When you see me in the ring on Saturday night you’ll find out.
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While McGregor was pulled off of his match at UFC 200, Khan is up for his against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, for gaining the WBC middleweight title.
“Canelo is a tough guy, he’s strong but we are going to be ready for whatever he brings to the table”, said the 29-year-old from Bolton, a two-time former world champion.
Amir Khan poked fun at Donald Trump at today’s head-to-head, claiming this could be his last fight in the U.S. if becomes President. “You would have been called insane if you thought that Leicester would win the title at the start of the season – it’s such an inspiring story”, said Khan. He knew that along the way his time will come.
The eight pounds represents a jump of two weight classes and victory will go down as one of the biggest shocks in British boxing history.
“I felt that an opportunity would present itself and that always kept me going and moving forward”.
“Now that he’s got a fight that can give him that validation, he’s going to be unsafe until the fight’s over with”, said Hopkins, now 51.
“I’ve been working on maintaining my balance, trying not to get hit like that”.
“It’s a great responsibility, but no pressure, I’ve learned to assimilate it with hard work, and fight by fight you gain that experience to continue on. I admire his career and I will support him 100 percent, because he is still young and has much to accomplish”.
“I’ve never been in a fight like this before, this is the first time I’ve been an underdog in any fight, because normally I’m the favourite”.
Hunter, who got a big win with Andre Berto over Victor Ortiz in their rematch on Saturday, said he has Khan on point defensively for the assignment against Alvarez.
Timothy Bradley was guaranteed $4 million against Pacquiao last month, and while he made more because of PPV revenue, he probably didn’t make the $13 million that Khan will reportedly earn. “I’m making sure I’m eating healthy and not really killing myself making the weight, which is where most of the power and strength is lost”. I was just a kid from Sheffield and it was fantastic to see my name up in lights like that.
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“Lara was back-pedalling too much without landing enough blows and landing that powerful straight left hand, counter left-hand or doing something to make Canelo stumble backwards”. Fighters can make a lot of money by holding a belt for a long period of time and picking fights that give them an advantage. Where I kind of take it away from boxing.
