Like a lot of boxers now days.
He was more of less retired after the Canelo fight.
That lay off didn’t help.
Amir Khan has Retired
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He was more of less retired after the Canelo fight.
That lay off didn’t help.
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Wish Amir well.
Doesn't seem that long ago on here, when he departed company with Coldwell, that there was a discussion about how his career could progress by going to the States.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of him....he was a top notch brave world champion fighter that was in some fantastic and exciting fights and deserves all the respect that comes with that.
Doesn't seem that long ago on here, when he departed company with Coldwell, that there was a discussion about how his career could progress by going to the States.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of him....he was a top notch brave world champion fighter that was in some fantastic and exciting fights and deserves all the respect that comes with that.
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Do you mean Harrison?SticknMove wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:04 Wish Amir well.
Doesn't seem that long ago on here, when he departed company with Coldwell, that there was a discussion about how his career could progress by going to the States.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of him....he was a top notch brave world champion fighter that was in some fantastic and exciting fights and deserves all the respect that comes with that.
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Correct sir.mickey1975 wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:47Do you mean Harrison?SticknMove wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:04 Wish Amir well.
Doesn't seem that long ago on here, when he departed company with Coldwell, that there was a discussion about how his career could progress by going to the States.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of him....he was a top notch brave world champion fighter that was in some fantastic and exciting fights and deserves all the respect that comes with that.
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He was good with Roach, and Hunter helped him become better all rounder.SticknMove wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:49Correct sir.mickey1975 wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:47Do you mean Harrison?SticknMove wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 22:04 Wish Amir well.
Doesn't seem that long ago on here, when he departed company with Coldwell, that there was a discussion about how his career could progress by going to the States.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of him....he was a top notch brave world champion fighter that was in some fantastic and exciting fights and deserves all the respect that comes with that.
Re: Amir Khan has Retired
Good fighter. Great career. Earned his money. Remember seeing him on the front page of Boxing News in 2003 in a snidey Burberry cap! It’s sh*te getting old…
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Khan said today he should have retired after the Canelo loss in 2016
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Khan told the BBC "I can't believe I will never step foot in a boxing gym again, for a couple of weeks".
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Shouldn’t he have said ring?mickey1975 wrote: ↑16 May 2022, 12:53 Khan told the BBC "I can't believe I will never step foot in a boxing gym again, for a couple of weeks".
Surely he can still do some sort pad work.
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If Amir Khan had had access to access to a gun, he would still be undefeated.
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Amir Khan Talks Injuries, Reflects on The Highs and Lows of His Career
Amir Khan said he realized his days in the ring were coming to an end when he started suffering a string of injuries ahead of his last fight with Kell Brook.
The former WBA and IBF super-lightweight champion called time on his career on Friday, three months after a one-sided loss to his long-time rival Brook, but he said that he knew he was finished before he even stepped in the ring.
“I’d worked hard, don’t get me wrong, I’d trained hard, but I didn’t have it in me,” Khan said. “I was already done as a fighter. That’s when it hit me in training camp.
“I got injuries in training camp, but I didn’t want to tell people about that because I didn’t want people to say ‘Amir is making excuses’.
“I tore my rotator cuff, my tendon split in half in my right arm, it’s still sore now and I can’t lift it up much. Then my knees were hurting. I was still pushing myself hard and then that’s when it hit me, ‘do you know what, I don’t have it left in me’.
“But I couldn’t let anyone down, the fans down, it’s such a fight, I can’t walk away from this fight, so I’m going to go ahead with it. But deep down in my mind, I wasn’t mentally prepared.
“I didn’t have it in me. I’m not going to fight again, I could see that it’s not me, I just don’t have it in me. I’m not as good as I used to be. So, I had to be honest with myself and call it a day.”
The 35-year-old says he has no regrets about losing to Brook, a fight that had been brewing for more than a decade.
“No regrets because everyone would have hated me for not taking that fight,” Khan said. “In boxing there is always a winner and a loser and people know I gave them the fight they always wanted.
“Maybe it might have been a different story if it had been a couple of years earlier, but it is what it is. On that night Kell was the better fighter and he won.”
While he has not held a world title for a decade, Khan was always a big name in the sport, from the moment he won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics as Great Britain’s lone boxer at the age of 17.
He went to America after becoming a world champion and had his most successful period when trained by Freddie Roach.
“I think I’ll be remembered as a fighter who never shied away from any fighter,” he said. “I tried to give everyone the biggest fights they ever wanted, tried to have them on the edge of their seats and win, lose or draw, it was always an exciting night whenever Amir Khan fought. I hope I’ve left that feeling behind and people will always remember that Amir Khan was an exciting fighter, who gave his all when he stepped inside the ring.”
While he never managed to get the fights he wanted against Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao, he headlined in Las Vegas five times – the same number as Ricky Hatton, as well as at Madison Square Garden.
“If I did it again, maybe I would have taken the Kell Brook fight a little earlier in my career, but other than that, no. I’m very happy with the way my career went.
“The defeat that hurt most was against Danny Garcia. I was in that fight and just let it go, which was silly. The best fight was the Marcos Maidana fight because it catapulted me in America at that time.”
But while some are tempted back, with even Mayweather, Mike Tyson and Hatton returning for exhibitions, Khan, who has plans to get involved in promoting as well as working as a pundit, says he will not step back in the ring.
“Why continue when anything can happen?” he said. “I’ve got a beautiful family, beautiful kids, I’ve got enough money in the bank so let’s sit back and relax.
“You’re only one punch away from getting hurt, knocked out or even killed. That’s something I was always scared of, that I wouldn’t be there for the kids.
“While I’ve got the chips on my side, I’m happy to walk away and call it a day. There’s no point making all this money and you don’t enjoy it.”
Amir Khan said he realized his days in the ring were coming to an end when he started suffering a string of injuries ahead of his last fight with Kell Brook.
The former WBA and IBF super-lightweight champion called time on his career on Friday, three months after a one-sided loss to his long-time rival Brook, but he said that he knew he was finished before he even stepped in the ring.
“I’d worked hard, don’t get me wrong, I’d trained hard, but I didn’t have it in me,” Khan said. “I was already done as a fighter. That’s when it hit me in training camp.
“I got injuries in training camp, but I didn’t want to tell people about that because I didn’t want people to say ‘Amir is making excuses’.
“I tore my rotator cuff, my tendon split in half in my right arm, it’s still sore now and I can’t lift it up much. Then my knees were hurting. I was still pushing myself hard and then that’s when it hit me, ‘do you know what, I don’t have it left in me’.
“But I couldn’t let anyone down, the fans down, it’s such a fight, I can’t walk away from this fight, so I’m going to go ahead with it. But deep down in my mind, I wasn’t mentally prepared.
“I didn’t have it in me. I’m not going to fight again, I could see that it’s not me, I just don’t have it in me. I’m not as good as I used to be. So, I had to be honest with myself and call it a day.”
The 35-year-old says he has no regrets about losing to Brook, a fight that had been brewing for more than a decade.
“No regrets because everyone would have hated me for not taking that fight,” Khan said. “In boxing there is always a winner and a loser and people know I gave them the fight they always wanted.
“Maybe it might have been a different story if it had been a couple of years earlier, but it is what it is. On that night Kell was the better fighter and he won.”
While he has not held a world title for a decade, Khan was always a big name in the sport, from the moment he won a silver medal at the Athens Olympics as Great Britain’s lone boxer at the age of 17.
He went to America after becoming a world champion and had his most successful period when trained by Freddie Roach.
“I think I’ll be remembered as a fighter who never shied away from any fighter,” he said. “I tried to give everyone the biggest fights they ever wanted, tried to have them on the edge of their seats and win, lose or draw, it was always an exciting night whenever Amir Khan fought. I hope I’ve left that feeling behind and people will always remember that Amir Khan was an exciting fighter, who gave his all when he stepped inside the ring.”
While he never managed to get the fights he wanted against Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao, he headlined in Las Vegas five times – the same number as Ricky Hatton, as well as at Madison Square Garden.
“If I did it again, maybe I would have taken the Kell Brook fight a little earlier in my career, but other than that, no. I’m very happy with the way my career went.
“The defeat that hurt most was against Danny Garcia. I was in that fight and just let it go, which was silly. The best fight was the Marcos Maidana fight because it catapulted me in America at that time.”
But while some are tempted back, with even Mayweather, Mike Tyson and Hatton returning for exhibitions, Khan, who has plans to get involved in promoting as well as working as a pundit, says he will not step back in the ring.
“Why continue when anything can happen?” he said. “I’ve got a beautiful family, beautiful kids, I’ve got enough money in the bank so let’s sit back and relax.
“You’re only one punch away from getting hurt, knocked out or even killed. That’s something I was always scared of, that I wouldn’t be there for the kids.
“While I’ve got the chips on my side, I’m happy to walk away and call it a day. There’s no point making all this money and you don’t enjoy it.”
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Good luck to him he's doing the right thing ,
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He had his silly moments, but the more you hear about what he has done away from the publicity the more you see what a nice guy Amir Khan is.
I hope he has a happy & healthy retirement
I hope he has a happy & healthy retirement
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Khan Was 'Seriously Considering' Josh Taylor at 147 Before Retirement, Says Shalom
Amir Khan was apparently mulling over an intriguing bout before he decided to hang up the gloves.
The former junior welterweight titlist and Olympian from Bolton, England, announced his retirement last week, capping an accomplished and entertaining career in the professional ranks.
But according to Ben Shalom, the head of the British promotional outfit Boxxer, which promoted Khan in his last bout, Khan's decision was not without serious scrutiny of other options. Khan, Shalom said, had taken a hard look at a potential fight with former undisputed 140-pound champion Josh Taylor of Scotland.
Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) had last fought in April, although it did not end in his favor. He suffered a sixth-round stoppage at the hands of his countryman and blood rival Kell Brook (at Manchester Arena in Manchester. After the fight, there was significant chatter that Khan might take up another fight against Conor Benn, the welterweight contender and son of Nigel Benn. Ultimately, talks never went anywhere.
A fight with Taylor, to be sure, would have garnered plenty of attention.
“I think he (Khan) was seriously considering the Josh Taylor fight, with Josh perhaps coming up to 147, and Josh perhaps not being the biggest at the weight,” Shalom told BBC 5 Live Boxing. “He fancied that one.”
Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) has seen his stock crater dramatically after he narrowly beat Jack Catterall in Edinburgh on points back in February in what was Taylor’s homecoming defense of his four 140-pound titles. But many observers felt the bout was a “robbery.” After the bout, Taylor hinted that making the 140-pound limit was becoming increasingly difficult and that he might move up to 147 instead.
Recently, Taylor was forced to relinquish his WBA belt because he refused to participate in a mandatory title defense against Alberto Puello of the Dominican Republic, thus ending the Scotsman’s short-lived undisputed reign at 140. It is not clear if Taylor plans to defend his other 140-pound belts or actually move up.
Shalom suggested that for Khan a fight with the southpaw Taylor was much more preferable to a fight with Benn, who has made a name for himself in recent years as a lethal puncher. Taylor is promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank Inc., while Benn is backed by Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing.
“Obviously, there was talk about Conor Benn, but I think less so,” Khan said. “I think he just wanted to show that that wasn’t him on February 19th against Kell Brook. I spoke to him and I said, ‘I think every boxing fan knows that wasn’t you. We’ve watched you for 10, 15 years.’”
Amir Khan was apparently mulling over an intriguing bout before he decided to hang up the gloves.
The former junior welterweight titlist and Olympian from Bolton, England, announced his retirement last week, capping an accomplished and entertaining career in the professional ranks.
But according to Ben Shalom, the head of the British promotional outfit Boxxer, which promoted Khan in his last bout, Khan's decision was not without serious scrutiny of other options. Khan, Shalom said, had taken a hard look at a potential fight with former undisputed 140-pound champion Josh Taylor of Scotland.
Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) had last fought in April, although it did not end in his favor. He suffered a sixth-round stoppage at the hands of his countryman and blood rival Kell Brook (at Manchester Arena in Manchester. After the fight, there was significant chatter that Khan might take up another fight against Conor Benn, the welterweight contender and son of Nigel Benn. Ultimately, talks never went anywhere.
A fight with Taylor, to be sure, would have garnered plenty of attention.
“I think he (Khan) was seriously considering the Josh Taylor fight, with Josh perhaps coming up to 147, and Josh perhaps not being the biggest at the weight,” Shalom told BBC 5 Live Boxing. “He fancied that one.”
Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) has seen his stock crater dramatically after he narrowly beat Jack Catterall in Edinburgh on points back in February in what was Taylor’s homecoming defense of his four 140-pound titles. But many observers felt the bout was a “robbery.” After the bout, Taylor hinted that making the 140-pound limit was becoming increasingly difficult and that he might move up to 147 instead.
Recently, Taylor was forced to relinquish his WBA belt because he refused to participate in a mandatory title defense against Alberto Puello of the Dominican Republic, thus ending the Scotsman’s short-lived undisputed reign at 140. It is not clear if Taylor plans to defend his other 140-pound belts or actually move up.
Shalom suggested that for Khan a fight with the southpaw Taylor was much more preferable to a fight with Benn, who has made a name for himself in recent years as a lethal puncher. Taylor is promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank Inc., while Benn is backed by Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing.
“Obviously, there was talk about Conor Benn, but I think less so,” Khan said. “I think he just wanted to show that that wasn’t him on February 19th against Kell Brook. I spoke to him and I said, ‘I think every boxing fan knows that wasn’t you. We’ve watched you for 10, 15 years.’”
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Released On: 16 May 2022Available for 23 days
Amir Khan joins Steve and Carl Froch to chat about his retirement from boxing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c75 ... Retires%5D
Amir Khan joins Steve and Carl Froch to chat about his retirement from boxing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c75 ... Retires%5D
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Froch has been digging Khan out for years, might be interesting.Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 06:33 Released On: 16 May 2022Available for 23 days
Amir Khan joins Steve and Carl Froch to chat about his retirement from boxing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c75 ... Retires%5D
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Remember that divvy fight he had on Channel 5?
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Amir Khan admits regret after accusing Anthony Joshua of sleeping with his wife
Amir Khan admits he lost a friend in Anthony Joshua after accusing him of sleeping with his wife Faryal Makhdoom.
The boxing legend went on a bizarre Twitter outburst in 2017 in which he labelled his wife as a "golddigger" and accused Joshua of sleeping with her. Kahn claimed he would divorce Makhdoom, writing: "Left my family and friends for this Faryal. I'm not hurt but another fighter. I'm making it public. You getting the divorce." Khan didn't stop there as he welcomed Joshua to have his "leftovers" before later deleting the tweets.
Five years on from the incident and Khan, who retired from boxing after his loss to Kell Brook in February, told The Overlap that he hasn't spoken with Joshua since. "I was going through a bit of a mad time myself," he said. "I wanted to leave my wife. I had the problem with Anthony Joshua which I felt really bad for because at the end of the day I put him in the firing line for no reason. He was a friend of mine and since then we've never spoken, so I lost a good friend through that. The guy did nothing wrong and I kind of stuck it on him."
"What happened was, me and my wife were not talking. She sent a message saying 'look at so many fighters messaging me' and because she showed me a message of Anthony Joshua saying hi to her or something, I lost it. I said 'Who the hell's he, saying hi to my wife', even though he was cool with me. Maybe he was just being respectful, all he was was being respectful. Nothing ever happened. I just flipped out on everyone."
Joshua denied the allegations by tweeting a video from Shaggy's infamous song 'It Wasn't Me'. Earlier this year, the two-time heavyweight champion was asked if there was any truth to the rumours, to which Joshua jokingly replied: "Honestly I didn't. With all the accusations around my name, I wish I did".
Khan got back with his wife Makhdoom several months after the Twitter spat and insisted he was becoming a "bad person" at the time of his Twitter outburst. "I become too selfish. I started making a lot of mistakes," he added. "I started turning nasty - becoming a bad person really. It was never me and I was never happy with myself doing all this stuff. 'I was really upset deep down. I was hurt and I was in a very, very bad position at that time."
Amir Khan admits he lost a friend in Anthony Joshua after accusing him of sleeping with his wife Faryal Makhdoom.
The boxing legend went on a bizarre Twitter outburst in 2017 in which he labelled his wife as a "golddigger" and accused Joshua of sleeping with her. Kahn claimed he would divorce Makhdoom, writing: "Left my family and friends for this Faryal. I'm not hurt but another fighter. I'm making it public. You getting the divorce." Khan didn't stop there as he welcomed Joshua to have his "leftovers" before later deleting the tweets.
Five years on from the incident and Khan, who retired from boxing after his loss to Kell Brook in February, told The Overlap that he hasn't spoken with Joshua since. "I was going through a bit of a mad time myself," he said. "I wanted to leave my wife. I had the problem with Anthony Joshua which I felt really bad for because at the end of the day I put him in the firing line for no reason. He was a friend of mine and since then we've never spoken, so I lost a good friend through that. The guy did nothing wrong and I kind of stuck it on him."
"What happened was, me and my wife were not talking. She sent a message saying 'look at so many fighters messaging me' and because she showed me a message of Anthony Joshua saying hi to her or something, I lost it. I said 'Who the hell's he, saying hi to my wife', even though he was cool with me. Maybe he was just being respectful, all he was was being respectful. Nothing ever happened. I just flipped out on everyone."
Joshua denied the allegations by tweeting a video from Shaggy's infamous song 'It Wasn't Me'. Earlier this year, the two-time heavyweight champion was asked if there was any truth to the rumours, to which Joshua jokingly replied: "Honestly I didn't. With all the accusations around my name, I wish I did".
Khan got back with his wife Makhdoom several months after the Twitter spat and insisted he was becoming a "bad person" at the time of his Twitter outburst. "I become too selfish. I started making a lot of mistakes," he added. "I started turning nasty - becoming a bad person really. It was never me and I was never happy with myself doing all this stuff. 'I was really upset deep down. I was hurt and I was in a very, very bad position at that time."