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Crolla may never fight again, says Khan

ESPN staff
December 19, 2014
Anthony Crolla was left with a fractured skull and a broken ankle after an incident with two burglars near his home © Getty Images
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Amir Khan fears Anthony Crolla may never box again after the 28-year-old was left with career threatening injuries.

Crolla, who fractured skull and a broken ankle, was due to challenge for the WBA world title against Richar Abril in January but an incident involving two burglars at his neighbours house has forced him to withdraw from the bout.

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And Khan believes Anthony Crolla needs to consider his long-term health should he decide to return to the ring.

"When you have suffered something that bad, you have to understand the [British Boxing] Board [of Control] might not give him a license," said Khan. "It is very dangerous, is it worth that risk?

"We fighters, even me in his position, would want to fight again, but sometimes you have to think of your health first."

Khan revealed he had offered to spar with Crolla, adding he had a good chance of clinching a world title at the first attempt.

"It makes me sad because his dream fight was for a world title and I really believe he could have won the fight against Richar Abril," said Khan.

"He's been looking good in sparring and has been training very hard. Hopefully I'll be seeing him in the next day or so.

"I'm very upset to hear about what happened and it's a very sad to see that he is in this position.

"He was touching distance away from winning a world title. Every fighters dream is to win a world title and obviously he can't do that now."

A teenage boy and a 46-year-old woman have been arrested over the incident.

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