
Frank Warren: Amir Khan's Planned Layoff is Crazy
GOLDEN BOY chief-executive Richard Schaefer this week revealed that Amir Khan's July 31 fight with Joel Casamayor would not go ahead.

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GOLDEN BOY chief-executive Richard Schaefer this week revealed that Amir Khan's July 31 fight with Joel Casamayor would not go ahead.

IT'S been a great week for our amateur boxers, who will walk home with five medals from the European Championships.

JOE LOUIS, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano all fought at the Yankee Stadium in New York.

IT wasn't so long ago that the globe stood still for a heavyweight world title fight. An old-fashioned sized crowd of 60,000-odd watched Vitali Klitschko defend his WBC title in Gelsenkirchen. But the fight against the very average Albert Sosnowski means nothing.

THERE were contrasting fortunes for British boxers two weekends back - and lessons to be learned. Kevin Mitchell was halted in three rounds by Michael Katsidis at Upton Park. But Amir Khan stopped Paulie Malignaggi in the States.

Last week, Khan told GQ magazine: "You have to know the best time to have these big fights in your career.

Hats off to Floyd Mayweather for his win two weekends back – and it looks that next up will be Manny Pacquiao in a clash that will make the world stand still.

CARL FROCH did not only lose his WBC super-middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler two weekends ago - he also lost his cool.

Established TV companies have nixed Carl Froch so his recent fight with Mikkel Kessler was carried by newcomer Primetime TV. Froch has said his deal is on a “fight by fight basis, but the best platform is Sky”. Bite the hand that feeds you – why don’t you. Froch’s problem is he doesn’t think before opening his mouth.

Audley Harrison won the vacant European heavyweight title last weekend – straight after the fight he was calling out the Klitschko brothers. Harrison’s career looked over going into the last round against Michael Sprott, a fighter who had lost seven of his last 12 fights. But he pulled out a wonder punch to render the scorecards irrelevant.