{"id":339424,"date":"2025-12-28T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339424\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:11:04","slug":"amir-khan-names-one-fighter-he-would-consider-ending-his-retirement-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339424\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir Khan names one fighter he would consider ending his retirement for"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amir Khan hung up the gloves in 2022 off the back of a loss to Kell Brook, however has he never fully shut the door on a ring return.<\/p>\n

The British boxing great looked well past his best when he and Brook finally stepped through the ropes together, and was stopped inside six rounds.<\/a> It capped off a career which saw Khan win the unified championship at super lightweight, boasting wins over the likes of Zab Judah and Marcos Maidana.<\/p>\n

Speaking recently to Clubhouse Boxing<\/a>, he was asked if his recent work around the sport promotionally had him itching to compete again, only naming Manny Pacquiao as someone who could tempt him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on the dance partner. If it\u2019s a dance partner I think I can do well against, or I know well, then yeah. Like a Manny Pacquiao. We\u2019ve sparred with each other so many times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khan has made it clear in recent years that he still holds interest in the fight that he could never secure as a pro, and the fact that Pacquiao competed professionally this year \u2014 a draw against WBC Welterweight World Champion Mario Barrios \u2014 and intends to do so again in 2026<\/a>, makes it at least a possibility.<\/p>\n

However, he then gave the answer most fans will want to here: other ventures are keeping him busy enough to stay retired.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I\u2019ve been asked many times to do exhibitions or fights. I\u2019m busy with other things now \u2013 the promotion, real estate, commentary work, TV stuff. I keep myself busy.\u201d<\/p>\n

While a comeback looks unlikely at this stage, Pacquiao being back in the game and being willing to fight both legends and current champions means a call out could be round the corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amir Khan hung up the gloves in 2022 off the back of a loss to Kell Brook, however…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-339424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}