De La Hoya Not Ruling Out a Khan Return To HBO

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Amir Khan's last three fights have been carried on Showtime. Khan first appeared on the network as part of a multi-fight deal in December of 2012.

Later tonight, Khan (29-3, 19KOs) returns in the final fight of Showtime contract. He faces former two-division champion Devon Alexander (26-2, 14KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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Khan's promoter, Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya, is not sure at the moment if his boxer is going to resign with Showtime or return to the airwaves of rival network HBO.

One factor in Showtime's favor is Khan's adviser, Al Haymon, who HBO is doing little to no business with these days.

"I'm sure that we're going to do what's best for Amir Khan's career. If that means staying with Showtime, then we stay with Showtime. If it means exploring the options over at HBO, then I must do what's right for his career. We'll see after this fight," De La Hoya stated.

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Thutch2412Sat Dec 13, 2014, 9:18 PM UTC

We've already seen a couple- Abregu vs Ali, tonight we're getting Benavidez Jr vs Herrera, and we'll get the first super fight next year with Cotto-Canelo. We might even see Pacquiao-Khan if Amir is indeed heading back to HBO. As soon as that scumbag Schaefer's scheme was discovered and he got the boot, we immediately saw both Oscar and Arum reach across the table to make fights happen. We now know who was the roadblock all these years. Now to just get Big Al Haymon to start acting right and Boxing will be in much better shape in the future. Lol u really think the fights u named were good fights? PLEASE, we all know the bestnfighters r under Al except for the few under TR and the one (canelo) under GB. Russell vs Loma went to purse bid. All GB fighters promoted by Al arent on HBO they r still on showtime. Delahoya even said himself the quality of the matchups n what network they r fighting for has a lot to do with that. besides we all know that bob is gna ruin oscar again, and al will take over the boxing world before long. Al and schaeffer r gna push bob n oscar out the way

Thutch2412Sat Dec 13, 2014, 9:13 PM UTC

Tonight herrera vs benavidez jr. You're post is absolutely 100% WRONG. He's doing the complete opposite of what ure saying. Wow. ure prolly smoking that good? Huh Lol u should specify more, because all GB fighters so far who have fought on HBO vs TR werent advised by Haymon. Haymons fighters still fightin for Showtime. so while GBP fighters r fighting on HBO no vs TR they are crap compared tonwhat they could be with Haymons fighters.

The_Gambler1981Sat Dec 13, 2014, 8:31 PM UTC

If Oscar can get HBO working with Haymon again that would be a big feather in his cap. Al would certainly owe him a solid for that.

lets_rumbleSat Dec 13, 2014, 8:28 PM UTC

Best you be checking with al haymon Oscar !!!!

StrangerInTownSat Dec 13, 2014, 7:17 PM UTC

Oscar is becoming the worst kind of politician. The kind that refuses to take a stand because doing so will affect him adversely.

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