FOUR months after facing snakes and spiders in an Australian jungle, Amir Khan returns to the limelight in a more comfortable arena determined to end his boxing career on a high.
Khan, a former world champion and an Olympic silver medallist at the 2004 Games, will be back in the ring for the first time since being beaten by Saul โCaneloโ Alvarez in May 2016 when he meets Canadian Phil Lo Greco in Liverpool on Saturday night.
In his time away from the sport, Khan was a contestant on the reality television series โIโm A CelebrityโฆGet Me Out Of Here!โ, where the general public saw him face his phobias.
Weight done 150, time to eat! pic.twitter.com/lbessUQB0f
โ Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) April 20, 2018
Those who witness Khan at the Echo Arena this weekend will see a man more in his element after he agreed a three-fight deal with promoters Matchroom shortly after leaving the jungle.
โIt does feel back to business again, and this is the business I love doing,โ the 31-year-old told Press Association Sport.
โBoxingโs something Iโve been doing all my life. Itโs great to be in a position now where I can make it back to the top again.
โI used to be sat ringside watching at fights and be missing the sport thinking, โWow, I want to be back in the ring againโ. I want to have my name lit up, big posters up of me, have fans want to see me and cheer me on. ย I did miss that.

โThat was one reason I wanted to come back and finish off with a big bang. I could not finish off with a loss in my career, I have to finish off with a few good wins and then call it a day.
โIโm one of the lucky fighters out there โ financially I didnโt have to come back but Iโve chosen to because my body feels in good shape, I still feel in my prime.
โIโve been absent for such a long time, itโs given me a wake-up call to say, โI need to back in the ring again, fighting again, be back in the gym again, get back in shape again and make people proudโ.โ
His opponent Lo Greco is banking on Khanโs hiatus being costly when they meet in the ring.
So tell me how I came in .1 less than you, again? See you tomorrow fatass. #WARLOGRECO pic.twitter.com/HoKW2Onu6Q
โ Phil Lo Greco (@Phil_Lo_Greco) April 20, 2018
The Canadian has also goaded the Bolton-based fighter by suggesting he still has mental scars from the way Alvarez brutally knocked him out in 2016 .
โWhile Amir was having a lot of success, I was inactive,โ Lo Greco said.
โIโve been a pro since 2006 Iโve had a total of six, seven years of inactivity; it really, really, really puts a lot of hurt in your career when youโre inactive.
โEspecially in his last fight, the way it ended, I know itโs been on his mind for a long time.
โA lot of athletes have a tendency to say, โIโve got one more in meโ โ from Sugar Ray Leonard to Muhammad Ali to other good fighters that push the envelope.โ