Pretty much confirms the article is BS! If Amir had been slapped he would have been in no shape to take anyone.
those poor muggers would have been hurt running away stepping on the remnants of khans glass jaw after that slap
This just so happens to occur as Khan its trying to build his image back up. I saw this trick in nacho libre.
I guess Amir's getting prepared for heading through East Oakland when he trains with Virgil Hunter. In Oakland the car jackers will just shoot you and leave you in the gutter though. I guess those idiots figured out its a bad idea to try to take on professional boxers in hand to hand combat.