Khan to sit out till World Title shot vs Danny Garcia. & Lamont Peterson Latest

[Boxtime]

Leaked news from the Khan camp is that Khan will sit out till his anticipated matchup with Danny Garcia on June 4th. As was expected, Khan preventing a potential loss in the lead up to the fight with Garcia. A pathetic move by his management, sitting out an entire year and hoping to be a sharp enough to beat Danny Garcia, which for Khan is a difficult fight.

Furthermore, Khan and his lawyer spoke to the WBC, and were told that if Garcia doesn't fight them by June, he faces being stripped, which will mean that Khan will then face Lamont Peterson for the Vacant Title.

[bojangles1987]

I would be very happy with any fight between Garcia, Khan, and Peterson. TBH, though, I'd rather see Garcia/Peterson 2 or Peterson/Khan 2 than Garcia/Khan 2.

[Dean_Razorback]

sitting out till the fight sounds like something khan would do

[sicko]

Nobody would be surprise by that, in fact I think most of us expect it, either that or if he does take a fight before Garcia it will be vs the softest puncher he can fine so that he won't get knocked out yet again

[SalimShady1212]

Yeah and what's your problem? If he had a tough fight in March and then wants a quick turn around for a world title fight in June then it wont benefit him at all. He needs to be 100% for DSG

[gmc_rfc_06]

If Garcia decides to go for the unification route instead, Khan is going to look foolish again.

It's risky.

[MDPopescu]

Leaked news from the Khan camp is that Khan will sit out till his anticipated matchup with Danny Garcia on June 4th. As was expected, Khan preventing a potential loss in the lead up to the fight with Garcia. A pathetic move by his management, sitting out an entire year and hoping to be a sharp enough to beat Danny Garcia, which for Khan is a difficult fight.

Furthermore, Khan and his lawyer spoke to the WBC, and were told that if Garcia doesn't fight them by June, he faces being stripped, which will mean that Khan will then face Lamont Peterson for the Vacant Title.

Garcia just fought for a vacant title... Khan would allegedly want to fight for a vacant title...
Any news?

[BoxingIsGreat]

Please stop with this Khan news ****. Wake us up when he has a fight scheduled. I don't dislike Khan, but the guy is a big joke now.

[Chrismart]

Talking about Khan, i read this article by Johnny Nelson the other day. I am a Khan fan but i was thinking along similar lines to Nelson in regards to what he does next being an really important decision.

After all the talk by Brook and Khan, their fight is like Groves Vs Froch were the loser is going to have a bitter pill to swallow.

As for Garcia, i'm not sure it's a fight i want to see again. Khan's big problem is punchers..will a rematch be any different. I'm not writing Khan out of a fight, i never would really, but i'd prefer to see a what may turn out to be a more competitive fight.

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Amir Khan won't fancy fighting Kell Brook or Danny Garcia, says Johnny Nelson

Amir Khan is mandatory challenger to WBC champion Danny Garcia, while a blockbuster fight looms with IBF king Kell Brook. But Johnny Nelson thinks Khan is stuck in an unenviable position...

It seems like Khan's in a brilliant position that most fighters want to be in - but privately, he's stuck between a rock and a hard place. He could fight Brook or fight Garcia, a guy who has knocked him out and knows how to do it. On paper, it's a great position but in reality, is it?

Khan is now in a situation where he fights Brook - who he's been saying is an easy fight - or he goes and fights Garcia, which is a risk.

I don't think Khan wants to fight Garcia again. Had Garcia lost to Robert Guerrero, then Khan would have said 'let's do this'.

Danny would do it, I don't doubt for one second that Danny would do it, but Khan's handlers believe, even if he doesn't, that Garcia is his bogeyman.

Khan lost to Breidis Prescott because of a mistake. He messed up, and could have fought him again to right the wrongs but he chose not to - some fighters believe that you can have a bogeyman that has got your number. Garcia, as far as Khan is concerned, is his bogeyman. I'd be surprised if that fight takes place.

Fighting Brook would be a bigger payday than fighting Garcia, which would be a quarter of the money. I'd be surprised if Khan risks losing again to his bogeyman. The biggest fight out there is with Brook, it's for a title and gives him a chance to unify the titles.

You might be Mr Big but you've got to fight somebody and have that competition. Can Khan afford to lose a fight against Brook with massive bragging rights? He isn't in a great position.

If Khan had boxed Mayweather or Pacquiao and lost, he could still have come back and boxed Brook. If he boxes Garcia and loses, he could come back and box Brook but it wouldn't be as attractive. If Brook is smart, he could say 'let me fight Garcia or Keith Thurman'. That would make Khan look silly.

Khan is an amazing fighter, but people will start forgetting that because of his lack of fighting over the past two years. He's been waiting for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, and it's not his fault that those fights didn't happen. Now he says he wants the biggest fight - well, the biggest fights are for the titles.

Khan, unless he can find another avenue, will be out in the cold.

[FlatLine]

There's only 4 months until June. Usually a world title fight is announced 3 months in advance, giving enough time for build up and training camp etc. The timing is too awkward to fit in another opponent now. He should have ideally fought in Jan but it's too late for a tune-up fight now so he'll have to make do with hard sparring.