FIGHTING WBC middleweight Canelo Alvarez may be a risk but Amir Khan believes the pounds heโs packing on will allow him to train like never before.
โNormally when Iโm in training camp I used to start cutting weight as soon as I step into training camp. This time Iโm eating healthy, Iโm eating good and Iโm still training hard. Iโm training harder than normal because I can eat more and can have more nutrition. Thatโs why Iโm looking even bigger. So I can keep hold of that muscle,โ Khan said. โIโm making sure Iโm having enough carbs, enough fats and proteins in my dietโฆ Iโve got more energy when I go into the gym and Iโm stronger in the gym as well.
โItโs more a light middleweight fight because itโs 154, 155. Time will tell. This fight might be the ideal weight for me. Iโm going to see how I feel. To be honest with you in sparring and training Iโve been feeling so strong and so explosive and fast. Itโs not like Iโve lost the speed, the speedโs still there. A lot of people say by putting more muscle on speedโs going to go down. But itโs not.โ
He is though moving all the way up from welterweight. This could be a dangerous fight. But Khan is so confident in his abilities that he even persuaded his trainer Virgil Hunter itโs a risk worth taking. โIt took me some time. I broke it down to him [Hunter]. He took time then to watch the videos. When you hear the name, itโs like โstay away from himโ but when you break the fight down, it gives a better understanding that this fight is a winnable fight for me,โ Amir said. โAt the end of the day I want this fight. I know boxing is a business, any mistake in the fight could hurt me in the future and I donโt want to be one of those fighters thatโs punch drunk or getting hit with shots he shouldnโt be hit with. Iโve got a life after boxing as well. But I really believe that this fight is the right fight for me. This is going to catapult me to the top. Instead of having four fights to get to the top, one fight will get me where I need to be.โ