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Saturday’s earthquakes: Khan gets KO’d, Haye dominates & Johnson retires

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Khan-Garcia, Haye-Chisora and the Retirement of Glen Johnson With two major fights scheduled, I went into this weekend expecting plenty of pugilistic drama. In Las Vegas, Amir Khan was looking to solidify his place as the 140 lbs division top dog by taking Danny Garcia's WBC belt away from him. The fight eclipsed even the British grudge match of Haye vs. Chisora in the British news, with the two fights scheduled for the same night (although at widely separated times). Friday night had its own televised entertainment, as the redoubtable Road Warrior, Glen Johnson, traveled to Chicago in an attempt to restart his career. As it turned out, some things went as planned, but nothing went as expected. Khan Flattened! Credit: Ed Mulholland - HBO Everything looked like it was going along with the script in the early rounds of Amir Khan's clash. Simply put, Khan was drilling Danny Garcia so badly that the latter looked somewhat out-classed. One monster left hook changed...
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