Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Phil LoGreco has agreed to fight Amir Khan in Khan’s comeback bout April 21 in Liverpool, England. Canada’s Lo Greco was concerned when the fight was offered to him because Khan wanted it to be contested at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.
Devon Alexander (27-4, 14 KOs) is training hard in camp for his upcoming fight with fellow former welterweight champion, Victor Ortiz (32-6-2, 25 KOs ). The contest take place on February 17 from Don Haskins Center on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas with televised coverage starting on FOX at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) is going to push very hard to get Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) in the ring this year. Both boxers are now promoted by Matchroom after Khan signed on with Eddie Hearn earlier this month. Brook is set to return to the ring in March, in his junior middleweight debut against top contender Sergey Rabchenko.
Phil Lo Greco is not satisfied with the monetary terms for an April showdown with former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). Khan, who recently signed a three fight deal with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, is scheduled to return on April 21 at Liverpool's Echo Arena in a Sky Sports televised fight.
Two-time world welterweight champion, Kermit Cintron has been added to an already deep card when he takes on George Sosa in a ten-round bout on Tuesday, February 13th at The Sands Bethlehem Event Center. Already announced were two eight-round co-main events featuring Frank De Alba (22-2-2, 9 KOs) taking on Carlos Padilla (16-6-1, 10 KOs) as well as Mykal Fox (15-0, 4 Kos) battling Ricardo Garcia (14-1, 9 KO's) in a super lightweight bout.
Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) is very confident that he'll beat his domestic rival, Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs), but the first order of business is to overcome Sergey Rabchenko on March 3rd in Sheffield. The fight with Rabchenko will be Brook's debut at the junior middleweight limit and his first contest since losing his IBF welterweight title when he was stopped last May by Errol Spence.
Kell Brook will have domestic rival Amir Khan on his mind when he returns to the ring for the first time since his Bramall Lane heartbreak at the Sheffield Arena in March. Brook lost his IBF welterweight title to American Errol Spence last year and has now moved up in weight to face his former sparring partner Sergei Rabchenko.
BoxingScene.com recently made a guest appearance on an edition of the hit podcast ATG Radio. One of the fighters to appear on the show was welterweight contender Jamal James (22-1, 10 KOs) whom we spoke to about many topics including the come back of Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs).
Frank Warren believes the British fight fans have lost interest in the boxing career of Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs). Last week, Khan announced that he signed a three fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. Khan's first fight in two years has been scheduled to take place on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The Bolton boxer has been out of the ring since May of 2016, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge then WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Claressa Shields: I have to be honest: I was more excited to see the Shohjahon Ergashev fight than the Shields-Tori Nelson matchup Saturday on Showtime. That’s not a knock on Shields. It’s just difficult to get excited when a two-time Olympic champion as talented as she is faces an obscure 41-year-old who had fought only once in more than a year, even though Nelson is one of the better fighters in a shallow pool of bigger women.