Amir Khan: No one does what I did!

Former IBF and WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is under a lot of criticism after Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia clinched his title on July 14 by stopping him in the fourth round at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Bolton-based boxer, who is more commonly known as King Khan, entered the ring as a red-hot favorite against Garcia but he was stopped in the fourth round by the undefeated American prospect, who now holds the WBC and WBA light welterweight titles.

However, Khan is not worried at all with the noises around him since he is keen to prove naysayers wrong.

Khan recently had an exclusive interview with BoxingScene.com, in which he pointed to how he bounced back from his first-round stoppage defeat to Breidis Prescott in September 2008.

“I have always had people like that who have criticized me in my career,” said Khan when speaking to BoxingScene.com.

“But I’m only 25 and a two-time world champion already. I’ve won other titles and went to America to fight their guys. No one does what I did – going to America to fight guys in their hometown. That is how much of a professional I am because I want to be the best.

In the end Khan, who holds a record of winning 26 of his 29 professional fights, with 18 of his wins coming by the way of a knockout, vowed to his fans that he will come back stronger than ever this time.

“I’ve been fighting the best I can since I was 17 to move up and up. It is hard to see anyone who did the same from those 2004 [Greek] Olympics [where Khan won a silver medal after losing to Mario Kindelan in the final], lots of guys retired or didn’t win the titles, but I have always done great. Even though I lost that [Garcia] fight, I know I’ll come back stronger.”

Well, all said and done, Amir Khan has plans to comeback on December 10 so let’s see if he gets  a rematch with Danny Garcia.

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