AMIR KHAN will NOT retire from boxing after defeat to Kell Brook – and wants a rematch.
That is the revelation made by promoter Ben Shalom, who managed to get the long-time rivals to finally agree terms after nearly two decades of feuding.
It was eventually Brook who secured bragging rights and seemingly left Khan with no choice but to hang the gloves up.
But the famously-hard to negotiate fight did include a rematch clause for the loser.
And according to Shalom, whose Boxxer promotion is partnered with Sky Sports, British boxing icon Khan is not yet ready to walk away.
He told talkSPORT: “One thing I’ve realised is that he’s not gonna stop fighting, whether I give him the rematch or not.
“That’s up to him, he’s a fighter, he knows what happened in that fight better than any of us.
“He won’t stop, I’m convinced from hearing what the camp are saying, from hearing what he’s saying, he wants to continue.
“He feels like he got perhaps his camp wrong. That’s up to him. I don’t think the rematch is viable right now, but he wants to continue.”
Asked what happens if Khan triggers his rematch clause, Shalom replied: “Look, it has to work commercially.
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“People might think, ‘Oh, Ben’s in trouble here.’ Honestly, we’re alright. It has to work commercially.”
Khan, 35, was convincingly beaten in six rounds by Brook, 35, and the pair would again need to strike a deal to confirm a shock sequel.
Shalom said: “It has to work. It’s a split as well. It’s up to him, but also Kell and Sky have to agree.
“Look, we’ll see, he’s got a couple of weeks to decide what he wants to do.
“It’s up to him at the end of the day, but I don’t think it’ll be the rematch.”
