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09-05-2005, 23:45
Warren urges Khan to become a pro
Khan secures Kindelan encounter
Promoter Frank Warren is hopeful that Britain's Amir Khan will choose to turn professional after his rematch with Mario Kindelan on Saturday.
Khan has so far resisted the chance to go professional so he can have another bout with 33-year-old Kindelan, who beat him in last year's Olympic final.
"I think he should have turned professional after the Olympics but that was not the case," Warren said.
"Whether it is his last amateur fight or not I don't know, I hope so."
Warren expects a more closely-contested affair when 18-year-old Khan takes on the Cuban at the Reebok Stadium.
The Bolton fighter lost 30-22 to Kindelan in the Athens lightweight final, but the veteran promoter said of him: "I think he has got a bit more experience and I think it will be a much closer fight this time.
"This is the fight he wants.
"You have to take your hat off to him. How many fighters on the verge of maybe signing a professional, lucrative signing-on bonus and so forth would put that at risk by taking such a fight?
"He is not frightened of showing what he has got."
Quelle:BBC
Khan secures Kindelan encounter
Promoter Frank Warren is hopeful that Britain's Amir Khan will choose to turn professional after his rematch with Mario Kindelan on Saturday.
Khan has so far resisted the chance to go professional so he can have another bout with 33-year-old Kindelan, who beat him in last year's Olympic final.
"I think he should have turned professional after the Olympics but that was not the case," Warren said.
"Whether it is his last amateur fight or not I don't know, I hope so."
Warren expects a more closely-contested affair when 18-year-old Khan takes on the Cuban at the Reebok Stadium.
The Bolton fighter lost 30-22 to Kindelan in the Athens lightweight final, but the veteran promoter said of him: "I think he has got a bit more experience and I think it will be a much closer fight this time.
"This is the fight he wants.
"You have to take your hat off to him. How many fighters on the verge of maybe signing a professional, lucrative signing-on bonus and so forth would put that at risk by taking such a fight?
"He is not frightened of showing what he has got."
Quelle:BBC