Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Amir Khan thinks welterweight contender Conor Benn has a chance to become the next biggest star in the British boxing firmament...on the express condition that Benn will have to, at some point, ditch the has-beens for legitimate contenders.
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.
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.
Last week, Amir Khan had a chance encounter with Floyd Mayweather in Dubai. Mayweather was scheduled to have an exhibition fight last Saturday in Dubai, but the event was canceled when the UAE President passed away.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, former world champion Amir Khan officially announced his retirement from the sport on Friday morning.
35-year-old Amir Khan, a former world champion and Olympic silver medal winner, has decided to retire from the sport. Khan officially announced his retirement on Friday morning.
Former world champion Amir Khan has provided the details of the recent terrifying moment, when thieves stuck guns in his face and stole his luxury watch, while his wife watched from just a few feet away.
Conor Benn doesn’t get the sense that Britain’s stars of yesteryear are eager to face him. Not long after Benn short-circuited Chris van Heerden in two rounds last Saturday at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, former welterweight contender Amir Khan
Former world champion Amir Khan revealed on social media that he was robbed at gunpoint while with wife Faryal Makhdoom. According to Khan, two robbers took his watch in east London on Monday night.
Eddie Hearn admitted he has little interest in putting Conor Benn in with either European welterweight champion David Avanesyan or WBA “regular” champion Eimantas Stanionis, as the pair are just not well known enough.