Amir Khan has a quirk.
Whenever an opponent lands a sustained assault, Khan taps his gloves together before retaliating. It is instinctive, but also a sign of his mindset, the reaction that has been stirred within his fighting spirit. For his opponent, it provides a warning, yet Freddie Roach, Khan's trainer, has abandoned trying to eradicate it; he acknowledges it as something involuntary.
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