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		</div><p>Amir Khan defiantly insisted he was OK while he was taken to hospital as a precaution after his heavy sixth-round knockout defeat by Saul &#8216;Canelo&#8217; Alvarez in Las Vegas last night.</p>
<p>The WBC champion brutally stopped Khan with a huge right hand to make the first successful defence of his title, inflicting the fourth loss of the 29-year-old&#8217;s professional career and exposing him as a natural welterweight too small to convincingly compete at the catchweight of 155lbs.</p>
<p>There was little shame in the nature of the defeat for Khan, who impressed with his speed and combinations in the opening five rounds until Alvarez&#8217;s superior size and strength began to slow him down and leave him vulnerable to the knockout that followed.</p>
<p>He said afterwards he expects to return to 147lbs, where he is undefeated and where his domestic rival Kell Brook is the IBF champion, and added on Twitter: &#8221;Im okay everyone. thats boxing for you, congrats to @Canelo monster punch, much love to all the fans! #CaneloKhan&#8221;</p>
<p>The Briton hit the canvas so heavily it was instantly obvious the fight was over &#8211; the official time was two minutes and 37 seconds of the sixth round.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a natural 147 (pounds) fighter,&#8221; Khan told host American broadcasters HBO after he had recovered, having spent a worryingly long time on his back before returning to his feet.</p>
<p>&#8220;But this challenge came and it was very hard to turn down.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to be the best, I want to fight the best and that&#8217;s why I took this fight.</p>
<p>&#8220;I showed my bravery by getting in the ring with Canelo, but this is boxing.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wanted to go out there as a champion. I was unfortunate that I didn&#8217;t make it to the end, but I tried my best and I want to say thank you for the support.</p>
<p>&#8220;I will probably go down to 147 now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Harshly for Khan, by some distance the smaller fighter in the ring, only one of the three judges had him leading. Adailaide Byrd scored him 48-47 ahead at the point of the stoppage, while Glenn Trowbridge and Glenn Feldman surprisingly had Alvarez respectively leading 49-46 and 48-47.</p>
<p>Alvarez, who knelt beside Khan to check he was okay after delivering the knockout blow, stressed he was prepared to next fight the fearsome WBA and IBF champion Gennady Golovkin &#8211; who was present at the T-Mobile Arena &#8211; in a unification title fight.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a human reaction to (kneel down and) make sure he was okay and I&#8217;m glad he appears to be,&#8221; the 25-year-old Mexican said. &#8220;You want to win by knockout, but you don&#8217;t want to hurt anybody.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a little difficult at first, but I knew that I just had to keep to my game plan, and keep feinting, and that&#8217;s what opened up that (knockout) punch.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued: &#8220;I&#8217;m not in this sport because I&#8217;m afraid. I&#8217;m not afraid of anyone, I&#8217;m willing to fight any time. I invited (Golovkin) in (to the ring) to prove I&#8217;m not afraid. We can fight for no belts, we can fight for honour and pride.</p>
<p>&#8220;We talked a little bit before (fighting Khan) and are willing to make (Golovkin) an offer.</p>
<p>&#8220;For me, there&#8217;s no (weight) issue. I&#8217;ll fight him at (the middleweight limit of) 160lbs, no problem.&#8221;</p>
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