Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook has been away from the ring since February of 2022, when he battered and stopped career rival Amir Khan.

As the months passed by, both fighters would eventually retire from the sport.

However, Brook is mulling the possibility of a comeback - if the right opportunity comes along.

One opponent who fuels the fire for Brook is undefeated welterweight contender Conor Benn.

A few months ago, the two fighters were involved in a ringside scuffle.

Benn's options became a little thinner on Wednesday, when Chris Eubank Jr. officially announced a rescheduled date of September 2 for his rematch with Liam Smith.

Benn was scheduled to face Eubank last October, but their fight was called off when news broke that Benn had tested positive for a banned substance.

For the last few weeks, there were talks of Benn facing Eubank in the coming months in the Middle East.

Because of the positive drug test, Benn was provisionally suspended by UKAD. 

If Benn is able to favorably resolve the ongoing legal situation with UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control, Brook would seriously consider that fight.

"Even if a fighter has been retired 10, 15 years they will feel they are still able to come back for one more. It is still fresh for me, I’m still moving away from being an active fighter but I’m still there and ready to listen if there is a name that excites me and gets in the gym. Time will tell whether than comes along," Brook told Metro.co.uk.

"There is always drama in boxing and [Benn] is a fighter I could get excited about. The attention he has had over the past year, that is a big fight, one that that would get me to push on in the gym. That fight would get me excited for a comeback.

"But it is always complicated in boxing, There are so many things you don’t even hear about in making a fight like that happen and to be honest, I’m tired of all that kind of thing. But those kind of fights interest me, names like Benn, Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr, these names would get me fueled up again."