Virgil Hunter talks about Amir Khan’s training – Boxing News
Virgil Hunter was recently appointed by Briton fighter Amir Khan to train him to success. Khan, following his loss to American unbeaten fighter Danny Garcia, fired Hall of Famer coach Freddie Roach and joined hands with Hunter, believing that the latter
can teach him better boxing.
Recently, Hunter spoke to RingTV.com regarding Khan’s training sessions and if he is progressing or not.
Hunter was asked about the major changes he is trying to bring in Khan. The American trainer replied, “Well, I felt that he needed an understanding of boxing. He needed more mental training instead of physical, and that that was going help him.”
Even Khan has asserted in his recent interviews that Hunter is trying to make him a smart boxer instead of working on his physical attributes.
“Amir Khan has the physical ability to adapt to this understanding. I mean, it's not anything that he can't do if he understands why he's doing it and why he needs to do it. It's not like he has to be taught something,” Hunter added.
“He just has to have it mentally infused into him why he needs to do this, and then, when he's in the ring, he needs to be given examples of why he needs to do them. So he learns very quickly.”
For now, Khan stands as a fighter who is on a major decline in his career. He is going through a rough patch following his two consecutive losses. He lost his unified titles to American fighter Lamont Peterson in December last year. This year, he went head
to head against Danny Garcia only to lose his WBA title.
Many critics have called Khan a write-off but the Briton has refused to step down and wants to give boxing priority over other things. According to Khan, it is a rough patch but he is not over yet.
Following his loss to Garcia, Khan asserted that he needs to focus more on his training and less on travelling, something that was mandatory while working with Roach. Therefore, Khan switched his trainer hoping for a better outcome.
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