Amir Khan confirms fight with Paulie Malignaggi in May
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Britain's Amir Khan will defend his WBA light-welterweight title against Paulie Malignaggi in New York on 15 May, Golden Boy Promotions has confirmed.
The fight will take place at Madison Square Garden and will be Khan's first in the United States.
Khan, who won the title last July, had been expected to face Juan Manuel Marquez but that fight fell through.
He and Malignaggi are scheduled to meet at a press conference on Tuesday to formally announce the contest.
Malignaggi, who lost to Ricky Hatton in 2008, recently avenged a defeat by Juan Diaz last year to re-establish himself as as a world title contender.
But he will need to produce something special to beat Khan, who beat Dmitriy Salita in just 76 seconds in a mandatory title defence last December.
Rumours circulated for some time about Khan's next fight, with Marquez and Marcos Maidana, the current mandatory challenger, among potential opponents.
But after Marquez reportedly turned down an offer to meet Khan, he turned his attention to 29-year-old New Yorker Malignaggi, who is also promoted by the American company.
"I'm just going to go in there to do what I normally do and I really think Malignaggi has a style which is going to make me look good," Khan said last month.
"He's not at my level. He has a few good wins in America, but it's another fight for me and I'll go there and do what I have to do."
does anyone have any vids of paulie stoping anyone? any footage of his 5 kos?
if he stops khan i think id laugh for 3 hours straight. my stomach would implode
300k khan beats that bitch.
300K comfirm??? I got Paulie!
Malignaggi is going to give a NY beatdown to that glazz chinned F2G!....
PM me as am away at work or Im going to take it that you pu$$ied out Khan Boy..
Well I remember his fight with Kristjansen. Khan was eating right hand after right hand and Kristjansen is quite ordinary and punches nearly as hard as Malinaggi.
Conclusion: We are not looking at a distance fight here.
If Khan is stopped by Paulie then he should really consider whether or not he wants to keep boxing.
Well, I haven't seen all of his fights, but he wasn't against Salita. Kotelnik fight too.
Well I remember his fight with Kristjansen. Khan was eating right hand after right hand and Kristjansen is quite ordinary and punches nearly as hard as Malinaggi.
Conclusion: We are not looking at a distance fight here.
Good call. Malinaggi might not have the power of Jackson but Khan surely doesn't have the chin of Graham.
Khan's butt chin is pretty bad.
I might die of laughter if Paulie stops him.
i just don't see khan beating paulie, kahn is way too hyped. paulie is too slick for khan, i just wanna see what will happen when paulie lands a glass hand right on that glassed jaw of khan.
are you willing to bet points on that?
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