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Amir Khan Comments on Potentially Fighting Conor McGregor

Another boxer has signaled interest in a potential fight with UFC star Conor McGregor, and it seems Amir Khan may be serious about stepping inside the Octagon.
In an interview with FloCombat’s Chamatkar Sandhu released Tuesday, K…

Another boxer has signaled interest in a potential fight with UFC star Conor McGregor, and it seems Amir Khan may be serious about stepping inside the Octagon.

In an interview with FloCombat’s Chamatkar Sandhu released Tuesday, Khan argued he’d be able to make the transition from boxing to mixed martial arts:

I would, definitely. Something like that would be massive. Even if I started to train MMA next year, I’d only be 30 years old. I could stop and train for a full year and become a good MMA fighter. It’s in our blood to fight. I’ve been fighting all my life, so for me, I don’t think it’d be a problem for me to learn and switch over to the sport.

Khan also said he’d like his chances if pitted against McGregor:

I think McGregor has some great boxing skills. A good boxer will always win a MMA fight–I’ve always said that. A good puncher will always win. You saw in the [Jose] Aldo fight–he took a step back and countered him as he came in. With boxing, it’s all about distance and timing, and that’s something we have on our side more than MMA fighters.

When McGregor was embroiled in his standoff with the UFC that saw him pulled from July 9’s UFC 200 card, Floyd Mayweather Jr. also threw out the idea of a fight with the featherweight champion. Mayweather went so far as to create a promotional poster for the event:

On a May episode of Russillo & Kanell, via ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto, UFC President Dana White downplayed the chances of Mayweather and McGregor fighting:

Let me put it to you this way. Manny Pacquiao and [Mayweather] are in the same sport. It took how long for those two to fight? Now imagine how hard it would be to get (Mayweather and McGregor) to fight. They’re not in the same sport. […]

Is this thing going to be MMA or boxing rules? Who’s getting the lion’s share of the money? This and that. It’s impossible. But like I’ve said, ‘Floyd, you want to fight Conor, call me.’

Many of those same logistical problems would be present should Khan want to pursue a bout in the UFC. Since Khan isn’t as big of a star as Mayweather, White may also question whether bringing him into MMA would be worth all of the hassle.

To his credit, though, Khan told Sandhu he’d be willing to make certain concessions—most notably that he’d fight under MMA rules.

James Toney was similarly confident he’d be successful in MMA after years in the boxing ring, but Randy Couture submitted him in three minutes and 19 seconds at UFC 118 in August 2010. At 29 years old, Khan is 13 years younger than Toney was for his fight against Couture, though.

Shortly after Khan first discussed venturing into MMA back in May, former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub argued on the Fighter and the Kid podcast, via Patrick McCarry of SportsJOE.ie, Khan would be in for a rude awakening:

Especially Khan being a lighter guy, he’s not going to be a knockout guy. I don’t even know where to begin on this…He’s that boxer saying ‘I don’t need a ground game; I could walk into the Octagon’… I’ll tell you this right now, you could take a low-level amateur at 155 pounds—a guy who might not even make The Ultimate Fighter house—and he would mop the floor with [Khan]. Mop the floor. All he would have to do would be cover up, get inside and get an underhook. [Khan] would go for a ride.

Khan would likely be a heavy underdog should he ever oppose McGregor in the Octagon, but the fight would create a lot of buzz among fight fans who want to see two stars from boxing and MMA face off.

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Brendan Schaub Trashes Amir Khan’s MMA Aspirations

Brendan Schaub is not a fan of WBC middleweight championship challenger Amir Khan’s aspirations to one day compete inside the Octagon. During a recent episode of Schaub’s The Fighter And The Kid podcast the former UFC heavyweight responded to Khan’s claims that MMA fighters like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor could not handle his power. “Especially Khan being a

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Brendan Schaub is not a fan of WBC middleweight championship challenger Amir Khan’s aspirations to one day compete inside the Octagon.

During a recent episode of Schaub’s The Fighter And The Kid podcast the former UFC heavyweight responded to Khan’s claims that MMA fighters like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor could not handle his power.

“Especially Khan being a lighter guy, he’s not going to be a knockout guy. I don’t even know where to begin on this…

“He’s that boxer saying ‘I don’t need a ground game; I could walk into the Octagon.’… “

Schaub doesn’t share the belief that Khan could be as successful in the world of MMA as he is in boxing. In fact, he believes a low-level amateur fighter could make quick work of the Olympic boxer:

“I’ll tell you this right now, you could take a low-level amateur at 155 pounds, lower level.

“You could take a guy a guy who didn’t even make it into The Ultimate Fighter house and he would mop the floor with Amir Khan. Mop the floor.”

According to Schaub, the recipe to defeat Khan inside the cage is a simple one:

“All he would have to do is cover up, get inside and get an underhook and he would go for a ride.”

Khan is currently scheduled to make a step up in weight in order to meet Mexican boxing superstar and reigning WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Brendan Schaub Ridicules Amir Khan for Conor McGregor MMA Boast

Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub slammed Amir Khan after the Englishman said he would “fancy [his] chances” of beating Conor McGregor if he switched to MMA.
Schaub explained in his Fighter and the Kid podcast why it was ridiculous f…

Former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub slammed Amir Khan after the Englishman said he would “fancy [his] chances” of beating Conor McGregor if he switched to MMA.

Schaub explained in his Fighter and the Kid podcast why it was ridiculous for Khan to suggest he could transition with ease from boxing into MMA, via Sports Joe’s Patrick McCarry:

Especially Khan being a lighter guy, he’s not going to be a knock-out guy. I don’t even know where to begin on this…

He’s that boxer saying ‘I don’t need a ground game; I could walk into the Octagon.’… I’ll tell you this right now, you could take a low level amateur at 155 pounds – a guy who might not even make The Ultimate Fighter house – and he would mop the floor with Amir Khan. Mop the floor.

All he would have to do would be cover up, get inside and get an underhook. [Khan] would go for a ride.

See below video for the 33-year-old’s full comments (Warning: NSFW language):

Khan, a fan of the UFC who owns a stake in MMA company Super Fight League, revealed he would “never say no to getting into MMA,” per the Daily Star‘s Declan Taylor.

He added that he believes his skill-set would work well in the sport:

My speed would be perfect, it’s hit and move. And I can kick hard.

I’ve already done MMA training. It’s good for preparing to fight a guy like Canelo [Alvarez] who likes to put the pressure on.

I’ve always been a UFC fan and I like [UFC featherweight champion] McGregor.

But if I was to fight the champion around 147 pounds I would fancy my chances. McGregor or whoever.

I was at the last SFL show in Dubai, watching the guys in my weight closely. Even though I have no experience of MMA, I could have stepped in and done the business.

Khan, 29, is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his career on Saturday as he takes on Mexican Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the WBC middleweight title.

He is making a big step up in weight in order to fight—to a catchweight of 155 pounds—and he is a heavy underdog in a clash billed as power against speed, per BoxNation:

Should Khan upset the odds and beat his 25-year-old opponent in Las Vegas, it will undoubtedly be the biggest win of his career.

And it will open up avenues previously closed to him, as fights against WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia, WBA and IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and perhaps even the currently retired Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be on the cards.

If he loses, though, he could opt to make the switch to MMA having now made it clear he would be open to it.

As far as Schaub is concerned, Khan would face a tough task in proving himself in the sport, but it would present him with an opportunity to back up his bold claims of being able to do the business.

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Boxing Champ Gives His Opinion On Conor McGregor

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Former two-time world welterweight champion Amir Khan is among the few truly elite to come out of England in the modern boxing era. He held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles after a successful amateur career that saw the young Bolton star win an Olympic silver medal, and currently is the WBC silver welterweight champion. Where his story crosses over in to the world of MMA starts in Asia, with SFL (Super Fight League), the MMA promotion co-owned by Khan. The organization has had some success in the East, and although yet to break through on the Western scene, is proving to be a lucrative crusade for ‘King’ Khan.

Currently scheduled to face fellow young boxing phenom Saul Alvarez next Saturday (May 7, 2016), Amir Khan has another chance at wolrd title glory, this time in the form of ‘Canelo’s’ WBC, Ring and linear middleweight titles. The clash is a highly anticipated battle of hard hitting and fast handed world beaters, but the subject of mixed martial arts is still very relevant for Khan, even during his current fight week.

Speaking with Boxingscene.com, Amir Khan explains his future plans, which include a potential MMA debut, and also how he already trains MMA for his boxing bouts:

“I already have a stake in Super Fight League, which is a promotion in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai too. We are also making it over to America now too, and putting on shows over there. Bellator and the UFC are probably the two biggest shows over there, but we’re probably third.”

“You never know what’s going to happen in the future, I’d never say no to getting in to MMA. My speed would be perfect, it’s hit and move, and I can kick hard. I’ve already done MMA training, It’s good for preparing for a guy like Canelo, who likes to put the pressure on.”

The questions then turned to the ever hot topic of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, to which Amir Khan had quite an interesting reply…

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Video: Amir Kahn, MMA Fighter With Tourette’s Syndrome, Scores TKO Win in Pro Debut at ONE FC 20

A 20-year-old featherweight from Singapore named Amir Khan scored an impressive win in his professional debut earlier today, when he TKO’d Malaysian journeyman Jian Kai Chee midway through the first round of their fight at at ONE FC 20. And while we don’t usually report on obscure international fights, Khan is special: He suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, as evidenced by a prominent tic in which he frequently turns his face to the side, and appears to be vocalizing through the fight.

What’s interesting to me is how Khan doesn’t display the tic whenever he’s storming on Chee with strikes. It kind of reminded me of that scene in The King’s Speech where King George VI realizes that he doesn’t stammer while cursing. (Hot take: Punching people cures Tourette’s.) Anyway, I thought it was worth sharing.

12 Boxers We’d Love to See Inside the Octagon

Since MMA went mainstream, one of the debates with regards to boxing is how would a prizefighter fare inside a steel cage with a fighter whom at the best of times also has the sweet science incorporated into their skill set? Well it has happened on mor…

Well it has happened on more than one occasion, and with mixed results.

Former Olympic Gold medalist and WBO heavyweight champion Ray “Merciless” Mercer made his first foray into the mixed martial arts world, his opponent was former UFC employee and street fighting Internet sensation Kimbo Slice.

That said, Mercer lost the bout via Guillotine choke.

His second and last fight in an MMA capacity was a nine-second knockout of former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia (MMA rules weren’t applied).

Though, the highest profile boxer to set foot into a steel cage, in this instance the Octagon, was none other than three-division world champion James “Lights Out” Toney.

It was a disaster in the making or better yet, a disaster waiting to happen. With little or no MMA experience, Toney was clinically and systematically put to sleep via arm triangle choke, courtesy of Randy “The Natural” Couture at UFC 118.

Shocking as it might seem, Lights Out presently harbours thoughts of throwing down with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and a certain Frank Shamrock.

With bated breath we wait, I think not.

Still, despite the shortcomings of the professional pugilist vis-à-vis everything MMA, some fans still entertain the idea of seeing the pugilist vs. the mixed martial artist.

Let’s take a look at some of those from the persuasion of the sweet science we’d love to see in the UFC’s Octagon.

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