Amir Khan says he was never the same after Canelo

One of the fastest and bravest boxers from the Island, present retired, has openly spoken astir however 1 combat marked him for the remainder of his life. Former two-division satellite champion, present 37-year-old Amir Khan, recalled his brushwood with the combatant from Guadalajara, whom galore telephone 1 of the top of our time.

Speaking to Fast Slots, the erstwhile Olympian did not fell his emotions erstwhile helium spoke astir the duel from 2016: "I was ne'er the aforesaid combatant aft Canelo. You tin spell down, you tin get up, but that knockout... That 1 punch, it was conscionable not bully for the assemblage oregon the mind."

That May, Khan decided to judge a immense situation - to combat 2 value classes supra his accustomed weight. He resisted for six rounds, utilizing his celebrated accelerated hands and movement, but past the Mexican's close manus arrived. Heavy, precise, cold. A knockout that, successful the fighter's ain words, "took 5 years disconnected my life."

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"I was astatine the highest of my career, and aft that I was ne'er the same. I didn't go a coward, I wasn't scared, but that punch changed everything. After that, each my opponents were conscionable waiting for the accidental to onshore 1 large punch. Nobody was tactical anymore - they were conscionable looking for an unfastened execution," said the British boxer.

After that night, helium came backmost and won a fewer much times, but helium ne'er reached the heights of erstwhile years. Defeats to Terence Crawford and rival Kell Brook closed a chapter.

And portion helium has decided to bent up his gloves, his erstwhile hostile is soon returning to the ring. Canelo volition beryllium warring the aforesaid antheral who aboriginal defeated Khan - an awesome American, who volition effort to bash what went incorrect 9 years ago.