Crawford vs Khan 20/4/2019 BT Sport Radio 5 Live

[Master]

Amir Khan reveals he is 'peeing blood' after Terence Crawford low blow

Amir Khan will go to hospital this week after passing blood following his sixth-round retirement because of an “illegal” blow by Terence Crawford in the world welterweight fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

The 32-year-old Briton claimed that if the roles had been reversed and he had hit champion Crawford below the belt, he would have been disqualified and would have come in for far worse treatment from fans, officials and the promoter. Nonetheless, Khan was taunted as “a quitter” by rivals and on social media after Virgil Hunter, his trainer, quickly pulled him from the fight even though the referee was prepared to give him five *minutes to recover.

“It does hurt, physically and emotionally,” Khan said from his apartment in Manhattan yesterday. “The fight was the highest point of my career and I have to give credit to Terence Crawford because he’s a lot better than I thought he would be.

“We are all human and if you get hit it hurts you. If I was hit in the head, caught on the face or cracked in the eye socket, then that is different because it is a legal shot.

“This was different. It was an *illegal shot. Imagine if I’d done that. I would have been disqualified and criticised. I’d have been called a cheat and accused of wanting an easy way out because the fight was hard.”

Khan admitted that he was “still peeing blood” from the body shots and low blow and that he would go for a hospital check-up this week. “There was blood after the fight, then a little bit on Sunday morning. But I’m OK now. The wife will make me go and get checked out. I said to her that I’m a fighter, I get hit and that these things happen, even in sparring.



“He was throwing body shots and some of them were quite low. Look, he’s the champion and he’s going to get more favours than me. When you do get hit below the belt, it can take time for you to recover. He knew what he was doing.”

Khan barely remembers the end of the World Boxing Organisation fight.

“A lot of people keep asking me the question and I honestly don’t know what happened,” Khan said. “I talked to the ref and he said I had five minutes. Then I took a walk into the middle of the ring to open up my stomach and see how I felt.

“I came back and Virgil had *already called it. He said afterwards that it was his decision to call it *because he said it wasn’t fair that I got hit by a low shot.”

Khan admitted that his “addiction” to the fight game would make it hard for him to walk away.

“I’m 32 now, but I feel like I’ve got a lot left in me. I have to sit down with my family, close friends and also my wife,” he said. “Retirement is not something I’m looking at and I definitely wouldn’t want to leave the sport in this way.

“I haven’t spoken to my wife yet. I know she’s going to be upset. She hates me fighting. She’s always said it – she hates me boxing and has never been a fan of me being in the ring. She’s always afraid, she says the worst time is when I fight.

“I’ve still got it in me to carry on. This is just another bump on the road and it’s not one of the bumps against someone who is low calibre. This was against the best of the best, a pound-for-pound guy.

“Boxing is one of those sports where once I leave I don’t want to come back. I give my family a heart attack every time I fight and they hate me fighting. I have to be ready to finish. I don’t want to finish thinking, ‘Could I have fought again?’

“I’ve had a crazy up-and-down career and opportunities have *always come. No matter who I have fought I have always given it my all.

“Another call will come again saying: ‘Amir, there is another big fight, do you want to top the bill again?’ Maybe they’ll offer me Errol Spence [the unbeaten International Boxing Federation champion] and I’ll think about that … maybe I need to think about what I do and don’t take from now on. My dream was to win a world title and top big bills and I have done that. Everything else is a bonus now.”

He added: “Retirement has to be a solid decision. Returning at the wrong time would haunt me. I have been 14 years a professional, 10 years fighting the top guys in the world. It’s a long time. I’ve won a world title, topped the bill at big arenas, fought the pound-for-pound guys. It’s hard to say no, it is an addiction.”

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ami...213000070.html

[Batman]

I agree with Khan

He didn't quit, no one can quite say why the fight was stopped, it is just one of life's mysteries, having said that Crawford was clearly throwing low blows throughout the fight and blatantly should have been disqualified.

Khans stock has risen so much that he will have Mayweather banging on his door screaming for a fight because he can see that Khan is a true warrior who deserves a shot.

Give me a fucking break

[powerpuncher]

I’m sure he was peeing blood because of the ONE low blow and not the huge body shots he was taking

[TitoFan]

Reacting to a post..............

I agree with Khan (shocked)

He didn't quit, no one can quite say why the fight was stopped, it is just one of life's mysteries, having said that Crawford was clearly throwing low blows throughout the fight (starting to detect the sarcasm) and blatantly should have been disqualified.

Khans stock has risen so much that he will have Mayweather banging on his door screaming for a fight (totally on board with the irony) because he can see that Khan is a true warrior who deserves a shot.

Give me a fucking break

[nuggetdotcom]

He went into the fight with 2 chances, as they say, slim and none, but slim just left town. I cannot for the life of me see why he is getting top ppv fights in the US? Can somebody explain? I'm not sure that if he ever fought brook in the uk it would rate ppv, am I missing something?

[Spicoli]

He went into the fight with 2 chances, as they say, slim and none, but slim just left town. I cannot for the life of me see why he is getting top ppv fights in the US? Can somebody explain? I'm not sure that if he ever fought brook in the uk it would rate ppv, am I missing something?

I think it's basically because he's a charismatic well traveled but easy mark on the skids and Crawford is in deep need of notable opposition. Barring Crawford v Spence or another Haymon title holder this should never approach ppv but Arum is greedy like that. Khan has run out of wishful thinking and recyclability dates and is now just desperately making it up as he goes. Sad thing is some may buy it, he'll get another top bill and he'll be torched again. Maybe that's not sad depending on where you sit .

[Gandalf]

He went into the fight with 2 chances, as they say, slim and none, but slim just left town. I cannot for the life of me see why he is getting top ppv fights in the US? Can somebody explain? I'm not sure that if he ever fought brook in the uk it would rate ppv, am I missing something?

I think it's basically because he's a charismatic well traveled but easy mark on the skids and Crawford is in deep need of notable opposition. Barring Crawford v Spence or another Haymon title holder this should never approach ppv but Arum is greedy like that. Khan has run out of wishful thinking and recyclability dates and is now just desperately making it up as he goes. Sad thing is some may buy it, he'll get another top bill and he'll be torched again. Maybe that's not sad depending on where you sit .

Charismatic? Not a word I would ever use for Amir Khan. Elvis was charismatic. Ali was charismatic. Monroe was charismatic. Khan on the other hand is what is known as a plonker. He was entertaining in his time though and had a fun style. Plenty of punches thrown and a million wobbles taken in return. He's done as he has slowed and unlike someone like Manny doesn't have an all round game or a chin. A gatekeeper now for up and comers to have a go at. Should probably retire. No idea why Crawford keeps fighting these kinds of fights. About time the WW's started fighting one another.

[Gandalf]

To be fair to Khan though, I think he will fight anyone. However, the Canelo fight was quite silly and sadistic. I will give him a pass on this one as he looked injured and didn't take the low blow well. But he didn't look great. I don't think Crawford is all he is being hyped as either. He is feasting on Horn's and Khan's for a reason. The oven will be hot.

[Spicoli]

He went into the fight with 2 chances, as they say, slim and none, but slim just left town. I cannot for the life of me see why he is getting top ppv fights in the US? Can somebody explain? I'm not sure that if he ever fought brook in the uk it would rate ppv, am I missing something?

I think it's basically because he's a charismatic well traveled but easy mark on the skids and Crawford is in deep need of notable opposition. Barring Crawford v Spence or another Haymon title holder this should never approach ppv but Arum is greedy like that. Khan has run out of wishful thinking and recyclability dates and is now just desperately making it up as he goes. Sad thing is some may buy it, he'll get another top bill and he'll be torched again. Maybe that's not sad depending on where you sit .

Charismatic? Not a word I would ever use for Amir Khan. Elvis was charismatic. Ali was charismatic. Monroe was charismatic. Khan on the other hand is what is known as a plonker. He was entertaining in his time though and had a fun style. Plenty of punches thrown and a million wobbles taken in return. He's done as he has slowed and unlike someone like Manny doesn't have an all round game or a chin. A gatekeeper now for up and comers to have a go at. Should probably retire. No idea why Crawford keeps fighting these kinds of fights. About time the WW's started fighting one another.

Charismatic as in known and surpassing his shortcomings. He's a work and can talk it up and in a way the best Crawford could do with a knee deep 147 division. Plonker is an apt title too.