Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Eddy Reynoso, trainer for WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (34-0, 31KOs) says a unification with IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (46-1-1, 32KOs) will eventually happen, but he's not willing to confirm that it happens this year.
British star Amir Khan feels confident that his body is fully capable of returning to the welterweight division in the future. Khan is moving up by eight pounds to face Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
British star Amir Khan predicts that his speed will overwhelm Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Amir Khan has vowed to 'shock the world' by pulling off an audacious upset win over Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The British fighter has climbed up almost two weight divisions to face Alvarez at 155lbs with the WBC middleweight belt on the line, and is relishing the biggest fight of his career in Las Vegas on May 7.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya thinks Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Amir Khan also will fight for an unofficial title when they meet May 7 in Las Vegas for Alvarez’s WBC middleweight championship.
AIBA's plan to allow professional boxers to compete in the Olympic games has been met with plenty of detractors, but it can count one of the sport's biggest stars as a supporter. Amir Khan reiterated his interest in a possible return to the Olympics on a conference call to promote his May 7 middleweight title bout against Canelo Alvarez.
Amir Khan hopes his decision to challenge Canelo Alvarez encourages fighters to take more risks in their careers. England’s Khan (31-3, 19 KOs), a welterweight who has been stopped in lightweight and junior welterweight bouts, technically has moved up two weight classes to fight Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) for the Mexican superstar’s WBC middleweight title May 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (HBO Pay-Per-View).
Amir Khan has a rather sizable challenge ahead on May 7, in a very literal sense. Not only is Khan giving up substantial odds with the bookmakers as he challenges Canelo Alvarez for the lineal middleweight championship of the world on HBO PPV, but he is giving up a whole lot in the way of natural size.
As previously reported, Canelo came in at 163.8-pounds at the WBC's 30-day weight check. Khan's 30 day weight was not available last week, but the sanctioning body has finally released his figure - with Khan not surprisingly coming in a bit lower than the champion at 161.2-pounds.
Manchester legend Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton is excited for May 7th’s intriguing showdown between Saul 'Canelo' and Amir Khan. The fight takes place at the newly built T-Mobile Arena in Las Nevas, Nevada.