In the midst of training for his next fight, Amir Khan has also been busy outside of the ring.
According to a local Pakistan newspaper Geo.Tv, “King” Khan will launch his own boxing league in the country.
The tournament will start in December under the name ‘Super Boxing League – Pakistan’. Here’s Khan with the details.
“There will be eight teams and each team will comprise eight boxers,” said Khan.
The boxer held a similar event in India which proved to be a massive success and he’s now trying to achieve the same in Pakistan.
“In Pakistan, each team will have a celebrity face from any field singing, acting or [others]. This has never been done before. We tried this in India and it was very successful, this is my own company and I have brought this to Pakistan,” he said.
Unlike the World Boxing Super Series, Khan’s league won’t feature any international talent.
“I don’t want it to be an international event, it is going to be mainly for Pakistani boxers as we want to promote local talent,” he explained.
As for the prize?
The World Boxing Council will provide an official belt for this tournament.
“This is a chance for young people to win WBC belt. I want to do this for Pakistan. Only Pakistani boxers are going to be involved in this Championship. So we are going to localise it to see the local talent,” summarised Khan.
The boxer himself has been linked to a few possible match-ups lately. In recent interviews, the former champion has stated that he’s interested in fighting Danny Garcia or Lamont Peterson. Khan lost to both fighters in previous contests.
The Bolton boxer is currently training in San Francisco and is reportedly in talks with promoter Al Haymon.
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