Ryan Burton catches up with former champion Amir Khan to discuss his upcoming battle of former champions with Luis Collazo, which is the Showtime Pay-Per-View co-featured attraction to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana welterweight unification, making his debut at 147-pounds, staying at 140 for too long, training under his new coach Virgil Hunter and much more.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV- BoxingScene.com and other members of the media caught up with former junior welterweight champion Amir Khan shortly after his "Grand Arrival" ceremony at the MGM Grand to officially kick off fight week. Khan faces the resurgent Luis Collazo in the chief support bout underneath the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana main event. Collazo has four fights in a row since losing to Freddy Hernandez in 2011. His most recent victory was an upset knockout of former champion Victor Ortiz that took place in January.
Amir Khan is confident he will show the world how much he has improved in his year out of the ring when he goes toe-to-toe with tricky southpaw Luis Collazo in Las Vegas on May 3. The Bolton fighter had been hoping to take on Floyd Mayweather but will instead fight on his undercard after the American decided to fight Argentinian bruiser Marcos Maidana. After several setbacks which saw the 27-year-old former unified light-welterweight world champion endure a frustrating 12 months and pass up the opportunity to take on Devon Alexander for the IBF welterweight title in December, Khan believes he will come back stronger.
THE MOMENT: Mayweather vs. Maidana," is a 12-round world championship unification bout for Mayweather and Maidana's respective 147-pound titles. This is the third fight of Mayweather's lucrative multi-fight deal with Showtime Networks Inc. THE MOMENT is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona, O'Reilly Auto Parts and AT&T. In the co-main event, Amir Khan faces Luis Collazo in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBC silver welterweight world title. The pay-per-view undercard also features a 10-round junior welterweight fight between Adrien Broner and Carlos Molina as well as a 10-round super middleweight bout featuring J'Leon Love vs. Marco Antonio Periban. The event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).
Vic Drakulich will be the referee of the international welterweight title fight and eliminator for World Boxing Association on Saturday in Las Vegas, between Amir Khan British and Luis Collazo. The Nevada Athletic Commission also appointed U.S. judges Adalaide Byrd, Jerry Roth and Cathy Leonard to keep the scores.
LONDON - British boxing star Amir Khan has vowed to look his best yet despite spending the past year out the ring. The former unified light-welterweight world champion has endured a frustrating 12 months having seen his chances of fighting Floyd Mayweather disintegrate when the pound-for-pound ace opted to fight Argentine bruiser Marcos Maidana instead. Despite the setbacks, which saw Khan pass up the opportunity to take on Devon Alexander last December for the IBF welterweight title following assurances he would land ‘Money’ Mayweather, the Bolton pugilist is upbeat about his upcoming fight with the tricky southpaw Luis Collazo.
Ryan Maquinana sits down with Amir Khan to discuss his upcoming battle of former champion with Luis Collazo, which takes place this coming Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Khan-Collazo is the Showtime Pay-Per-View co-feature to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana welterweight unification. Khan talks about training camp, Collazo's style, Mayweather's decision to face Maidana, the questions about his chin, what his style brings to the table against Mayweather and more.
Bill "Two Scoops" Emes catches up with welterweight contender Luis Collazo to discuss his upcoming battle of former champions with British star Amir Khan, which takes place this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Collazo-Khan is the Showtime Pay-Per-View co-feature to the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana welterweight unification. Collazo talks about training camp, the style of Khan, strategy and tactics for the fight and more.
LOS ANGELES --- Former two-time world champion Julio Diaz is still trying to figure out how he wasn't awarded the decision when he fought Amir Khan nearly a year ago. Diaz hopes to end his bad luck with the judges, which also includes a draw and a decision loss to Shawn Porter, when he takes on Keith Thurman for the interim WBA welterweight title on Saturday at StubHub Center in Carson on Showtime.
Luis Collazo has promised to "welcome" Amir Khan to the welterweight division by defeating the Bolton boxer when the pair clash at the MGM Grand next month. Khan is stepping up to 147lbs from light-welterweight and fights Brooklyn-based Collazo for the vacant WBC Silver welterweight strap on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's bout with Marcos Maidana. Former WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Khan has beaten New-Yorkers Paulie Malignaggi and Zab Judah in the past but Collazo has warned the 27-year-old he faces a much tougher task on May 3. "I'm ready, I'm seasoned and this is my time," Collazo told the Sky Sports Toe 2 Toe podcast. "At the end of the day, in that ring, it's just me and him and I know what I want. I know what it takes to be a world champion again.