AMIR KHAN has an exit strategy. The boxer is only planning to have two or three more fights in his career.
โI want to make sure Iโm not in the game too long where I get forced to leave the sport because I have an injury,โ he tells Boxing News. โI feel great at the moment but I donโt want to keep pushing it. Iโve had some big fights in my career and been hurt a few times as well but luckily Iโm still okay mentally and physically. I want to make sure I donโt keep risking yet.โ
โLooking at it, Iโve two or three fights left,โ he added. โI know that Iโve only got a very short time left in the boxing game. I want to maximise what Iโve got left in me.โ
But Kell Brook might not feature in those plans, or at least not right away. Khan is close to agreeing to fight WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford in his next fight.
โIn a heartbeat, Iโd take that fight,โ Khan said. โBecause I really believe that the Kell Brook fight will always be there. Unless I get a brilliant deal that I canโt turn down. At the moment Iโm getting a brilliant deal from people like Crawford where itโs hard for me to turn down. Because when youโre getting the chance to fight for a pound-for-pound title, which Iโll never ever get [again]. For you to have the opportunity, itโs amazing. These are offers that are being put to me, so letโs see.โ
โKell Brookโs a big fight, donโt get me wrong, but how big is a pound-for-pound fight? Not many people in their career will ever get the chance,โ he continued. โIโve got the opportunity there.โ
For years now Brook has been calling for a showdown with his British rival. But he may have to wait even longer. The winner of the Manny Pacquiao versus Adrien Broner fight would be appealing to Khan. โMaybe this is the time where Broner shows how good he really is,โ Amir mused. โYou never know anything could happen. He could knock Manny Pacquiao out.
โThis is his last chance in a big fight ever.โ
He does have options Stateside, as well as in the UK. “Iโve been quite lucky where Iโve made a big name for myself in America,โ he continued. โItโs brilliant to be in that position.โ
Amir Khan is launching the โRing the Changesโ initiative with online financial trading broker ThinkMarkets (www.thinkmarkets.com) to support under-privileged young people across the UK through fundraising, mentorship, education and employment opportunities.