Roger Mayweather to Amir Khan: You’ve got to believe you can win!

Amir Khan lost is WBA light welterweight title last Saturday to Danny Garcia at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and it feels as if his defeat has sent shock waves all over the world.

Like many other boxers, the senior member of Mayweather clan, Roger Mayweather, has also shared his thoughts with the media about Khan’s defeat.

Chris Robinson of BoxingScene.com recently interviewed Roger at Mayweather Boxing Club in order to know what he thinks of Khan’s defeat and how he would suggest him to come back from it.

The outspoken trainer stated Khan shouldn’t take anything to his heart because whatever happened is a part of boxing and it can happen to anyone.

“You’ve got to believe you can win, otherwise you’ll never get over that sh*t,” Roger said of Khan. “You’ve got to believe in what you do. Most guys, when they get knocked out, they never come back. In order to come back, you have to believe in yourself, that’s number one.”

The 51-year-old American trainer, who held a record of winning 59 of his 72 fights, with 35 of his wins coming by the way of a knockout, insisted that he never skulled about the actual result of the fight during his time and Khan should do the same as well.

“When I fought, whether I got knocked out or whatever the case was, me, I never focused on ‘I got knocked out’” Roger stated.

“It’s inevitable, it happens. I never thought about what’s going to happen. Anybody can get stopped, anybody can make a mistake. I just focused on my mind that I’m not going to worry about it because I know this is part of the sport. Most people can’t deal with knockouts because they worry about what’s going to happen the next time they fight. But anybody can get knocked out, I know that.”

Amir Khan is currently being trained by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach but Roger Mayweather said he would be willing to train Khan if he comes to him.

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