Khan retains his title!

Last Saturday 20-year-old Amir Khan, UK’s prodigy boxer,and Olympic silver medallist, won his 14th professional fight and successfully defended his Commonwealth Lightweight title agains Scott Lawton.

In his his last fight Willie Lomond had floored Khan in the sixth round and took him to the brink of defeat. Khan received much critcism for his performance and questions were raised about his fitness.

This Saturday, however, Khan bounced back with a better defense and timing to knock out challenger Scott Lawton within the fourth round to the cheers of 8,000 fans at the Nottingham Arena. His quick win silenced the critics and he is once again regarded the bright-eyed prodigy kid of lightweight boxing.

Bolton born Amir Khan, ranked No. 7 in the world of lightweight boxing, first tasted stardom when he won a Silver Medal at the 2004 Olympics, aged 17. On July 16 2005, he turned professional.

Khan was in great shape for his big fight on Saturday and there was no getting away from the man and his well thrown punches. Khan probed with his left jab and fired hard and accurate right hands to the left side of Lawton’s head.

The challenger was too concerned with defense to retaliate properly. Khan was relentless and drove home a hard overhand right with a minute to go. Lawton took the punch well but he could not take that punishment all night.

“Fights like this will make me ready for a world title fight soon because I’m getting better”, an optimistic Khan declared. “I knew he was strong, so I wanted to slow him down with body punches and I picked my shots well, slowing him down, using my jab and choosing the time to move in and throw hard punches with both hands. I wanted to put everything right after my last fight, which I think I did.”

Before he can take on the British champion Jon Thatxon, however, he will have to jump another couple of hurdles first. It will be on his birthday this year, December 8, that he will be facing British Lightweight Champion Graham Earl at the Bolton Arena in Bolton.