“At the moment, I’m keeping fit, staying in the gym. “I can’t fight behind closed doors I’m going to wait and see,” Khan explained regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic. He quickly returned with a stoppage win over former IBF featherweight titlist BIlly Dib in Saudi Arabia and is contemplating his next move which he hinted could be retirement. Crawford was too much for Khan and stopped him in six rounds. However, he decided a fight with pound-for-pound star Terence Crawford was too good to pass up. If I hit someone at my own weight with that shot, it would at least put them on the backfoot but nothing put him on his backfoot.”Īfter nearly two years, Khan returned with two wins in 2018 and was again in talks to face Brook. I hit him with a good right hand and he walked through everything. “Every time he hit you, it was like a big thud you’d feel it, it would push you back. “I was doing well keeping him long but he’s very technical. The Brit’s speed initially gave Canelo trouble however a single, well-placed overhand right sent Khan to the canvas, ending the argument in definitive fashion in the sixth round. “That’s why I had to move up two weight classes to fight Canelo.” “I don’t think a lot of top fighters wanted to fight me,” he said of his welterweight contemporaries. However neither came to pass and when a deal couldn’t be struck to face domestic rival Kell Brook, Khan rolled the dice and stepped up to face The Ring Magazine/WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez at a catchweight of 155 pounds in May 2016. Khan recalibrated with two wins and moved up to welterweight in search of superfights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He showed considerable heart but never recovered and was stopped in the next round. Although Khan started well, he was caught and hurt in the third round. The WBA returned its title to Khan and he quickly signed to face WBC titleholder Danny Garcia in a unification bout in July 2012. The two were scheduled to meet in a rematch, in May 2012, that was scuppered when Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone. The quick-fisted boxer-puncher made five defenses and added the IBF title along the way, then was upset in controversial fashion by Lamont Peterson in December 2011. To his immense credit, he got back on track and after two wins, one over old lion Marco Antonio Barrera on cuts, he impressively beat Andriy Kotelnik for the WBA 140-pound title.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |