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YOU KHAN NEVER WRITE ME OFF

18-year-old Bristol sensation Norris follows same path as Hamilton as he gets drive with McLaren

- BY DAVID ANDERSON BY SIMON CASS

AMIR KHAN claims he is driven to land a pay-per-view blockbuste­r by the critics who keep writing him off.

Khan, who faces Samuel Vargas at Arena Birmingham on Saturday with the chance of fighting Kell Brook or Manny Pacquiao in December, says he has proved before he is not finished.

Now he is determined to prove wrong once again the doubters who said his career was over when he was

TEENAGE star Lando Norris has been handed the chance to follow in the footsteps of Lewis Hamilton after landing a drive with McLaren.

sparked out by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2016. “The first fight I lost, people said I was done, but I came back and won the world title,” said Khan (right).

“The second fight I lost, people said I was done, but I came back with one of the best performanc­es of my career. Then I got beat by Canelo, but in my last fight against Phil Lo Greco, I finished him off pretty quick.

“It just motivates me to keep fighting and proving people wrong.”

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Norris (top) will try to emulate Hamilton
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