By William Mackay: It doesn’t look as if Amir Khan is going to make any major changes with his training team by pulling the trigger to dump trainer Freddie Roach despite the two of them no longer finding success in their working relationship. Khan has lost his last two fights under Roach’s helm, and you would assume that some drastic changes are needed to save the Khan ship from sinking into the abyss.

Khan told Sky Sports News “Freddie’s a great trainer. I’m taking the blame. It was my fault…I was the one in the ring. I’m the one making mistakes…I’m going to look at my options, sit down with my team this week. A the moment I’m happy with Freddie, there are a few things that I want to change…see where I need to improve and see if Freddie can improve me in those departments.”

Khan seems conflicted about Roach. On one hand he’s saying he’s happy with him, but then he turns around and says he wants things changed. How can Khan be happy if he wants things changed and is getting beaten left and right? Is he happy or not happy? Khan has been saying that he’s going to ask for more time with Roach in training, but unless Khan is okay with working around the schedules of the tons of fighters that Roach trains at the Wildcard, I think he may have problems getting the individual attention that he wants from Roach.

But even if Khan gets in more quality time with Roach, will it really have much affect on Khan? I don’t think so. Roach is a trainer that is known for his offensive training skills, not his defensive training. I don’t know of any fighters that Roach trains or has trained in the past that was a good defensive fighter.

If Khan stays with Roach he may not improve enough to keep from getting knocked out again. Roach’s style of training generally requires a fighter with an intact chin that can take some heavy shots. That’s not a style that works with Khan. He needs someone like Emanuel Steward, who has often training guys with weak chins like Wladimir Klitschko.