Khan vs. Garcia
Khan: I’d box Danny Garcia in a rematch; I’d fight him differently
Steward: Khan needs to take a break from boxing; he’s been hurt too many times
By William Mackay: Trainer/HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward doesn’t like the way that former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) has been hurt so many times in such a short period of time in his still young career, and Steward believes that Khan needs to take a nice break to let himself recover from all the punishment he’s taken in his fights.
Khan: If Garcia doesn’t fight me again he might have to vacate his titles
By Allan Fox: Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) suddenly badly wants a rematch against WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KO’s) to try and avenge his embarrassing 4th round TKO loss last weekend. Khan believes that Garcia isn’t keen on giving him an immediate rematch and may choose to go in another direction for his next fight instead. Khan doesn’t want this, and is hoping that his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions will somehow force the rematch.
Amir Khan’s ‘Shock’ defeat is reflective of the state of boxing
Roach: Khan will out-box Garcia in a rematch; he should fight him next
Khan is too high maintenance for Roach
By Chris Williams: Some fighters are simply too needy and too high maintenance to be worth the trouble of having them around in the first place. I think Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) might be one of those types of fighters for trainer Freddie Roach. Having a needy fighter like Khan around is a negative because when he does fail, and you know he’s going to, the trainer has the spotlight put on him for somehow failing him. The trainer is put in the hot seat all of a sudden, and you get people questioning whether the trainer knows what he’s doing.
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Khan: I’m happy with Roach
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.