The British
Pugilist Amir Khan, who possesses a track record of 31-3 with 19 knockouts,
lately went to India to attend the Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh’s wedding
ceremony. Khan is still in India and recently posed for a picture in Delhi with
Chris Gayle, the West Indies cricketer.
Khan was
planning to fight Manny Pacquiao, the eight division world champion who
possesses a track record of 57-6-2 with 38 knockouts, in his farewell fight
next year on April 9. The opponent of the fight has not been confirmed or
officially announced yet so there still stands a chance for Khan to face Pacman
in the ring.
Khan said that
he wants to launch boxing academies throughout the world and that’s why he went
to India. Talking about his trip Khan said, “The plan is basically to have
academies around the world and India is one of the places where it can happen.
Sometimes having a name behind an academy makes a lot of difference. Delhi and
Mumbai to start with, champions come from grassroots, that's exactly what I'm
doing in Pakistan.”
Khan also talked
about the Indian boxer Vijender Singh and said that he is a current role model
for India in boxing. Singh is the first ever Indian boxer to have won an
Olympic boxing medal. The middleweight fighter won the medal in Beijing
Olympics 2008. Singh fought his professional debut this year on October 10 in
Manchester, England and defeated Sonny Whiting by knocking him out. He is going
to have his next professional fight against Dean Gillen on November 7 in
Ireland. Khan appreciated the boxer and will be hoping that he’ll perform well
in his upcoming fight.
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