Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn has grand plans for Amir Khan and that doesn’t just include a Khan-Kell Brook bout. Khan’s new promoter envisions big fights for Khan now that they’ve agreed to a three-fight contract, which will begin with his April 21 return to the ring.
The most obvious fight for Amir Khan now that he has signed with promoter Eddie Hearn is a long-discussed domestic showdown with Kell Brook. A Khan-Brook bout would do big business in the United Kingdom, even though the former champions from England have suffered numerous knockout defeats in recent years. Khan acknowledged during a press conference Wednesday to announce his three-fight deal with Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing that he still wants to box Brook.
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier, Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) will make his comeback on April 21 after signing a three-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The former unified light welterweight world champion has not fought since stepping up to middleweight to do battle with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in May 2016, but will resume his career almost two years later.
Eddie Hearn and Amir Khan were able to put previous differences aside because their promotional partnership made great business sense. That’s how Hearn explained their seemingly unlikely deal coming together following a press conference Wednesday to announce Khan signed a three-fight contract with Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. England’s Khan, 31, is set to end what will be nearly a two-year layoff April 21 against an undetermined opponent at Echo Arena in Liverpool.
When Amir Khan revealed recently that he’d have a huge announcement to make Wednesday, there weren’t initially many that thought he was referring to signing with promoter Eddie Hearn. Khan and Hearn have traded insults in recent years, and Khan didn’t appear interested in working with one of the two most prominent promoters in the United Kingdom. They laughed about what was once a contentious relationship during a press conference Wednesday to announce Khan’s three-fight deal with Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
Amir Khan Video Interview - Amir Khan has signed a three-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing – and returns to action on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. The former unified Light-Welterweight World champion and GB Olympic silver medal man is back in the ring following a successful appearance on reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’, and now Khan is focused on ruling the world once more – starting on Merseyside in April.
Amir Khan has signed a three-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing – and returns to action on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. The former unified Light-Welterweight World champion and GB Olympic silver medal man is back in the ring following a successful appearance on reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’, and now Khan is focused on ruling the world once more – starting on Merseyside in April.
Amir Khan has signed a three-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing – and returns to action on April 21 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. The former unified Light-Welterweight World champion and GB Olympic silver medal man is back in the ring following a successful appearance on reality show ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here’, and now Khan is focused on ruling the world once more – starting on Merseyside in April.
Former four division world champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 KOs) is ready for a big comeback in 2018. "The Problem" has been out of the ring since losing a twelve round unanimous decision to Mikey Garcia in July 2017 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
BoxingScene understands that Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) will be unveiled as a sensational signing for Eddie Hearn tomorrow at a press conference at London's Dorchester Hotel as he seeks to kick-start his career with Matchroom during 2018 after sitting out 2017 entirely.