AMIR KHAN awkwardly dipped away from his live interview to let Mike Tyson pass as he feared the boxing legend “might punch him”.
Khan was speaking to talkSPORT out in Saudi Arabia ahead of the highly-anticipated fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou this weekend.
While being interviewed about the upcoming bout, Khan was forced to move out of the way for Iron Mike and his posse as they barged through the common area at the press conference.
The former British fighter politely backed up to let him through before explaining that boxing royalty like Tyson has to be respected.
He said: “Hey listen, when Mike Tyson’s walking through, you don’t want to stand in front of Mike Tyson.
“He might punch you! When you’ve got Mike Tyson walking through you, I’m like, ‘Mate, let him go.’
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“Because you don’t wanna get hit by him. You don’t wanna be in his way basically.”
Tyson is in Riyadh as a mentor to Ngannou for Saturday night’s heavyweight crossover clash, but has insisted he is not his trainer despite multiple videos of the pair working together.
The 57-year-old has been impressed with the former UFC fighter and even hailed the Cameroon-born star’s power.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “He has what it takes to knock out anything and anybody.”
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But it won’t be an easy fight for Ngannou who is making his boxing debut against The Gypsy King.
Fury remains undefeated, but is aware that his next opponent is still dangerous despite being new to boxing.
He even claimed he is more dangerous than Oleksandr Usyk in an interview with ESPN.
Fury explained: “Francis is a bigger man, stronger, more powerful and has knockout capability.
“Usyk, he doesn’t really do much damage to people he hits.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
