Amir Khan is now less than two weeks from his highly anticipated return to the ring. The popular Briton has been out of action since 2015 when he suffered the RING Magazine knockout of the year for 2015 at the hands of Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
His opponent for April 21st, Phil Lo Greco appeared to overstep his mark when he came face to face with Khan at their opening press conference in Liverpool.
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— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) April 7, 2018
Lo Greco took aim at Khan’s topsy-turvy personal life and Khan intends to make the Canadian suffer for his words.
“He got personal at the press conference and that’s not right – he’s going to pay for that.”
“Talk about boxing, talk about me getting KO’d or getting beat – but going into my personal life is disrespectful and that’s made me angry.”
Khan says he is looking to dish out a savage beating for retribution.
“I want to show him who’s boss and put it on him, he needs to watch what he says. He’s an idiot and he’s going to be put in his place.”
“The fans hate him now and he’s going to be in for a hostile night from the fans in Liverpool.”
Back in business. I will fight on April 21st in Liverpool pic.twitter.com/UqgmCNwKmb
— Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) January 10, 2018
“British fans are the best in the world and he should’ve come here wanting to get them on his side, but there’s no chance that will happen.”
“There’s pressure every time and I know that. If I lose, it’s game over for getting those huge fights,” the 31-year-old Khan added.
“I cannot make any mistake. What he’s said in the press conference has only added more fuel to the fire”
“I’ve felt great in camp and I know that I need to be at my sharpest as I’ve been out for a while and I know that he’s going to think he can take advantage of that and upset the odds – but that’s not happening.”
Khan announced he had signed a three-fight deal with Matchroom, very early this year. He says his following two fights will be against stellar opposition and he has declared he will reclaim a world title at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs.
“Welterweight is where I want to be winning world titles at.”
“The next two fights are going to be huge marquee names that make me a two-weight world champion.”
“Eddie knows what I want and he’s got the plans down. I know I can win that world title this year but I cannot look past Phil, he’s coming to smash my dreams.”
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