British star Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) feels added motivation from being an underdog for the first time in his career. Khan will jump up by eight pounds to 155, when he challenges Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) for the WBC middleweight championship on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Retired Hall of Fame referee and expert analyst for several media outlets, Joe Cortez, expects a massacre when Amir Khan steps in the ring with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is on the sidelines this coming May, when Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) will defend his WBC middleweight championship against British fighter Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs).
Abel Sanchez, trainer for IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, says his fighter will not entertain a catch-weight bout for Amir Khan - should he secure an upset victory over Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez and World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman have a difference of opinion on the upcoming fight between Amir Khan and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
WBA welterweight champion Keith 'One Time' Thurman is going to create a lot of debate with is most recent statements, explaining his belief that Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) took the less challenging fight on May 7th, when the British star moves up by eight pounds to challenge Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel 'Dinamita' Marquez is giving Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) a chance to pull off the upset on May 7th, when the British boxer moves up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) for the WBC middleweight championship.
In the last twelve months, British star Amir Khan missed out on big fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. But Khan believes that he bagged the most dangerous fight of the three - a catch-weight bout against WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs)
For the first time in his career, former world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) finds himself in the underdog role. Not just any underdog role, Khan is a huge underdog in his upcoming fight with WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs).
The stage is now set for Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin to have their interim bouts before a potential showdown in the fall. Canelo (46-1-1, 32KOs) will return on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, as headliner of an HBO Pay-Per-View, when he defends his WBC middleweight title against Amir Khan, who moves up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds.