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Virgil Hunter, "Freddie Roach dehydrated Khan"
Virgil Hunter has accused Amir Khan’s former training team under Freddie Roach of “making mistakes” by not ensuring the former world champion was fully rehydrated and at optimum weight for previous world title fights.
Amir Khan will enter the ring in Sheffield on Tuesday night against Mexico’s Julio Diaz for his first fight in the UK for two years 10 pounds heavier than the 140lb light-welterweight limit permitted at the weigh-in, 30 hours before a bout.
“Amir was giving away a lot of weight in some fights. He was 14lb lighter than Danny Garcia [who stopped Khan in the fourth round in July last year], and lighter than Marcos Maidana and Lamont Peterson,” said Hunter, Khan’s trainer, yesterday.
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“He was cutting weight, but he was not putting the weight on again. Those parts of it were mistakes, and that part of it has been corrected. It means two things: you hit the wall in fights because you’re dehydrated, and it could mean you have less power.
“This is what I am here to do. To work with Amir and intuitively find what is right.
“Amir showed courage to leave one of the most acclaimed trainers in the world. Amir is a pleasure to work with.”
Khan explained the changes since the two camps with Hunter. “Now I’m walking into the ring 10lb heavier, which is my normal sparring weight. Some fighters put on 25lb. I’m now much stronger at the weight and hydrated fully. When I was fighting for the world titles, I’d walk into the ring at 147. I only put on 6½lb when I fought Garcia, and against Lamont Peterson, seven pounds.”
I have to agree with hunter here, khan looked really weak in the past and i am convinced him being dehydrated was one of the reasons he couldnt recover from the garcia shot (other reasons, it was an illegal shot, multiple lowblows by garcia, early stoppage by ref), i mean seriously, khan should never have lost to a guy who went life n death with an ancient morales. The new fully hydrated khan stops Garcia in 8 rounds, SIG IT!!
Amir Khan will enter the ring in Sheffield on Tuesday night against Mexico’s Julio Diaz for his first fight in the UK for two years 10 pounds heavier than the 140lb light-welterweight limit permitted at the weigh-in, 30 hours before a bout.
“Amir was giving away a lot of weight in some fights. He was 14lb lighter than Danny Garcia [who stopped Khan in the fourth round in July last year], and lighter than Marcos Maidana and Lamont Peterson,” said Hunter, Khan’s trainer, yesterday.
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“He was cutting weight, but he was not putting the weight on again. Those parts of it were mistakes, and that part of it has been corrected. It means two things: you hit the wall in fights because you’re dehydrated, and it could mean you have less power.
“This is what I am here to do. To work with Amir and intuitively find what is right.
“Amir showed courage to leave one of the most acclaimed trainers in the world. Amir is a pleasure to work with.”
Khan explained the changes since the two camps with Hunter. “Now I’m walking into the ring 10lb heavier, which is my normal sparring weight. Some fighters put on 25lb. I’m now much stronger at the weight and hydrated fully. When I was fighting for the world titles, I’d walk into the ring at 147. I only put on 6½lb when I fought Garcia, and against Lamont Peterson, seven pounds.”
I have to agree with hunter here, khan looked really weak in the past and i am convinced him being dehydrated was one of the reasons he couldnt recover from the garcia shot (other reasons, it was an illegal shot, multiple lowblows by garcia, early stoppage by ref), i mean seriously, khan should never have lost to a guy who went life n death with an ancient morales. The new fully hydrated khan stops Garcia in 8 rounds, SIG IT!!
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