Amir Khan has been attacking his former trainer in the build up towards defending his Commonwealth lightweight championship. After it was reported that Gomez had started false rumours about Amir Khan’s previous trainer, Oliver Harrison, being Gomez’s trainer for this fight.
“I started the rumour and obviously it has worked, What can Oliver Harrison teach Michael Gomez?” Said Gomez after saying that he had started this rumour just to get on Khan’s nerves. It appears that this fight lead up has been filled with a lot of bad blood. Khan said “You know what an idiot Michael Gomez can be, I’ll let my fists do the talking on Saturday night”, after his no-show for a press conference on Wednesday. And Amir Khan also said “He’s scared, I was looking forward to seeing him and he’s not turned up, but his games don’t bother me”, implying that Gomez was feeling the pressure of this fight.
Amir Khan believes that he is in the best condition of his life in terms of fitness under new trainer Dean Powell. And that he’s “been pushed into situations where I’ve sat down and not known where my head is. But it’s good to feel like that because, one day, I might be feeling the same way in a fight”.
His opponent, Michael Gomez, also believes that the fight is his, and that “This fight really is my last chance to set myself up for life and become known in every household in Britain”. Gomez has shocked us all before in fights, and may be able to do it again. He also believes that because it is such a big fight, he will win, “If this fight was a routine fight I’d probably lose. But a big fight like this is what I need and I will shock everybody”.
Will Gomez surprise us all again?
What will Amir Khan do next if he wins?
