Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Former world champion Amir Khan firmly believes that he would have beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. - had they met at their very best. A few months ago, Khan retired from the sport. His last match took place back in February, when he suffered a stoppage loss at the hands of career rival Kell Brook.
Former world champion Amir Khan walked away impressed when he watched Oleksandr Usyk training in Dubai for the upcoming rematch with Anthony Joshua. Usyk will defend the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles against Joshua on August 20th in Saudi Arabia.
Carl Froch is ready to bury the hatchet with fellow former world champion Amir Khan. The two have traded words over the years, but their rivalry got heated earlier this year, when Froch was highly critical of Khan in the aftermath of his one-sided stoppage loss to Kell Brook in February.
Terence Crawford has pulled ahead on the scorecards in his ongoing legal battle with Top Rank. The unbeaten three-division champion and pound-for-pound entrant scored a minor victory when a Nevada District Court judge granted Crawford’s motion to remand his lawsuit against Top Rank back to state court. The ruling was handed down Tuesday in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada in Clark County, overturning a previous ruling to remove the complaint to Federal court.
Amir Khan has apparently so firmly ensconced himself in retirement that not even the idea of facing Manny Pacquiao holds much interest for him anymore.
Former world champion Amir Khan has given high praise to rising prospect Adam Azim who demolished Anthony Loffet in 66 seconds on Saturday night in Coventry. Khan views Azim as a special fighter with very large expectations. The Bolton star floated the idea of Azim taking on Dylan Cheema.
Back in April, former world champion Amir Khan had his £70,000 watch stolen at gunpoint by two men in Leyton, east London. The 35-year-old Khan was out to dinner with his wife Faryal. When they were walking back to their car - two men ran up to Khan and demanded his watch.
M Resort Casino, LAS VEGAS - Newly inducted Hall of Fame member Floyd Mayweather held a press conference on Monday night, along with along with MMA star Mikuru Asakura, who Mayweather will face in an exhibition on a date to be determined in September as part of a Rizin Fighting Federation show. The event will be streamed live on RIZN Fight Pass.
Amir Khan appears to still have an itch for fighting the great white whale of his boxing career. The former British titleholder announced his retirement from the sport earlier this month, capping a nearly two-decade career in the professional ranks. Khan, a native of Bolton, England, was coming off a sixth-round stoppage loss at the hands of countryman and sworn rival Kell Brook in February at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
Amir Khan may be the latest boxing denizen to pass through the fighter-to-promoter revolving door. Khan, the newly retired British boxing icon and former world titlist, intends on crossing over to the other side of the aisle and start promoting boxing cards. Khan, 35, announced his retirement earlier this month. His last bout was one of the biggest of his career, a long-awaited showdown with sworn rival and countryman Kell Brook, which Brook ended up winning by dominant sixth-round stoppage at Manchester Arena, in Manchester, England. Brook also announced his retirement from the sport earlier this month.