Meet Abdul Khan, Amir’s 19-year-old cousin combating on Kell Brook undercard

AMIR KHAN will unleash the most recent boxing ace from the gene-pool Khanveyor belt this week as cousin Abdul will get his massive break.

The 19-year-old made his professional debut in Dubai in October, after coaching alongside his mentor and supervisor for Saturday’s grudge straightener with Kell Brook, and goals to go 3-0 this weekend on the undercard.

And the 35-year-old former light-welter champ reckons his new protege is completely primed to run together with his baton.

The 34-5 icon advised SunSport: “Abdul is a really particular expertise and I’m extraordinarily excited to see him be a part of the skilled ranks.

“I’ve adopted his profession since he had his first beginner struggle round eight years in the past and his long-term potential excites me.

“When I’m watching him struggle, it’s like taking a look at myself at that age and with the appropriate fights, on the proper time, we may have a particular journey.”

Abdul was not even born when the Khan vs Brook rivalry was born out of a schoolboy spar round 20 years in the past.

However he’s super-confident his mentor’s final dance might be a profitable one, after struggling to maintain the tempo with the father-of-three throughout brutal desert coaching periods.

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“I’m actually assured for Amir within the Brook struggle,” the super-bantam beamed. “I’m a very good runner and he has been outdoing me, despite the fact that he’s older and heavier.

“I believe Amir’s velocity will all the time be there however it even stunned me how fast he nonetheless is.

“I do know individuals will assume I’m biased however I actually assume he can cease Brook, as a result of he has been hitting very onerous.

“I by no means bought to go to any of Amir’s fights as a result of I used to be too younger so it will likely be an awesome story to be on the undercard of the primary one I can attend.”

Amir, whose brother Haroon additionally boxed, has loved the best highs potential within the harm enterprise and endured a number of the harshest lows, from brutal knockouts to the darkish aspect of fame.

However he by no means tried to speak his little cousin in or out of the household commerce – so he might be positive he’s doing it for the appropriate causes now, having simply completed faculty.

Abdul advised us: “Amir by no means advised me to keep away from boxing however he additionally by no means urged me to get into it, I simply liked the game rising up, with Amir and David Haye particularly.

“When the concept to show professional began getting critical, he gave me a great deal of recommendation and steerage however he has been doing that since I used to be a child within the amateurs anyway.

“I used to observe Amir and all the time assume he was so thrilling, win or lose he was by no means in a boring struggle.

“My favorite struggle of his is Marcos Maidana, the place he confirmed a lot coronary heart and proved to lots of people he may struggle a fighter and beat him at his personal recreation.

“And I actually assume we may see one thing comparable towards Kell Brook as a result of I do know simply how a lot it means to him.”

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