Amir Khan shared the ring with many elite level opponents during his career but made no mistake in naming the most skilled fighter of them all.
‘King Khan’ made his way into the paid ranks back in 2005, just months after his silver medal success at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
The Bolton-native became a unified world light-welterweight champion during his career, a feat he achieved back in July 2011 when he defeated America’s Zab Judah to unify the WBA and IBF belts.
Khan did suffer his fair share of defeats along the way however, falling short to the likes of Canelo Alvarez, Danny Garcia and Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford prior to his retirement from boxing in 2022.
In a feature with The Ring Magazine, Khan reflected on his 2019 clash with ‘Bud’ Crawford as he claims the three-time undisputed world champion was the most skilled fighter he ever crossed paths with.
“He makes you miss by inches and counter you back, hit you with shots you don’t see and that makes you not want to throw punches. Automatically he’s using his offense as a defense. He was so precise. He has to tick all the boxes.”
Crawford stopped Khan in the 6th round of their showdown at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in April 2019 to make the second successful defence of his WBO world welterweight title.
‘Bud’ would go on to capture the undisputed welterweight championship with a victory over Errol Spence Jr in July 2023, a feat he also achieved at 168lbs when he got the better of Mexican icon Canelo one year ago.
