence for comeback
- Kell Brook is set to face Errol Spence in the UK or US in May for comeback fight
- The 30-year-old has given up any hope of landing a showdown with Amir Khan
- Eddie Hearn revealed the fight is 'very close to being made'
Kell Brook is set to reach an agreement with Errol Spence in the next week for his comeback fight after giving up any short-term hope of landing a blockbuster showdown with Amir Khan.
Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn is deep in talks with Spence’s representatives about a match-up towards the end of May, with venues in the UK and US under consideration.
His hope had been to meet Khan in a stadium fight, but instead he is highly likely to face Spence, the mandatory challenger for Brook’s IBF welterweight title, with the American having won all 21 of his fights, 18 of which came by knockout.
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Kell Brook (left) is set to reach an agreement with Errol Spence for his comeback fight
![Spence (right), Brook's mandatory challenger, has won all 21 of his fights, with 18 knockouts](http://web.archive.org./web/20171127214658/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/17/3CEE36B100000578-4200678-image-m-11_1486490094597.jpg)
Spence (right), Brook's mandatory challenger, has won all 21 of his fights, with 18 knockouts
Khan remains a possibility for later in the year, though would first prefer a tune-up fight, and there have been talks with multi-weight world champion Miguel Cotto.
But with the threat of being forced to vacate his IBF title, Brook wants to fight Spence, which goes against advice from Hearn, who urged him to campaign at light-middleweight following his first career loss against Gennady Golovkin last year.
Hearn told Sportsmail: ‘It’s no secret that it is a struggle for Kell to make 147 pounds and I felt he would be better off at 154 (light-middleweight).
![Amir Khan is pictured in Las Vegas last month with David Haye (second right), promotor Richard Schaefer (second left) and members of Team Khan](http://web.archive.org./web/20171127214658/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/28/22/3C9B670500000578-4167776-image-a-22_1485642947429.jpg)
Amir Khan is pictured in Las Vegas last month with David Haye (second right), promotor Richard Schaefer (second left) and members of Team Khan
‘But Kell does not want to vacate. Spence is who he wants to fight and that fight is very close to being made.
‘The only way we would not do it is if Khan comes about, but he wants a tune-up fight first.
‘A fight with Spence is the firm favourite and I’d hope to make it in the next week.’
Purse bids for the fight have been put back until next Tuesday, with each side of the negotiation confident they can reach a deal ahead of that deadline.
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