Amir Khan says he used to be robbed of his watch at gunpoint via two males whilst out together with his spouse Faryal Makhdoom in Leyton, east London on Monday evening.
The previous boxing global champion took to Twitter to proportion main points of the incident, noting that he and his spouse have been each unhurt.
“Simply had my watch taken off me at gun level in East London, Leyton,” Khan tweeted.
“I crossed the street with Faryal (Khan’s spouse), fortunately she used to be few steps at the back of me. 2 males ran to me, he requested for my watch whist having a gun pointed in my face. The principle factor is we are each protected.”
Khan used to be overwhelmed via long-time rival Kell Brook by way of a sixth-round stoppage in Manchester again in February, and then he strongly hinted at retirement.
The 35-year-old, who gained silver on the 2004 Olympics on the age of 17, was a global champion at simply 22 when he overcame Andreas Kotelnik in July 2009.
Khan and Makhdoom, pictured in 2019
Will Khan struggle once more?
Khan admitted following his defeat to Brook that he had misplaced his love of the game, although BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom lately urged he believed the British preventing icon would go back to the hoop.
“Amir I feel will struggle,” stated Shalom on the finish of March. “He’s going to struggle once more, he desires to struggle once more.
“I feel he has understood why it may well be a difficult promote to head directly again right into a Kell Brook struggle.”
“I imagine him that he used to be injured [against Brook]. I do imagine that there have been some problems with the camp and he simplest had 10 weeks.
“It is for him to end up he is not completed, it is for him to end up it isn’t on the subject of the cash, and subsequently I feel some other struggle to turn that may well be extra suitable sooner than he’s taking on any person like Kell Brook.”
Khan used to be ringside on the weekend to look Conor Benn, who has been connected with a struggle in opposition to Brook, beat Chris van Heerden and retain his WBA Continental welterweight identify.
The pair have been due to this fact puzzled over a imaginable assembly within the ring, although Khan remained coy over his upcoming plans.
Florian Marku additionally lately demanded “Give me Amir Khan!” after his fourth-round stoppage of Chris Jenkins to retain the IBF Global welterweight identify in Newcastle.
