Amir Khan 'could RETURN' to boxing against KSI almost three years after retiring - as he 'reveals what YouTuber must do' to tempt him back
- Amir Khan has not fought since Kell Brook beat him in via TKO February 2022
- KSI is looking for his next opponent after Wayne Bridge withdrew from their bout
Amir Khan could make a shock return to the boxing ring against KSI almost three years after retiring, a new report claims.
The Bolton brutaliser called time on his illustrious career in February 2022 after lifting two world titles and claiming a record of 34-6.
Aged 38, he is only a few weeks older than Oleksandr Usyk, who is still thriving, and has been linked with a return ever since he lost in his final fight to Kell Brook.
KSI is on the hunt for his next opponent after Wayne Bridge pulled out of their Misfits dust-up, which had been scheduled for March. The YouTuber had aimed a jibe regarding Bridge's ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel's alleged affair with John Terry.
Khan told The Sun in Dubai that he would happily look into a return against KSI - but only if the price is right.
'That's the thing I don't understand, they just call my name but they don't wanna give an offer, you know what I mean?' he said.
Amir Khan could make a remarkable return to the ring almost three years after retiring
He admitted he could fight KSI but that the YouTuber's camp must get the price right
Wayne Bridge was due to fight KSI but withdrew after the YouTuber iamed a jibe about his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel's alleged affair with John Terry
'How can you really take something seriously if there's no offer given or they don't want to talk?
'At the end of the day, look we're prize fighters, we talk numbers.
'If the numbers match then yeah, it's a fight, but if not, then if it's all just hype and talk, it's not gonna work.
'It's hard to motivate yourself for a fight like that because it's not really a big, big fight.
'But they did say that they were interested in doing it - but like I said, let's see.'
He added that he would probably 'lace up' KSI.
Khan has not fought since Kell Brook defeated him with a sixth-round technical knockout in Manchester in February 2022.
In April 2023, he was handed a two-year ban from all sport for failing a drugs test after his fight with Brook.
Khan has not fought since Kell Brook beat him in February 2022 and he has since undergone a doping ban
That ban was deemed to have started in April 2022 and thus ended last year.
He insisted that he had not intentionally taken the substance called ostarine, a banned bodybuilding drug, which was found by UK Anti-Doping in a urine sample.
The panel accepted his reasoning but still found him guilty.
Khan, speaking to Mail Sport at the time, said: ‘I have never cheated in my 27 years in the ring.
‘I spent over £100,000 to try to find out how this could have got into my system. Among the possibilities they came up with was via a handshake. There was a whole crowd of people in my dressing room after the fight and I’m a friendly guy who always shakes hands.’
