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Amir Khan: I’m coming to clean up the welterweight division! – “mark my words!”

Written by Keeran Rajan on 2nd January 2018.

Amir Khan saw first hand the amount of weight Usyk has put on

Amir Khan is planning his return to the ring following a brief stint on the reality television. He is planning to shake off the ring rust sometime in March.

Amir Khan has yet to fight since suffering the 2016 RING magazine knockout of the year in a loss to Lineal world middleweight champion, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. He then underwent surgery to fix an issue with his hand which prolonged his hiatus from the ring.

However, the man who is commonly dubbed as ‘King Khan’ is confident in his chances of dominating the boxing scene at the welterweight limit.

His comments may seem bewildering to some, given the welterweight division is currently one of the most stacked, talent-wise in the sport right now. The division currently boasts names like Errol Spence Jr, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford to name a handful.

“I’m inspired, I’m motivated. I’m going to come in there and clean up the entire 147 division, it’s time,” Khan bullishly told Fighthype.com.

“Looking at the 147 division it’s there for the taking. You’ve got Keith Thurman which I’d love to have, you’ve got Spence, you’ve got Garcia rematch, you’ve got the Peterson rematch. Some big names there, so I know it’s there for the taking,” Khan said.

“A lot of people comment that ‘you lost to Canelo’ but Canelo is a big, big guy and one of the best pound-for-pound guys. I was smaller against him, but a lot of people know I was beating him on the cards.”

“At 147, I don’t think anyone can push me the way that Canelo did – because Canelo is a big guy [and] that’s why I was saying that the 147 division is definitely what suits me,” Khan added

“(It) is where I’m going to clean up the division and I am going to become world champion again. Mark my words,” Khan concluded.

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