‘It might have made sense’ – Amir Khan considered Josh Taylor fight before announcing his retirement from boxing

Amir Khan considered a fight against former undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor before deciding to retire from boxing.

The Olympic silver medal winner and former unified world champion announced he was hanging up his gloves at 35 this month, bringing the curtains down on a glittering 17-year professional career that ended in defeat to old rival Kell Brook in February.

Following that loss, Khan initially suggested he would fight on, with a rematch with Brook discussed along with a bout against rising welterweight star Conor Benn.

A week after Brook announced his retirement, Khan followed suit. But according to BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom, who promoted the fight between the two British fight legends earlier this year, undefeated champion Taylor was another option mentioned for the Scot’s first fight at welterweight.

‘The only other one I can think of was Josh Taylor,’ Shalom told Metro.co.uk on behalf of Bet365.

‘Josh was planning on moving up to welterweight and that fight might have made sense because it would be Josh’s first fight at the weight.’

Shalom added however Khan has made the right call in walking away from boxing, believing the decision was ‘obvious’ following his sixth round stoppage defeat to Brook in  Manchester.

‘But for Amir, even more so for Kell, it was always obvious that he should retire. You could see that from what he said after the fight.

‘But like so many other fighters, he’s gone home and thought ‘that wasn’t me’ and ‘I could go again’. But then he’s made a decision to hang up the gloves and walk away.’

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