Froch tells Khan to retire after Garcia loss
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July 16, 2012, Monday
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BRITAIN'S Amir Khan should think about retirement following his defeat by Danny Garcia, according to his world champion compatriot Carl Froch.
Khan was stopped in just the fourth round by Garcia in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, and suffered three knockdowns in total, as the American added the World Boxing Association light-welterweight title to the World Boxing Council belt he already held in a dramatic unification bout.
It was Khan's second straight defeat following his controversial loss to Lamont Peterson, with the American failing a subsequent drug test, and third of his career after an earlier reverse at the hands of Breidis Prescott.
Froch, the current International Boxing Federation super-middleweight champion, said yesterday he would quit if he was in the same position as fellow Englishman Khan. "I would retire if that happened to me," Froch told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek program. "Why? Because I am not in this sport to get beaten, knocked out, or outclassed.
"I've lost twice, I lost a very, very close points decision to one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in Andre Ward and I've come back and beaten an unbeaten fighter, Lucian Bute, the very next time so I'm world champion."
He added: "If I had lost to Lucian Bute I would probably have retired, because I am in this game to be at the very top and stay at the top.
"It's a personal decision whether or not you retire, but to get stopped in the fourth round and to be previously knocked out, it's just very, very damaging," Froch insisted.
With the victory, Garcia improved his record to 24-0 with 15 knockouts while Khan fell to 26-3 with 18 KOs.
In London, former world heavyweight champion David Haye, 31, knocked fellow Briton Dereck Chisora, 28, to the canvas twice in the fifth round to win their grudge match in pouring rain at Upton Park on Saturday.
The pair was involved in an ugly brawl at a news conference in Munich, Germany, last February following Chisora's defeat by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine.
Haye had flown to Germany in pursuit of a bout with Klitschko after losing to his brother Wladimir last year and subsequently announcing his retirement.
Saturday's fight at the home of English Premier League club West Ham United for the WBO and WBA international heavyweight titles had been sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. The British Boxing Board of Control would not sanction the fight because neither boxer held a British license.
The fight panned out as expected. Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) had speed and a harder punch, while Chisora (15-4, 9 KO) used his extra 17 kilograms to crowd Haye and land threatening blows.
Khan was stopped in just the fourth round by Garcia in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, and suffered three knockdowns in total, as the American added the World Boxing Association light-welterweight title to the World Boxing Council belt he already held in a dramatic unification bout.
It was Khan's second straight defeat following his controversial loss to Lamont Peterson, with the American failing a subsequent drug test, and third of his career after an earlier reverse at the hands of Breidis Prescott.
Froch, the current International Boxing Federation super-middleweight champion, said yesterday he would quit if he was in the same position as fellow Englishman Khan. "I would retire if that happened to me," Froch told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek program. "Why? Because I am not in this sport to get beaten, knocked out, or outclassed.
"I've lost twice, I lost a very, very close points decision to one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in Andre Ward and I've come back and beaten an unbeaten fighter, Lucian Bute, the very next time so I'm world champion."
He added: "If I had lost to Lucian Bute I would probably have retired, because I am in this game to be at the very top and stay at the top.
"It's a personal decision whether or not you retire, but to get stopped in the fourth round and to be previously knocked out, it's just very, very damaging," Froch insisted.
With the victory, Garcia improved his record to 24-0 with 15 knockouts while Khan fell to 26-3 with 18 KOs.
In London, former world heavyweight champion David Haye, 31, knocked fellow Briton Dereck Chisora, 28, to the canvas twice in the fifth round to win their grudge match in pouring rain at Upton Park on Saturday.
The pair was involved in an ugly brawl at a news conference in Munich, Germany, last February following Chisora's defeat by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine.
Haye had flown to Germany in pursuit of a bout with Klitschko after losing to his brother Wladimir last year and subsequently announcing his retirement.
Saturday's fight at the home of English Premier League club West Ham United for the WBO and WBA international heavyweight titles had been sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. The British Boxing Board of Control would not sanction the fight because neither boxer held a British license.
The fight panned out as expected. Haye (26-2, 24 KOs) had speed and a harder punch, while Chisora (15-4, 9 KO) used his extra 17 kilograms to crowd Haye and land threatening blows.
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