AMIR KHAN has finally come clean about his infamous sparring session with Kell Brook… by admitting he cannot even remember it.
A few rounds while the pair were just schoolboys on the England squad would go on to create a grudge match two decades in the making.
Kell Brook embraces with Amir Khan after his win
Khan claimed on several occasions – including at their pre-fight press conference in November – that he taught Brook a lesson using only one hand.
He said at the time: “Why is it I got picked for the Olympic team? Because I was schooling Kell Brook with one hand.
“I used to be going to the training camp and the coach would be telling me, ‘Amir, just use one hand against him now’.
“I’d go, ‘Which hand do you want? Do you want the jab, the left hook or the uppercut?’ And they’d go, ‘Just throw the jab’.
“And I used to school him with the jab.”
But by the time the pair finally shared the ring – for real with reputations on the line – it was Brook who secured bragging rights for life.
He punched Khan all over the ring in the Manchester Arena before referee Victor Loughlin put a stop to the fight in round six.
After it was all said and done, the two were asked what really went on during that sparring session all those years ago.
Refreshingly up front, Khan, 35, responded: “To be honest with you Kell I don’t even remember the sparring sessions.
“I’m serious do you remember them Kell? Listen I sparred Brian Rose when I was 15 and I remember that he kept picking me off.
“But I can’t even remember me and Kell sparring but it made a good storyline no?”
Brook, also 35, replied: “It was that long ago, listen it is irrelevant now.”
After the years of trash talk, threats and bad blood, the pair embraced after the fight, and could become Britain’s latest rivals-turned-pals overnight.
Amir Khan was beaten by Kell Brook in six rounds
