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Amir Khan risks legacy in Kell Brook fight but wife Faryal Makhdoom cleared gamble

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Amir Khan admits he’s risking his legacy in the sport by fighting Kell Brook.But his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, only gave him the green light to take the gamble when he proved to her he was taking the fight seriously.Khan and Brook will finally settle their rivalry tonight at Manchester Arena in a clash which has been 19 years in the making.There are no titles on the line for the past-their-best welterweights but there is a lot to lose in terms of reputation.Both are at the end of storied careers and this fight has lingered throughout their time in the ring.Khan, 35, has won Olympic silver at 17 and became a unified light-welterweight champion as well as making a name for himself in America.But, should he suffer a sixth defeat tonight, then he may be more remembered for bowing out in defeat to his bitter rival, who he has been bickering with since a sparring session as amateurs when they were teenagers.“You’re always that one fight away from destroying your whole legacy,” said the Bolton fighter.“This is a fight that I could end up losing what I’ve done in my whole career.

People will be like, ‘Oh but he got beat by Kell Brook’.”Brook, 35, may also be past his best but if ever the former IBF welterweight champion could muster one final performance it would be against the man he hates the most in boxing.To stop that happening, Khan has opted for a complete overhaul of his team and he turned to the coach of one of the men who beat him in Terence Crawford’s trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre.When he lost to Crawford in 2019, Virgil Hunter was in his corner while BoMac was critical of Khan and his career.But when Khan was in Dubai on holiday last year he bumped into BoMac, who was in the Arab city training Jamel Herring for his.

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