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Amir Khan: Former unified world champion and Olympic medallist retires

Khan retires, good fighter but not elite, maybe overhyped about what he could have achieved but still solid career probably should have hung them up after Crawford as he wasn't competitive against Brook but I'm guessing it earned the dough and now he can continue to ponce around as a "Reality Star".

 

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Amir Khan: Former unified world champion and Olympic medallist retires

Khan retires, good fighter but not elite, maybe overhyped about what he could have achieved but still solid career probably should have hung them up after Crawford as he wasn't competitive against Brook but I'm guessing it earned the dough and now he can continue to ponce around as a "Reality Star".

Now he and Brook can hang out and tell gym stories. Like you said, good fighter, just not elite.

His hand and foot speed, combined with his boxing ability took him a lot farther than his chin ever could.

He was fun to watch, even when he lost, he usually did so in spectacular fashion with being KO'd in 5 of his 6 career losses as a pro.

 

[Dynamito]

Good career exciting fighter to watch. One the few British fighters to cross over and become a celebrity develop a fan base outside boxing. Arguably had a very glamorous career rubbed shoulders with A-List movie stars, musicians world leaders. Hung out with royalty got invites to Buckingham Palace and the Whitehouse. Managed to jet set around the world earned good money from photo shoots and commercials.

As far as boxing goes just fell short of elite level a sort of British Zab Judah. Probably biggest. Accomplishment was winning a silver medal at age 17 at the Olympics and being one of the feel good stories of the Athens olympics.

 

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Amir Khan said it was an easy decision to retire from boxing after an 18-year career in the sport

 

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Amir Khan said it was an easy decision to retire from boxing after an 18-year career in the sport

It should have been, he was humiliated by Brook.