LONDON – Bolton boxer knows he is putting his future on the line byfighting Terence Crawford in New York but says he would love to proveeverybody wrong and be a world champion again
It’s a gamble but it is also a motivation,” Amir Khan says as the daysdrain away before he fights the accomplished and sometimes spiteful TerenceCrawford.
A week on Saturday, at Madison Square Garden in New York, Khan steps intothe ring against one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world andfaces the possible end of his tumultuous career at the highest level.
Of course a surprise victory for Khan, who has lost four times and beenknocked out on three occasions, would do the opposite and rocket himtowards the forefront of world boxing.
This dreamy possibility has convinced the 32-year-old, who made hisprofessional debut in 2005, to gamble heavily.
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“I have been fighting for many years and I need this kind of contest tolift me,” Khan says of his WBO world welterweight title bout againstCrawford.
“It’s a fight to keep me in the sport, to give me the love for it. Ibelieve I can win but everyone thinks all the odds are against me.
He’s unbeaten but this is what I need. This is a fight that can make me aworld champion again and I feel that God has given me this chance. BeatingCrawford will transform my career. You need these fights which make you alittle nervous.”
