Kell Brook blasts Amir Khan as he prepares to see off challenger Kevin Bizier

Kell Brook poses in the tunnel at Bramhall Lane on Monday afternoon.

Brook makes the third defence of his crown against the Canadian, after the IBF ordered his second mandatory battle since winning the crown in August 2014, with injury issues forcing him out of a voluntary defence against Diego Chaves in October.

A twitter storm broke out on Friday between Brook, Khan and promoter Eddie Hearn, and while ‘The Special One’ reiterated his frustration at failing to land a clash with the Bolton fighter, his focus is firmly on defending his title on March 26.

“Bizier is a come-forward fighter who is coming to take my belt,” said Brook.

“He’s going to bring everything he’s got and I’m going to go in there all guns blazing and get rid of this guy.

“If we can’t get the kid from Bolton then I’d like to get Danny Garcia in a unification, the Shawn Porter v Keith Thurman winner, the Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley winner – I just want to have a massive fight in the summer.

“Khan has got no respect for me and that is what makes me want to punch him in the face even harder.

“For him to dictate terms to me, the champion, makes me laugh.

“I want that fight, every boxing fan in Britain and beyond wants the fight, even all the other fighters in the divisions want to watch us fight:.

“It is THE fight that is being talked about. Nothing would give me more pleasure than putting him on the floor.

“It would kill him losing to me, when he was chasing Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao he could live with losing to them, but he couldn’t lose to me and live with it after slagging me off for years.”

Brook headlines back in Sheffield for the first time since his maiden defence almost a year to the day on March 28 against Jo Jo Dan, and headlines a packed card where Hull’s Luke Campbell MBE returns to action.