![]() ![]() Joe Goosen will be in Khan’s corner as his new trainer for the Lo Greco fight. The money will be so good that it’ll make up for the loss. It doesn’t matter if Khan loses the fight to Brook. However, it’s generally assumed by many boxing fans that Khan is just coming back for the cash out fight against Brook, because he can make a mess of dough from that fight. It’s a surprise to me that the 31-year-old Khan was able to break from his inertia and get back into the ring to face the high level journeyman/gatekeeper Lo Greco. Making the kind of loot that Khan did against Canelo, one can understand why he’s been sitting on his backside for the last two years living the high life while jetting around the world. In Khan’s case, he made a bundle of money in his fight against Canelo, which was televised on HBO PPV in the States. There seems to have been some inertia involved as well, which happens to fighters when they start taking it easy and enjoying the fruit of their labors. Being out of the ring for 2 years obviously wasn’t because of just Khan’s hand. Khan seemingly lost interest in boxing after that defeat, although he says much of his inactivity was the result of a hand operation on his right hand. If Khan looks good against Lo Greco on Saturday night, it might plant ideas in his head that he can beat the 31-year-old Brook, who is clearly fading at this point in his career despite looking good against the hand-picked Sergey Rabchenko last March.įormer IBF/WBA light welterweight Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is emerging from a 2-year career slumber after his knockout loss to Saul Canelo Alvarez in May of 2016. It’ll be up to Khan, as he’s the decider. ![]() Khan could face Brook either in the summer or later this year. It’s thought that Khan and his promoter Eddie Hearn selected a junior middleweight to fight so that they could use Lo Greco as a warm-up for Kell Brook, who now fights at 154. This is Khan’s first fight in the UK in five years since 2013, and his first fight in the last two years. Khan’s promoter Eddie Hearn will probably still make the fight between him and Kell Brook anyway for this summer, but it might be pointless. If Khan loses to Lo Greco, his career is basically over. Khan, 5’8 ½”, looked considerably taller than the 5’8” Lo Greco, even though they’re supposedly just a half inch apart in height. The 33-year-old Lo Greco weighed in 1 pound under the 150lb. After the fight, the boxer’s body needs it and a fighter starts eating off, gaining very fast about 15-25 kilograms over his weight category.By Scott Gilfoid: Amir ‘King’ Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) weighed in right at the limit of 150 pounds for his catch-weight fight against high-level gatekeeper Phil Lo Greco (28-3, 15 KOs) for their 12 round fight this Saturday night on Sky Sports at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. This restriction applies even to the amount of water consumption. However, there is the other hand in this issue.įor a few months before the fight, the boxer’s diet is strictly limited, and the less time rests to the fight, the harder the conditions become. In case if a boxed gains more than five kilograms, he will be very exhausted and he will not be ready for the challenges and stresses of the upcoming fight. This provides the advantage in weight and dimensions during the fight. For tis sake, in fact, these rules were established.Īlmost every professional boxer cheats in the question of weight. Thus, there is no possibility of rapid gain or loss of weight. Olympic boxing has introduced such rules, that the fighters are weighed in the morning on the day of the fight, sometimes in a couple of hours before the actual fight. Since the boxers make significant efforts to meet the framework of the weight division, it is important to pay attention directly on the weighing procedure. There is a popular opinion, according to which having an equal level of technique, with equal performance in speed and endurance, wins a bigger boxer. However, few people know that when the fight is played out, the boxer can gain a lot of extra weight. Many of us feel strongly envious (of course, except for bouts of weight limitation). ![]() At that time, when we watch boxing matches, we see toned athletes with relief muscles. ![]()
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