It IS 'broke', though. Khan has been hyped as a future British great -- our version of De La Hoya, the darling of the Olympics, although Hoya got gold and Khan got silver. For a supposed future great, Khan doesn't look quite up to par against domestic opposition, and we all know that fighters who went on to be All Time Greats -- more often than not -- completely blow away domestic fighters. Limond had him staggering all over the place and floored, and he also gets hit a surprising amount by other people who should be far below his level. His defense, above all else, needs serious tightening.
Strong rumours that its gonna be Buddy McGrit. He is currently training Paul Smith who has been on allot of Khan undercards latley. New York is not a mojor time difference for fighting in UK, or even Vegas. Would be sparring with guys like Mallignaggi. Flight back is just 4 hours!
mayweather Sr would be great for Khan if he can put up with attitude, his style would be perfect for Khan.
Just read that article on the Sun website - if they are accurate Khan's trainer was indeed sacked with a letter! Apparently Harrison is bound by a gagging order that prevents him from speaking publicly about his time in Khan's corner.
Also read an article on the Daily Star website which again reports Harrison was given the bad news by letter - discovering he was surplus to requirements when he opened his mail Sat morning! Seems some are a little bitter at the way it was done as letter was first Harrison knew apparently & Khan's people didn't have the decency to have a face to face chat about it. Article suggests there was a disagreement between Harrison and members of Khan's team before the Kristjansen fight.
Buddy Mcgirt is the man whos takin over! personally i think its a bad idea, floyd mayweather snr would have been the better choice. Just my opinion.
I find that hard to believe. Its all speculation and heresay being reported, we dont know the facts. Unless I hear Oliver Harrison say this in an interview I will regard it as false news made up to sell paper.
How convienent make up some BS and then say the person isnt even allowed to speak about it. Unless I hear it from Harrison I'm not believing that crap.
amir khan was over for the calzaghe fight and he chilled with mayweather for two nights, i have got this info from a very reliable source, he also said that in 15 minutes of pad works roger outlined every fault that amir has and was picking him off for fun. roger told him if you carry on like this you would get KO'd by a C+ fighter. he also said that because mayweather had not been boxing for quite some time he had lost his rhythm on the spped ball. roger told amir he is a bit busy and does not want to train him but told him to go to floyd sr, jeff or buddy mcgirt.
If thats what Roger said, it can easily swaye a young fighter. Cant blame Khan for making a decision thats best for him. After all hes in the ring taking punches, he has lofty goals and it isnt like a life long bond was broken. Harrison only trained him for only 3 years. So it might be for the best I wonder if Khans progress had much to do with just natural progression due to experience than training.
Harrison has done very well in getting Amir into tremendous condition. Theres not many fitter lightweights out there. Dont expect Amir to stay at L/W long if he goes to the states, they do less cardio and more skill over there. Also if Khans in New York 35 weeks a year it keeps him away from public apearences and other distractions. His friends there will be other boxers, his life will become boxing.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/article1101043.ece Sacked him by letter Is a cowards way.
Clearly I read an article on their website as I made a reference to it in my post. I came across it when I googled Amir Khan - one of the links it threw up was the Daily Star's 'Khan lands a write KO blow'.
Yes and I'm sure you can validate the truth to this letter. Khan should be applauded for trying to make a move to advance his carerr instead of staying in his comfort zone. Besides better training under more experienced trainers, it is definately best for Khan to train in US to get away form this kind of made up "news" that just adds fuel to fire and all the distractions he has going on there.