Amir Khan: record, next fight and profile →
As BoxingScene.com reported a few days ago, Manny Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, was going to have a meeting with boxer's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, to sort out the confusion regarding the Filipino superstar's next fight.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Virgil Hunter feels much more comfortable training Amir Khan to fight Manny Pacquiao than he did preparing him to face Canelo Alvarez. Hunter hated the idea of Khan moving up technically two weight classes to challenge Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title from the moment the fight was made last year. Khan was well-compensated for facing Alvarez on May 7 in Las Vegas, but Hunter still feels as though there was too much working against Khan for that task to have been worth the risk.
Dean Lonergan of Duco Events, who promoter Australian Olympian Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs), is feeling better after reading a recent article on BoxingScene.com, where Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum had given confirmation that Manny Pacquiao vs. Amir Khan was a done deal.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - This small-budget guy is dreaming big. Make no mistake, I’m quite content with my humble life – first-grade teacher by weekday, sports writer by weeknight/weekend, modest four-bedroom house with a cluttered garage – but every now and then the idea of making an ostentatious dis...
Over the weekend, WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao announced over social media that he had come to terms with Amir Khan for an April 23rd fight in the UAE. So does that make the fight official to Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank?
Amir Khan has "a great chance" of dethroning Manny Pacquiao to become the WBO welterweight champion when the pair meet on April 23, says Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya. Khan's (31-4) long-desired bout came to fruition after he topped a Twitter poll Pacquiao (59-6-2) ran to see who fans wanted his next opponent to be. Pacquiao was originally slated to fight 2012 Australian Olympian Jeff Horn in Brisbane.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Virgil Hunter was busy broadcasting fights Saturday night when Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao confirmed through social media that they’ve come to an agreement to fight April 23. Once he learned the fight figures to happen in two months, Hunter had a lot less hesitation about Khan taking this difficult assignment than when Khan agreed to fight Canelo Alvarez. Hunter considers Khan’s familiarity with Pacquiao and the fact that England’s Khan will be the bigger boxer in this fight as advantages he didn’t have against Alvarez.
The boxing world has been buzzing since Saturday night, when welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan made separate announcement via Twitter that a deal was reached for the two of them to face each other on April 23.
A venue in the United Arab Emirates for Amir Khan's April 23 fight with Manny Pacquiao is expected to be confirmed by the end of the week. The one-time stablemates revealed they have agreed terms for a match-up, with only the location to be determined.
British star Amir Khan (31-4, 19 KOs) is very confident that he can beat former sparring partner, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. On Saturday night, the two boxers confirmed on their personal Twitter accounts that a deal was reached for a showdown on April 23rd. No venue or fight location was revealed.