AMIR KHAN EYES FEBRUARY/MARCH RETURN; DETAILS TWO SURGERIES TO REPAIR HAND: "I WAS NEVER AT 100%"
By
Ben Thompson | October 05, 2016
"So what they had to do, they had to put 7 screws inside. They had to do 2 operations on it. The first operation was 4 hours long and the second operation was 2 hours long. It was crazy, bro. I mean, the doctor could not believe I kept fighting with a hand like that. I was losing at least 60% power...I can't run; I can't swim. I'm in a really awkward position. But the doctors did say the healing process is going well and hopefully I'll be fighting again in February or March," stated former world champion Amir Khan, who talked about his future plans to return to the ring and gave details about his two surgeries to repair his broken right hand. Check it out!
BT: What's up, bro? Everything good?
AK: Yeah, I had that hand operation. Obviously it's recovering well, so I'll be back early next year.
BT: Yeah, I saw that you had surgery. How did that go?
AK: It went really well. The doctor said, "I can't believe you kept fighting still with that hand." He said the problem was crazy. So what they had to do, they had to put 7 screws inside. They had to do 2 operations on it. The first operation was 4 hours long and the second operation was 2 hours long. It was crazy, bro. I mean, the doctor could not believe I kept fighting with a hand like that.
I was losing at least 60% power. People don't know that, bro. I used to training through pain, fight through pain, and that's the type of guy I am. I never gave up. Obviously an injury like my hand injury could have definitely, if it was anyone else, I think their career would have been over.
BT: Did you know prior to the Canelo fight that this was something you needed to get done?
AK: Yeah! For the last 10 years, I kept saying, "I'm going to get it done. I'm going to get it done!" It used to be painful. Before the Canelo fight, that's when it hit me because I thought to myself, "I'm going to get this fixed."
I was in the changing room before I walked into the ring and I had the Everlast gloves on; I wore the ones I picked. I put my hand inside and when I was hitting the pads, I could feel a sharp pain shooting through my right hand. I said to Virgil, "I need to change my gloves." Virgil got the second pair; same problem again. I thought, "You know what, fukk it! Adrenaline's going to take over. I won't feel the pain and I'll be alright." So I just kept the gloves on and I just went in the ring.
I don't tell people this because they'll say, "Amir's using this as an excuse." I mean, I thought I'm going to fix it because mentally I want to be 100%. I was never at 100% in any fight. I would go into a fight knowing I've got hand injuries, so I have to throw more jabs. Just think about it; that's why
my jab is probably one of the best jabs in boxing because I can only use my left at 100%. My right hand is so fukked that the jab had to do three times the work just to keep the right hand out of action and keep winning fights. Wait until you see the pictures, bro. The pictures don't lie, bro, you know what I mean. So what's happened is they took the hip bone; they took a bone graft from my hip bone.
Normally I like to do cardio to keep fit, but because of the hip bone, I can't run. I can't do upper body or lower body. I'm fukked both ways. I can't run; I can't swim. I'm in a really awkward position. But the doctors did say the healing process is going well and hopefully I'll be fighting again in February or March.
Khan is the best
He won't be fighting til May...all the extra weight he put on for Canelo...now his hand is fukked N he can't do cardio... Feb or March is dreaming
WBC need to choose a new #1 contender Khan won't be ready for a damn year from now
, but I would say that is the exception, not the norm and it is in most cases in the fighters best interest to acclimate themselves and put themselves in the best situation to succeed.
. It is what it is. I won't buy, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't do it. Canelo can sell, so if they think it is worthwhile than they should do it. Since I know I wouldn't pay for it, my own selfish reasons hope it would be on regular HBO.
