Virgil Hunter

Khan: Hunter wants me to become a boxer again

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Image: Khan: Hunter wants me to become a boxer againBy William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) says his trainer Virgil Hunter wants to turn him back into a boxer rather than someone that gets excited and starts slugging it out with his opponents like Khan has foolishly done in the past. Khan sees himself as having transformed into a brawler after becoming overconfident from finding success.

Khan faces unbeaten Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) on December 15th in Khan’s first fight under the guidance of new trainer Hunter at the Sports Arena, in Los Angeles, California.

Khan said to Sky Sports News “When you start winning fights so comfortably you can forget about the meaning of being a boxer. What Virgil wants me to do is go back to boxing again but be smart…sticking to a game plan because sometimes when I see red forget.”

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Virgil Hunter: Khan doesn’t have a chin problem

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Image: Virgil Hunter: Khan doesn't have a chin problemBy William Mackay: Trainer Virgil Hunter doesn’t see any problem with Amir Khan’s chin. Instead, he sees Khan’s knockout losses as being the result of poor decisions he’s made in fights. That’s good to know because I was under the impression that Khan’s chin was fragile after he got staggered from a jab from Breidis Prescott and subsequently knocked out in one round, and then stopped by Danny Garcia after taking a hard left to the neck in the third round last July. Khan was then knocked out a round later by Garcia.

Speaking with the Daily Mirror, Hunter said “I think think he [Khan] has a chin problem. It was some of the decisions he made after he took the first punch that cost him the fight against Garcia. Amir has what it takes to get back to the top of the mountain.”

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Can Virgil Hunter turn Khan’s career around or is he finished?

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Image: Can Virgil Hunter turn Khan's career around or is he finished?By William Mackay: Like when he first started training with Freddie Roach, Amir Khan is ecstatic about being with his new trainer Virgil Hunter. Khan believes that Hunter is going to turn his career around and completely and bring him back to where he was when he was a world champion in the light welterweight division.

Hunter has built the large part of his new found popularity as a trainer due to the great job he’s done his top fighter WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, who clearly is the best fighter in the 168 pound division right now. However, just because Hunter was able to do that with the totally focused and serous minded Ward doesn’t necessarily mean he’s going to be able to do the same for Khan. There’s a world of difference between what Hunter had to work with initially with Ward compared to what he has in front of him with Khan.

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Hunter believes Khan can comeback

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Image: Hunter believes Khan can comebackby William Mackay: Virgil Hunter, a potential new trainer for Amir Khan, believes that Khan’s career isn’t over despite him losing his last two fights and getting badly knocked out by WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia. Hunter sees Khan’s offensive potential as something that will help him get through this bad patch in his career.

Speaking with Chris Robinson at Examiner.com, Hunter said “Without a doubt [he can come back]…He has the talent and the ability to come back and I don’t think it’s bad as some people say.”

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Khan chooses Virgil Hunter to replace Roach

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Image: Khan chooses Virgil Hunter to replace RoachBy William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) has reportedly selected Virgil Hunter as the replacement trainer to take the place of the outgoing Freddie Roach, who Khan opted to dismiss after he lost his last two fights against Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia.

Philboxing is reporting that Khan has selected the Oakland, California based Hunter to replace Roach.

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