Gary Stretch "Dean Powell is a good second, but he doesn’t really know boxing”

Gary Stretch "Dean Powell is a good second, but he doesn’t really know boxing”

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But nobody from the Wild Card Gym will be shouting advice to Khan on Saturday, as Roach will be in Las Vegas for the De La Hoya-Pacquiao showdown and his assistant Gary Stretch is unable to travel to London due to “politics”.
“It’s nothing to do with me and Amir, politics has got in the way,” Stretch, a former British 154-pound titlist who was trained by Roach, told the BBC on Monday. “I was all ready to go, but on the day of the flight [from LA to the UK] I got a phone call and it was Freddie asking me not to go. I have to honor Freddie.”
Frank Warren’s chief matchmaker Dean Powell will now resume his role as Khan’s chief second. Powell prepared Khan for the up-and-down tussle with Michael Gomez last June but his coaching ability isn’t rated too highly by Stretch.
“Dean Powell is a good second, but he doesn’t really know boxing,” said Stretch.
Stretch added that Khan will return to the Wild Card Gym after Saturday’s bout, but the mysterious circumstances surrounding his sudden departure from Khan’s corner has raised doubts about the relationship between the fighter and his new training team.
Frank Warren had earlier attempted to get Khan a fight on the Vegas undercard, but negotiations broke down when Golden Boy Promotions insisted that the Warren-promoted Nicky Cook defend his WBO 122-pound title on the show. Warren balked and instead intended on putting both Khan and Cook on his London card, but that show has deteriorated since injuries saw Cook withdraw from his fight with Stephen Foster and Jonathon Banks pull out of a bout with Enzo Maccarinelli.
Logistically, it has been a complex time for Khan, and ***an should give him a few more headaches on Saturday.