By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) thinks that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) should hang up his gloves after suffering his 1st defeat of his career in a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Mikkel Kessler last Saturday night in Kessler’s home country of Denmark.
Khan, who has no love for Froch because of past comments that Froch has made towards him, said on his Twitter page moments after Froch’s loss to Kessler last Saturday night, “I think he [Froch] should hang up his gloves and work for me. I’ll get him a job with Khan Promotions to put up posters. Froch got his a—whooped against a fighter who Joe Calzaghe beat easily. Froch always had a lot to say and talked trash about fighters, including me. What goes around comes around.”
You knew sooner or later when Froch was eventually defeated, Khan might take the opportunity to tease Froch about the loss. I didn’t figure Khan would strike so quickly on his Twitter page. Khan was at it moments after the fight was over, really giving it to Froch. However, Froch may get his chance to hit back at Khan when he faces Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th.
Although Khan is likely to win the fight against the light hitting Malignaggi, there’s a chance that Khan could lose if he gets hit hard enough on the button. Even if Khan wins this fight, he’ll have to face a tough fighter in the near future that will give him problems. Khan could end up getting knocked out again when that time comes, so Khan’s time to gloat may not last long before it’s his turn to have Froch rip him about his loss.
Froch previously said this about Khan in an interview at the Sun: “If he [Khan] gets hit hard, he gets knocked out. That’s something that will never change as you can’t put muscles around the chin. He’s adapted his style now and has done it well. He throws fast punches at range, keeps out of the way and tucks up into his shell if anything comes back at him. Fair play to him, he’s the WBA champion, but it’s a poor division.”
Froch sees Khan as having a poor chin because of his 1st round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott in 2008. Khan has also been dropped by a number of opponents during his five year pro career, and not always against big punchers.
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