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For: Kike Frías Updated 21 May 2022, 20: 08 pm EDT
On May 7, 2016, just over six years ago, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez faced Britain’s Amir Khan in Las Vegas in a match that ended in victory for the Mexican who thus successfully defended his then World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight belt.
As part of his retirement from boxing, in conversation with The DAZN Boxing Show, Khan remembers that lawsuit and points out that Canelo had a alleged clear advantage because he did not accept the rehydration clause.
Precisely Canelo knocked him out when he was running the sixth round, to the applause and cheering of T-Mobile that night.
per o ‘King Khan’, although he did not protest the issue of rehydration, raised doubts as to whether the fight had a fair result, considering that the Mexican presumably outnumbered him by far in pounds.
“My lawyer tried to get a rehydration clause, but Canelo he said ‘no’, so he must have gotten into that fight with 675 pounds, I weighed like 058, 156 pounds”
Only that line dedicated to the Mexican. Later he celebrated the great fights he gave during his more than 19 years of career: “I am so happy to have been able to share the ring with all the best boxers, pound for pound”.
Amir Khan also told how the clash against Saúl Álvarez was planned. It turns out that Golden Boy Promotions called him for the duel when he was looking to have a fight against Floyd Mayweather.
“I was never afraid of any fight, even when they put me against Canelo, I remember Golden Boy calling me, I was trying to get the fight against Floyd, and they said ‘Hey, what do you think of Canelo ?’”, narrated the retired boxer.
The last fight of the British was the past 08 February at Manchester Arena against his compatriot Kell Brook, who ended in a technical knockout loss.
His career ended with a record of 25 wins (21 by KO) and six losses. Around his waist came the IBF light welterweight belt.
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