Boxing: Khan wins - in just 55 seconds

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Amir Khan blew away Frenchman Mohammed Medjadji after just 55 seconds at Wembley Arena and then insisted the quickfire demolition was proof he could be world champion by the age of 21.

Khan, 20, extended his unbeaten record to 11 wins without breaking sweat after storming to his quickest professional win.

It was Khan's fourth first-round knock-out win, but none has come sooner and in such a chilling manner.

Medjadji was left staggering by what Khan later described as a short "six inch punch".

Britain's 2004 Olympic silver medallist landed a chopping right - his first power punch of the fight - which felled Medjadji.

The 30-year-old French fighter lasted six rounds with Khan's British rival Kevin Mitchell in December 2005, but...

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