Thomas Gouard
It seems as though Amir Khan is on the verge of hanging up his boxing gloves after the right boxing match. I personally thought he would hang up his boxing gloves after his loss against Terrence Crawford, but apparently not! Seemingly, Amir is fishing for the right opponent he is capable of defeating in the division after the loss.
On July 12, Amir goes head-to-head with Neeraj Goyat with hopes of landing a fight against Manny Pacquiao if he is victorious over Neeraj, but if he is not successfully he plans to hang up the gloves right away.
I personally believe it is the right decision if he is not successful against Neeraj, who is a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter with 11 wins, 3 losses and two draws in the boxing ring. Amir on the other hand was a silver medalist in the 2004 Olympics with a current record of 33 wins and 5 losses.
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one imagines the shelf life of a boxer is pretty short
Seems to depend on their skill level too, if their able to take out an opponent quickly or if their skilled enough to move quickly without getting hit. Floyd Mayweather is one of the greatest of this area to retire on his terms, and not on terms of the sport.
even so, how many boxers are in their 30s?
Probably like 40 percent are. Seems to be the number of the ones that are cutting down their careers.
can the experience really offset a guy in his prime who can take and dish out punishment?
I believe so! Hell, I believe I just saw that with boxer Keith Thurman, who is in his prime, yet took time off (1 year) and just didn’t look the same in his previous fights. If I get the time I will share a review of it, but he just took a beating by a fighter that is not in his prime and suffered his first loss.
he must be a rare boxer then, perhaps he should stick around…
The problem with Keith Thurman is that, plus he met a woman that changed his whole demeanor. He still has potential to be a title holder again, but needs not anymore time off like he did recently.
will have to take your word for it
Nice and interesting post ,thanks for sharing.
Enjoy your day, Hina
I thought that he was going to retire after losing to Crawford. I think Khan has a new opponent now because Goyat was in a car accident. Yeah, he is fighting Billy Dib now. Anyway, the talk is that if Khan wins this fight and Pacquiao wins over Keith Thurman, then Khan will fight Pacquiao.
Here’s the link – https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/6/28/19102550/amir-khan-billy-dib-winner-to-get-top-5-rating-by-the-wbc
I heard. And Billy Dib ain’t worth a damn. Still not deserving if he wins this one as well.
I do not like this sport. It’s too rough
It is most definitely rough, but not as rough as mixed martial arts.
I ,ll be meeting Ammir Khan soon
Very cool! Are you going to see him around or are you watching him box?