Virgil Hunter blasts his trainee boxer, Amir Khan for his loss to Crawford Terrence

Amir Khan who lost his last match against Crawford Terrence in April has been criticised by his trainer, Virgil Hunter who says the boxer does not do enough training between fights and is letting his skills dwindle.

The WBO welterweight champion, Crawford questioned whether the former world champion had “quit” after his corner controversially pulled him out after he received a low blow from the small bodied champion.

Asked if he would like Khan to retire, Hunter said he would give his fighter ‘the benefit of the doubt’ adding that he would like to see the boxer commit to many training camps in between fights and to work on his weaknesses before making his final decision to really see if his skills are gone, or if he is just letting them lay in a pile and deteriorate slowly.

“He never has practice in between fights. He trains hard for 10 weeks but it’s not enough,” he said.

Khan now has 33 wins and five defeats on a professional record spanning 14 years.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist last held world titles in 2011, after overcoming stellar names such as Zab Judah, Marcos Maidana and Paulie Malignaggi as he became a unified light-welterweight champion.

But after defeat at middleweight by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2016, Khan took 23 months away from competition and since returning had picked up two wins before his defeat by Crawford.

It is this kind of discontinuity in training that Virgil is warning the boxer against who has bee joined by other boxing pundits agreeing with him that he should retire or work on his training.

 

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