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Alla Zakarian

28-05-2019 | 19:48 Boxing
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Amir Khan publicly blasted by his own trainer Virgil Hunter

(Photo by BBC) Amir Khan has been publicly blasted by his own trainer Virgil Hunter. Back in April, the 32-year-old Khan suffered defeat against welterweight champion Terence Crawford after being controversial withdrawn by his corner following a nasty low blow. According to Hunter, the Brit does not do enough training between fights and is letting his skills deteriorate, along with his advancing age. When asked the big question if Khan should consider retirement, Hunter told BBC Sport: "I would like to see him commit to many training camps in between fights and to work on his weaknesses before he makes that final decision to really see if his skills are gone, or if he is just letting them lay in a pile and deteriorate slowly. He never has practised in between fights. He trains hard for 10 weeks but it's not enough." “There are little things that he does that cause him to be out of sync," added Hunter. "His timing is off. His distance is not where it should be. He doesn't have a sense of the range and distance and those things are not due to age. That's from practice. His hand speed is still there but his sense of distance and range is not there and that's what he needs to work on."

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