Amir Khan put on gloves for the last time as a professional boxer in February of this year to finally settle his career long rivalry with Kell Brook.
‘King’ Khan excelled second of the night, with many feeling that his fighting days were over. He agreed and officially announced his retirement not long after, despite being offered a rematch at the table. However, that was only after Brook announced his first – what Khan said Social boxing he was grateful for.
“Me and my team talked about it. I can see my heart isn’t even in it, I’m like ‘I don’t really want to do it’ – but like I said I won’t be one of them fighting to be afraid and said I was going to say no to the rematch. So when Kell Brook announced his retirement, I was like ‘thank God for that. There is no rematch. ‘”
“It’s so easy, meanwhile, the responsibility will fall on him because he’s retired. But, to be honest with you, even if he doesn’t retire, I don’t think a rematch will happen. Like I said, lost love for the sport, didn’t want to get into it, and that’s it. We both made big money and we did a great job, no one got hurt, and we move on to bigger and better things now. “
Seeing the former unified champion joke about the situation and open up about his feelings towards the sport after 17 years of campaigning professionally would be a welcome sight for fans. Khan will go down in history not only as one of Britain’s most exciting boxers but also a game-changer in many ways for those who followed.
Finally, he confirmed that the future exhibition à la Floyd Mayweather no need to rule out, but first he wants to spend a year doing nothing but enjoying his retirement.
