Amir Khan believes he is more famous now after his loss to Garcia – Boxing News
Former IBF and WBA light welterweight titlist Amir Khan believes he is more famous now than ever. According to Khan, he is shocked because he is more popular among boxing fans now than he was when he was a world champion.
“I’m shocked because I’m probably more famous now than I was before I was world champion,” said Khan during his recent media interaction.
“It was hard, don’t get me wrong. It was hard to come out and face people. I was quite embarrassed at times to see people who I know had supported me, that might be laughing at me.
“But they said, ‘We didn’t know you had so much heart to come off the floor and keeping fighting so hard’.”
The Bolton proud feels people are respecting him for coming back and still trying to fight fighters of the top calibre. According to Khan, a lot of fighters leave fighting after such devastating losses but he has not.
“I’ve got a lot left. I’ve made a mistake but I’ve learnt from a mistake before and come back stronger and I’m going to do it again.”
Khan lost to Danny Garcia on July 14 via knockout. The defeat was a career devastating one for the Bolton proud who was hoping to face American unbeaten fighter Floyd Mayweather but now the Briton is facing Carlos Molina.
Khan fired Hall of Famer trainer Freddie Roach, believing he was unable to improve the Bolton proud’s defence. Khan attributed his loss against Garcia to his weak defence, saying his trainer was unable to give him enough time to improve his game.
Now, Khan is hopeful that Virgil Hunter will be a great addition to his camp.
It should be noted here that Khan is still hoping of facing Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao. He wants to defeat Molina to be in a better position of negotiating a fight against Mayweather or Pacquiao. However, there are rare chances of the former champion
facing either one of them, as both fighters are at the verge of retirement while Khan is still climbing the ladders to success.
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