The former unified junior welterweight champion staged a show in Accra, Ghana last month, headlined by a fight between Andrew Tabiti and Jacob Dickson.
“King” Khan, 38, was the star of the show during his heyday, and the Bolton-based boxer is the only fighter to have faced both Canelo Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) and Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs).
Neither matchup went his way, however. Khan was viciously knocked out by
Alvarez in the sixth round of their 2016 junior middleweight matchup and
Crawford stopped him with a body shot as a welterweight in 2019. Khan and Crawford later went on to train together before the 2004 Olympic lightweight silver medallist (34-6, 21 KOs) retired.
Canelo and Crawford are set to square off
on Sept. 13 in a Las Vegas superfight, and Khan commented on the chances for both fighters.
"There are weights for a reason in boxing. I have huge respect for Crawford for showing the balls and fighting a beast like Canelo," Khan recently told The Ring.
"Maybe Crawford is seeing something in Canelo that others are not seeing, and that he is past his sell-by date. And maybe Crawford is the guy to catch him at the right time. Let's see, I think it's a brilliant fight.
"I'm going to support my boy, Terence Crawford. He's a good friend of mine. I think he can do it. He has a great boxing IQ, his IQ is perfect and he can see everything.
“Crawford does hit hard. A lot of people don’t give Crawford the credit for the punch power he has. I've been in the ring with him, he's hit me hard. Obviously the most powerful fight between the two is going to be Canelo, but I think Crawford still has enough power to hurt Canelo and push him back, and that he is there in front of him as a challenge."
Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan