By Niall Hickman, Express.co.uk
AMIR Khan has admitted the drug slurs aimed at his gym-mate Manny Pacquiao have fired him up as he prepares to take to the ring in New York tomorrow.Floyd Mayweather Jnr suggested Pacquiao may have taken drugs as theyclosed in on a deal to fight each other, sparking the collapse of negotiations.
And Khan, who has trained alongside Pacquiao in the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles in preparation for his WBA light-welterweight defence against Paulie Malignaggi, said: “When they are saying Manny is doing drugs, well, I am in the same gym and let me tell you, it’s rubbish.
“Mayweather should see the work that goes into making your body change. It is like being a machine. The work ethic we put into it, the diet, the training, everything. I have changed. I have got less muscle, but I am hitting harder.
“Like Manny, I eat 5,000 to 6,000 calories a day and you have to work damn hard to get rid of that. I used to eat junk food before moving to America. Now I can’t do that. Even the running I do is not enough.
“I have to look after myself every minute of the day and train so much harder.” Khan and Pacquiao are now close friends and after the Briton’s first-round knockout by Breidis Prescott two years ago, it was Filipino Pacquiao who helped him pick up the pieces.
Khan said: “Sparring with Manny meant I had to use my brains. I had to hit and move. It made a massive difference in recovering my confidence. I owe him so much. He has told me that I am the greatest sparring partner he has ever had.”
Source: express.co.uk
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