Amir Khan stops Carlos Molina, gets career back on track

• Amir Khan ended a two-loss streak to defeat Carlos Molina
• The loss for Molina was the first of his career.
• Khan said he would like to have a rematch with Danny Garcia, who KO'd him

Amir Khan's quickness and power was too much for Carlos Molina, and the Pakistani from England rebounded from two consecutive losses with a 10th-round technical knockout Saturday night in their 12-round junior welterweight fight at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Referee Jack Reiss stopped the fight after the 10th round after consulting with Molina and his corner.

Khan (27-3, 18 KOs), who dumped longtime trainer Freddie Roach and trained for the last eight weeks under the tutelage of reigning trainer of the year Virgil Hunter, came out aggressively and opened a cut over Molina's left eye in the first round. Molina bled for the rest of the fight.

"Virgil's a great trainer. I want to thank him for all the success," said Khan. "He's teaching me how to be patient. He's teaching me how to understand boxing. Before, I used to go in there wild. But my speed is there. If I use my speed the main way, there's no one touching me in the world. I kind of get too ballsy for my own good.

"With Virgil, I'm sticking to my gameplan, I'm sticking behind my jab and taking my time."

Khan said he'd like a rematch with Danny Garcia, who knocked him out in the fourth round during their fight in July "I'm ready to fight Danny Garcia at any time, anywhere, any place," he said.

Khan, a former champion who said coming in that this was a make-or-break fight for him, used lightning-quick combinations to keep Molina on the defensive throughout most of the fight, and never allowed the Mexican-American, fighting in his hometown, to get on the inside. Molina lost for the first time in 19 career fights.

"You can see the way I was fighting, more patient at times," Khan said. I never lost my game plan, never got frustrated," said Khan. Carlos Molina is a tough fighter."

Asked if he was concerned that his career might be in jeopardy following losses to Garcia and Lamont Peterson, Khan admitted that he made mistakes.

"I'm my own biggest critic," he said. "After my fights with Garcia and Lamont Peterson, I thought, 'what am I doing here? Why am I making these mistakes?' But if I was fighting Danny Garcia today I would've knocked him out, and that's the honest truth."

On the undercard, former U.S. Olympic bronze medalist Deontay Wilder knocked out Kelvin Price in the third round to remain undefeated, with all 26 victories coming by knockout.

Wilder, 27, who like Price stands 6-foot-7, came in with a massive right hand in the third round that nearly knocked Price out of the ring. Price suffered his first loss and fell to 13-1.