Last time we saw Amir Khan, he had been left hospitalised after receiving the KO of a lifetime from Saul Canelo Alvarez back in May.
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Here’s a reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiqbcahrU8
The 29-year-old Brit is now looking to breathe new life into his fighting career by trading the boxing ring for the Octagon.
He shared these images of himself onto Instagram earlier alongside the caption:
With the UFC world title. UFC training has started.
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In a recent interview, Khan was asked about fighting McGregor and what he made of fellow boxer Floyd Mayweather challenging McGregor a while back:
I would get into a cage and I would fight in MMA rules, so that’s the difference between me and Mayweather. I would definitely give it a go.
It just depends on the weight category. But look, as a fighter, that’s a fight I would take.
McGregor is a massive name in MMA, and I’m a big name in boxing, so globally, I think it would be a massive fight. Sometimes, you have to put friendship aside and you have to take it in the cage or in the ring. But yeah, if that fight comes up to me, I’m not one to back away from it.
Something like that would be massive. Even if I started to train MMA next year, I’d only be 30 years old.
I could stop and train for a full year and become a good MMA fighter. It’s in our blood to fight. I’ve been fighting all my life, so for me, I don’t think it’d be a problem for me to learn and switch over to the sport.
On whether he could take McGregor:
I think McGregor has some great boxing skills. A good boxer will always win a MMA fight – I’ve always said that. A good puncher will always win.
You saw in the Aldo fight – he took a step back and countered him as he came in. With boxing, it’s all about distance and timing, and that’s something we have on our side more than MMA fighters.
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Unlike McGregor/Mayweather, this one actually has a shot of happening because Khan is proactively training for a run as an MMA fighter. The only way I can see him beating McGregor is if he gets the KO in before McGregor does, because there’s no way he’s beating him or anyone else on the floor even if he reckons he can become a ‘good MMA fighter’ in one year. Respect to him for giving it a shot though – let’s see what he can do.
For the time Khan banged out some fools who tried to steal his Range Rover in Birmingham, click HERE.
