Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
By Michael Rosenthal - Of course, Terence Crawford will be a heavy favorite when he defends his welterweight title against Amir Khan on April 20 on pay-per-view television. Crawford is either No. 1 or 2 on most pound-for-pound lists while Khan has become infamously inactive, fighting only four times during the...
On Friday afternoon, Top Rank - who promote WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford - officially announced a press conference was set down for January 15th in London, to announced a scheduled world title defense against former world champion Amir Khan.
The promotion of the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan pay-per-view fight will get underway next week. BoxingScene.com has learned that Crawford and Khan will appear at press conferences Tuesday in London and next Thursday, January 17, in New York. The sites of their press conferences will be announced later this week.
Over the course of a six part series, former two-division champion Paulie Malignaggi offers mini-previews to BoxingScene.com regarding the next four months of successive 147-pound appearances by Manny Pacquiao, Adrien Broner, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Errol Spence, Mikey Garcia, Terence Crawford, Amir Khan and Danny Garcia.
As BoxingScene.com first reported a few days ago, British superstar Amir Khan has decided to accept a lucrative fight with WBO welterweight world champion Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs). The contest is going to land on April 20, as the main event of an ESPN pay-per-view card. The event could take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City or at several potential venues in Las Vegas.
By Tris Dixon - SOCIAL media has been sent into frenzy over the news that Amir Khan will likely face Terence Crawford in the USA on April 20. It seemed it was a ‘now or never’ moment, for Khan to take on domestic rival Kell Brook but he has chanced his arm and gambled that the Sheffield man still might be a via...
Not even the allure of more money and a major domestic fight at Wembley Stadium could convince Amir Khan to face Kell Brook next. Multiple sources have told BoxingScene.com that Khan has decided to instead challenge Terence Crawford for Crawford’s WBO welterweight title. England’s Khan, 32, has informed promoter Eddie Hearn of his decision. Crawford’s promoters at Top Rank Inc. also have been made aware of Khan’s choice.
According to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, former world champion Amir Khan is still mulling his direction for 2019. The Bolton boxer has two offers sitting on the table. He can face his domestic rival and fellow former world champion Kell Brook in the coming months, or he can accept a guarantee of $5 million to fight WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford on March 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York City
Veteran trainer Adam Booth, who works with Josh Kelly, Ryan Burnett, Michael Conlan and others, is surprised that a welterweight clash between Amir Khan and Kell Brook is still being discussed. The fight between Khan and Brook has been in play for several years - and no deal has been in sight.
Amir Khan does not expect a unification to come off between heavyweights Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. Joshua is scheduled to defend his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO world titles on April 13th at Wembley Stadium in London - and WBC world champion Deontay Wilder is the opponent of choice for the British unified champion.