Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
As Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) returns to the ring on April 21st versus Phil Lo Greco at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, he will be doing so with a new trainer in his corner. Veteran cornerman, Joe Goossen, advised BoxingScene.com over the weekend that he would be working with Khan moving forward.
Liam Smith believes beating Sadam Ali will put him "back at the top of the tree", ahead of Amir Khan and Kell Brook. On May 12th, Smith travels to Verona, New York, to face the WBO World Super-Welterweight Champion, who makes the first defence of the belt he won against Miguel Cotto in December.
WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) has no problem getting in the ring with Sheffield fighter Kell Brook (37-2, 26 KOs). Brook returned to the ring last Saturday night, and easily knocked out Sergey Rabchenko in the second round for a WBC regional title. The victory boosted Brook's standing in the World Boxing Council's rankings and put him closer to a crack at Charlo's title.
Kell Brook is on course for a showdown against Amir Khan at the back end of this year after a spectacular second-round knockout of Sergey Rabchenko at the Sheffield Arena. Brook has long coveted a bout against his British rival but those prospects seemed to diminish when he followed up a fruitless jump to middleweight to challenge Gennady Golovkin in September 2016 by losing his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence Jr last May.
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) has some very big targets on his mind. Khan is scheduled to return to the ring on April 21 against Phil Lo Greco at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The fight will be the first for Khan in nearly two years. He was last seen in the ring back in May of 2016, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds and suffered a brutal knockout at the hands of then WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Amir Khan Video Interview - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai retained his WBC super flyweight title with an exciting majority decision over Juan Francisco Estrada on Saturday night. The Thai champion (44-4-1) controlled the early rounds and withstood a late charge from Mexico's Estrada (36-3), leading to a dynamite 12th round that brought the lively crowd of 7,827 to its feet.
The last time anyone saw former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) in the ring, he was knocked out cold by Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) in May of 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Khan had moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge Canelo for the WBC middleweight title.
Kell Brook doesn’t downplay how much he wants to beat Amir Khan. The former IBF welterweight champ told The Star, his hometown newspaper in Sheffield, that fighting Khan would mean more to him at this stage of his career than winning another world title. Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) is set to battle Belarus’ Sergey Rabchenko (29-2, 22 KOs) in his debut as a full-fledged junior middleweight March 3 in Sheffield.
Phil Lo Greco Video Interview - LAS VEGAS - Two-division world champion Danny Garcia and former world champion Brandon Rios faced off Thursday at the final press conference for their WBC Welterweight World Title Eliminator this Saturday, February 17live on SHOWTIME from Mandalay Bay Events Center, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Photos by Chris Farina and Stephanie Trapp.
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is not buying the widespread hype - regarding the possibility of Floyd Mayweather making his debut in mixed martial arts. Mayweather, 40-years-old, retired from the sport last August after stopping UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the tenth round of their highly lucrative boxing match at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.