Amir Khan has never shied away from a challenge, including stepping up to take on the Mexican great, Canelo Alvarez.
Former Olympic silver medallist Khan moved up two divisions from welterweight to middleweight to take on the mighty Canelo back in 2016.
He started well, using his fast hands and slick footwork to get to the multi-weight champion from the outside, but disasters struck when he was destroyed with a huge overhand right in the sixth round and was left out cold, face down on the canvas,
Undeterred, in 2019 Khan also took a huge challenge when he stepped in with two-weight undisputed ruler Terence Crawford for the WBO welterweight title, but again came up short and retired himself after what he claimed was a low blow in round six. Later this year, Canelo and Crawford face off in their own super fight.
Speaking to The Ring Magazine for their famous Best I Ever Faced feature, Khan admitted that neither of those men had the toughest chin in his opinion, instead choosing the man who he defeated to first become world champion.
“Kotelnik, he just didn’t seem to be hurt one bit. Kotelnik had the better chin. I remember watching him before he fought me, he beat Maidana and took his biggest punches and never went down.”
It was in April 2009 when Khan moved up to the light-welterweight division to fight Andreas Kotelnik for the WBA title. It was the Ukrainian’s fourth defence of the belt but in front of 10,000 fans in Manchester, Khan won by unanimous decision and at 22-years-old became the third-youngest Brit to win a world title.
