Khan shuns mates in pursuit of glory

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The 2004 Olympic silver medallist takes on Marco Antonio Barrera at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Saturday bidding to put his career back on track following last September's shocking knockout defeat by Colombian Breidis Prescott.

"My new assistant, Michael Moorer, has really worked on the mental side of things with Amir. He has made him put the cell phone away and kept him away from his friends," said Roach. "When Amir comes home everybody wants to be with him. But I just told him to explain to his friends, 'this is my whole life here', so they understand, they are staying away, everyone is helping out."

Roach added: "He gets away to LA and he focuses on what he is there for. When you're in training camp all you do is eat, sleep and box. Everything you do is in the gym.

"There's no playtime. It's a gruelling schedule of three workouts a day, conditioning, strength and boxing."

Khan has added incentive to beat former three-weight world champion Barrera, with promoter Frank Warren hoping to confirm the fight as a WBO lightweight title final eliminator.

Warren said: "I'm still pressing ahead with that and it should be, I hope they will recognise it as that because it deserves to be.

"Barrera is number one with them anyway and Amir is the next available contender, so it should be. We'll keep our fingers crossed."

"We'll see what happens and how Amir looks in the fight.

"If he does what I hope he can do and what I believe he can do, then this is going to be a big, big occasion and put him in a position which hopefully opens a lot of doors for us to decide what the next move is."