Eddie Hearn has said that the initial contract he received for his client Anthony Joshua's fight against Tyson Fury wasn't as expected, as talks continue for the highly anticipated fight on December 3rd.
15.09.2022 - 12:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Amir Khan admits that he feels 'really bad' about a public spat in which he accused fellow boxer Anthony Joshua of sleeping with his wife.
Khan, who retired from boxing earlier this year, went on a bizarre social media outburst in 2017 and labelled his wife Faryal Makhdoom as a 'golddigger'. Tweeting at Joshua, he wrote: "Faryal moved on quick. Always mentioned to me how much she wanted to be with another guy, from all people another boxer."
He later tweeted: "Mans like Joshua can have my leftovers". Joshua has always denied the claims and five years on, Khan spoke out about the row on Gary Neville's YouTube channel The Overlap.
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The 35-year-old, from Bolton, admitted that Joshua 'did nothing wrong' and said that he 'lost a good friend' over the incident. He said: "I had the problem with Anthony Joshua which I feel really bad for because at the end of the day I put him in the firing line for no reason.
"He was a friend of mine and since then we’ve not spoken so I lost a good friend through that as well. The guy did nothing wrong and I kind of just stuck it on him really.
"Me and my wife weren’t talking and she sent me a message saying ‘so many fighters are messaging me’ and because she sent me a message of Anthony Joshua saying ‘hi’ to her or something, I lost it. I said ‘who the hell is he, saying hi to my wife’. Nothing even happened but I just flipped out on everyone."
During the interview, Khan also opened up about how his mental health was suffering during that period of time after he injured his hand. "Mental health as well is a very big thing and it’s good that people have started talking about it," he said.
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