Amir Khan Smiles: I Will Have A lot of Punching Power at 155!

By Ryan Burton

BoxingScene.com and other members of the media caught up with former champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) Saturday night in Oakland, Calif. at the Oracle Arena. Khan was in the building to root for Andre Ward who defeated Sullivan Barrera by unanimous decision. Both fighters are trained by Virgil Hunter. 

The Olympic silver medalist will face Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) on May 7th at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a bout distributed by HBO pay-per-view.

Khan, who is moving up by eight pounds from the welterweight division is a considerable underdog in the fight that will be contested at 155 pounds.

Even though Khan has never fought above the welterweight limit of 147, he believes his power and speed will also be the same at the higher weight.

He believes his speed and movement will lead him to victory.

"When someone moves against Canelo we know he has problems. He doesn't fight good against movers. We saw that in the fight against Lara and Floyd Mayweather. With this fight he is fighting a guy who has a similar style to Lara and Mayweather. I move quick. I have good feet. I got power. By moving up to 155 I really believe I have a lot of punching power at that weight. I am not going to rely on that. I have to use my speed," said Khan.

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