Amir Khan vs Carlos Molina [POST FIGHT TALK]

Setting the record straight


Hey,

So I’ve just landed back home after a couple of weeks in New York, it was great getting away and spending some time with my fiancé and her family, I had a really great time out there.

I saw that a few papers today have mentioned that I want to fight Ricky Hatton in my next fight. I just want to make things clear and say that this isn’t the case. I’m really pleased that Ricky will be making a return to the ring and want to give him my full support, as he’s always given me his full backing.

Ricky’s a good friend of mine and I think it was clear he had an itch to get back into the ring like a lot of great champions and my hope is that his return is a successful one. He’s only 33, so there is still so much he can give to boxing.

Down the line you never know what can happen in the sport, and if it makes sense, and our paths cross, then you can never rule out the possibility of us sharing a ring.

For the immediate future, however, I’m still in discussions with my team and Golden Boy as to my next opponent and we’ll be making a few announcements soon. I’ve got a date of December 15th from HBO for my next fight and I’ll let you all know who I’ve got lined up as soon as everything is confirmed.

I’m feeling really good, I’ve enjoyed the time I’ve had off, and will be making the most out of the few weeks I have remaining before I begin another gruelling camp!

For any updates make sure you stay tuned to www.amirkhanworld.com as it will be the first place to know anything.

All the best

AK

 

Freddie blasts Khan. Righfully so.

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LAS VEGAS -- Former junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan fired Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach on Friday, ending their four-year partnership during which Khan claimed two world titles but also suffered a shocking fourth-round knockout in July.

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Roach was on hand at the Wynn Las Vegas for the weigh-in for Saturday's fight between lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez, whom Roach trains, when he received a call from Khan giving him the news.

"He said, 'I know you're busy with your other fighters and I'm going to go in a different direction,' " Roach told ESPN.com. "He said, 'No hard feelings, maybe we'll get back together someday.' He was being nice. I wished him luck. I've been fired before."

On his Twitter feed, Khan wrote, "Officially, I've left Freddie Roach. Just spoke to him and had a good professional chat and maybe in the future we work together.

"Freddie understood why I'm looking at other trainers and wished me all the best for the future."

Khan's new trainer is not set yet but he has been in New York meeting with candidates. The favorite to replace Roach, a five-time trainer of the year, is Virgil Hunter, the reigning trainer of the year for his work with super middleweight champion Andre Ward.

Hunter flew to New York this week after Ward's victory last Saturday against light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson, to meet with Khan and to work out with him, according to a source with knowledge of the trip and the meeting.

Another name being mentioned is Pedro Diaz, who trains former three-division titlist Miguel Cotto.

Khan has lost two fights in a row, a fourth-round knockout to Danny Garcia on July 14 in a title unification fight and a controversial split decision to Lamont Peterson in December. He is looking for a trainer who can devote more one-on-one time to him. Khan's training camps often overlapped with those of Chavez and Roach's most important fighter, Manny Pacquiao.

England's Khan, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, hired Roach after his upset first-round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott in 2008. But with Roach in his corner, Khan rebounded and eventually a 140-pound world title by soundly outpointing Andriy Kotelnik in 2009. Khan made five defenses and unified two titles before losing to Peterson.

Khan (26-3, 18 KOs) plans to return to the ring in December.

 

Amir Khan Statement:

After nearly four years together, in which we enjoyed some great success, I part ways with my trainer Freddie Roach. I would like to thank him for all his hardwork and help during this period and express my gratitude to him for the progress he helped bring about whilst I was under him.

I would also like to thank his team. I loved every minute training in LA at the Wildcard Gym, learning and sparring alongside some truly great fighters and meeting some fantastic people.

I feel now, however, is the right time in my career to make a fresh change and bring in a new trainer. I'm looking forward, and am excited, about the prospect of working alongside someone new. I will make an announcement in due course of who this will be.

There are some specific aspects of my game I'm looking to work on and hopefully improve. My next training camp begins in early October and I will have everything in place by then.

Amir Khan

 

Looks like the book on how to beat Freddies top 3 fighters. Khan, Chavez and Pac is well written! Khan made the write move to leave! Pac will loose rematch number 4 to Marquez so no Pac fight and Chavez will retire!

 

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