Two instincts burn most deeply in every boxers soul: a will to win and self-preservation. At Madison Square Garden on Saturday night they collided painfully for Amir Khan, and he bowed reluctantly to the latter.
Quit is the dirtiest word in the business. Did Khan quit when he turned away from a low blow by Terence Crawford 47 seconds into the sixth round of their world welterweight title fight and motion to his trainer, Virgil Hunter, that hed had enough?
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