Amir Khan sent a warning to young boxing star Hamzah Sheeraz, claiming he would ‘stick it on him’ if necessary. During a chat with Boxing Social, the boxing legend claimed he felt disrespected by the man from Slough, who is currently undefeated after 17 professional fights.
“I just feel sad. That’s the sad part about boxing,” the Bolton local said. ”When you retire from the sport of boxing, you see the people who are with you and who are not with you, and the people then start talking s***.
“As soon as I said ‘I’m retired’ people like these Hamzah Sheeraz’s come out the woodwork and started talking s***. I’m like who the f*** are you? Bro, I’m still a… I’m not retired from everything in life – I will stick it on you if I have to.”
Khan has been a stalwart for British boxing and especially been an inspiration to those in the Asian community. The former world champion has his own academy in Bolton to help produce and nurture young talent in the hope they can forge a successful career in the sport of boxing. However, he does not think Sheereaz feels this way.
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“I’ve been there. I’ve done things on a different level. I’ve won world titles,” he added. “When you’ve got a kid who just disrespects you – whatever you do, whatever you say – talks s*** behind your back. I’m not into all that. I’m here to support all the young fighters. Every fighter, being Asian especially.
“But for an Asian fighter to talk s*** about you all the time, and I’m like ‘wait a minute, why you talking s*** about me for?’” Khan expanded on his frosty relationship with Sheeraz despite his uncle, Taz Khan, working with the fighter.
“I’m always supporting our Asian brothers, and there’s one out of all of them. It’s sad to see that. Even though my uncle works with him now,” he continued. “I don’t know, man. I’m a bit confused. You know what, I’ve opened so many doors for them.
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“My uncle had no clue about boxing, I’m the one who got him to America, got him to meet the likes of Freddie Roach, and the respect he’s got in boxing is cause of me. But these people forget that.” After another young boxer Adam Azim stopped Rylan Charlton inside two rounds on Sunday at Alexandra Palace, taking his professional record to 7-0, Khan said he should continue to “steadily” progress through the super-lightweight ranks.
After his seventh successive win, his trainer Shane McGuigan said his fighter should be “catapulted up the rankings” in an attempt to find tougher opponents, but Khan thinks otherwise. “You don’t want to move him too quick, because you can just get beat by someone with more experience,” said Khan, who became a world champion at the age of 22.
“Sometimes you need more than power and speed, you need to have the experience under your belt. So I think you still have to keep him moving steadily, step by step, and I’m sure he will be one of the youngest world champions if he’s managed the right way.”
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