By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach wants Amir Khan to get back in the ring and face WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia in December to try and avenge his 4th round TKO loss rather than having Khan move up to 147.

Speaking about a possible rematch with Garcia, Roach told RingTV “If we get a rematch, we will out-box him. I want the rematch right away. There’s no sense of even thinking about 147 until we show that we can beat this guy at 140.”

Roach might be better off trying to convince Khan to steer clear of Garcia for the time being, because going from a hard knockout like the one Khan suffered to another fight with Garcia is asking for trouble. Khan has so much to work on, and he needs to be put back in with the lighter punchers so that he can work on his flaws without worrying about getting knocked out again. If Khan makes a mistake against a light puncher then it’s no big deal. However, if Khan fights Garcia again and continues to try and slug with him, he’s going to get knocked out again.

Roach told RingTV that Khan made too many mistakes in the Garcia fight, and that he needs to stop fighting with so much emotion in the future. Roach wants Khan to be more professional. Interestingly enough, Roach said that Khan never mentioned firing him at all. Instead, they spoke about wanting different sparring partners after Roach brought up whether they needed help finding a new trainer.

Roach went straight to heart of the matter and it looks like they weren’t interested in letting him go. Whether that stays this way remains to be seen. I know it’s often difficult to tell someone something when they come right out and speak on a touchy topic before you’ve had a chance to bring it up yourself.

How Roach is going to get Khan to fight in a more professional manner is the important question, because Khan is so easy to drag into a slugging war because of his fighting pride. He’s got too much ego, and can’t stand when he gets hit hard and the crowd cheers for the other fighter. Khan instinctively wants to get back at them, almost like it’s an argument that he can’t help but get drawn into.