FIGHTING WBC middleweight Canelo Alvarez may be a risk but Amir Khan believes the pounds heโ€™s packing on will allow him to train like never before.

โ€œNormally when Iโ€™m in training camp I used to start cutting weight as soon as I step into training camp. This time Iโ€™m eating healthy, Iโ€™m eating good and Iโ€™m still training hard. Iโ€™m training harder than normal because I can eat more and can have more nutrition. Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m looking even bigger. So I can keep hold of that muscle,โ€ Khan said. โ€œIโ€™m making sure Iโ€™m having enough carbs, enough fats and proteins in my dietโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve got more energy when I go into the gym and Iโ€™m stronger in the gym as well.

โ€œItโ€™s more a light middleweight fight because itโ€™s 154, 155. Time will tell. This fight might be the ideal weight for me. Iโ€™m going to see how I feel. To be honest with you in sparring and training Iโ€™ve been feeling so strong and so explosive and fast. Itโ€™s not like Iโ€™ve lost the speed, the speedโ€™s still there. A lot of people say by putting more muscle on speedโ€™s going to go down. But itโ€™s 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 itโ€™s a risk worth taking. โ€œIt took me some time. I broke it down to him [Hunter]. He took time then to watch the videos. When you hear the name, itโ€™s like โ€˜stay 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. โ€œAt 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 donโ€™t want to be one of those fighters thatโ€™s punch drunk or getting hit with shots he shouldnโ€™t be hit with. Iโ€™ve 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€