Amir Khan on the verge of retirement!
Former unified junior welterweight champion Amir Khan’s career has been less than intriguing. Although, what has been interesting is he never capturing a championship in the welterweight division but has campaigned there more than half a decade.
The popular British boxer has been able to remain relevant by landing big fights. However, it seems that perhaps his career could be coming to a close; a fact even he acknowledged.
Khan is currently training for the upcoming contest against unknown Indian fighter Neeraj Goyat. He spoke to local media about the possibility of retiring, given a bad performance or defeat.
“If it don’t go the right way or If I didn’t feel good, I mean I know myself. I’ll just hang up the gloves after the fight straight away!
“I would say ‘thank you very much, boxing has been great.’ I’ve achieved what I wanted to achieve in the sport, from world titles to international titles and Olympic titles.
“I still feel young. I feel strong and I feel sharp, so I’m gonna answer that question properly after the fight.”
The 32 year-old also took a two-year hiatus after suffering a devastating knockout loss to WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez back in 2016.
Khan would return in 2018, accumulating two victories before suffering a loss to WBO champion Terence Crawford on April 20th. It was his first attempt at a title in the division since moving up in 2014.
There are many fans inside the boxing community that believe a fight with long-time rival and former IBF champion Kell Brook is still a valuable, domestic level fight.
Hopefully it will happen before either of them call it quits.
By: Garrisson Bland
