Amir Khan's next fight announced

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

KHAN READY TO IMPRESS IN SCOTLAND

Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan is relishing the opportunity of fighting in Scotland for the first time on November 5.
The teenage prodigy takes on Walsall's Steve Gethin at the Braehead Arena in his third professional bout having prevailed in Bolton and Cardiff.

And the 18-year-old light-welterweight is expecting plenty of support from the fans north of the border.

He said: "It's nice to go all over and box, it gives everyone a chance to see me fight. Straight after the Olympics I got a lot of fan mail from Scotland asking when I'm going to box up in Scotland.

"There is a big Scottish-Asian community up here and they are well behind me and I get a lot of letters from them but it's not only them, it's all Scottish people.

"I don't know why I have support from Scotland, they just say they like the way I box. I've been to the borders but this is the furthest north that I've been. There were a few amateur championships in Scotland but I never got the chance to come here, they kept me away!"

Khan is fighting on the undercard of Scott Harrison's defence of his WBO featherweight title against an as yet unnamed opponent.

The Scot, who had to cancel the original fight in October due to injury, will discover his new opponent on Thursday after Spend Abazi had to withdraw after breaking his elbow in training.

[sanjayint]

amir khan fighting a worser fighter then that 2nd fighter,
i will celebrate when khan looses to KO
i am a brit, i very much dislike amir khan, bcoz of his pakistani background and bcoz of his bad boy nature,

[Rovers]

amir khan fighting a worser fighter then that 2nd fighter,
i will celebrate when khan looses to KO
i am a brit, i very much dislike amir khan, bcoz of his pakistani background and bcoz of his bad boy nature,

why what he do?

[barryboy]

I don't know why I have support from Scotland, they just say they like the way I box.

Because you won an Olympic silver, fought one of the best amateurs in the world for it then went on to beat the very same man, oh and you can box a bit too
As for him being a bad boy I don't see that myself he always seems very shy & timid when I've saw him speak, I feel sorry for Khan here because if the Harrison opponent is ****(that's the first i've heard Abazi's name mentioned) then there won't be a great turn out for him, like Khan said there is a big asian community up here but I don't know if they'd pay to see him going through the motions.
I just saw a report on the Harrison/Khan bill and Warren was saying the American tv budget has been used up for this year so there will be no big fights until next year for Scott, Harrison SOUNDS as though he wants a unification because he said he didn't want to retire from boxing having not given it everything or not fought some of the other champions, he also said he's thinking of moving up to 130 to get fights which I don't get, if it's because of the weight I can believe that but he made it sound as though he was being avoided at 126 which isn't the case.

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

Because you won an Olympic silver, fought one of the best amateurs in the world for it then went on to beat the very same man, oh and you can box a bit too
As for him being a bad boy I don't see that myself he always seems very shy & timid when I've saw him speak, I feel sorry for Khan here because if the Harrison opponent is ****(that's the first i've heard Abazi's name mentioned) then there won't be a great turn out for him, like Khan said there is a big asian community up here but I don't know if they'd pay to see him going through the motions.
I just saw a report on the Harrison/Khan bill and Warren was saying the American tv budget has been used up for this year so there will be no big fights until next year for Scott, Harrison SOUNDS as though he wants a unification because he said he didn't want to retire from boxing having not given it everything or not fought some of the other champions, he also said he's thinking of moving up to 130 to get fights which I don't get, if it's because of the weight I can believe that but he made it sound as though he was being avoided at 126 which isn't the case.

If those are his intentions, perhaps he needs to move away from Frank Warren now.

[barryboy]

I was a bit puzzled m8 it was made to sound like he couldn't get fights at 126 which is bollox, Harrison talks as if he wants it but as you say whether Warren wants it is another matter

[sanjayint]

i know people that know amir khan when he was at secondary school, hes an idiot and started fights with his boys, i know ppl is leeds, / bolton area

[barryboy]

i know people that know amir khan when he was at secondary school, hes an idiot and started fights with his boys, i know ppl is leeds, / bolton area

Boys will be Boys m8 I got in loads of scraps in my school years but I ain't a bad guy & I hope people don't hold it against me
Really though the guys still young but he's under the spotlight now so if that's true he'll have to grow up real quick.

[Lol999]

When he turned pro there was talk of him getting too big for his boots. However, I saw his last fight and the interview afterwards. I thought he made a good balance of respect for his opponent and humility as to his continued learning process. It must be difficult avoiding having his head turned as he is so young but if he can continue being a good boxer and a good human being then he will have the respect of the public, which is more than that nob Naz had because he was exactly the polar opposite as a person.

Lol

[markthe1hit wonder]

i think amir khan needs to fight a decent boxer. The first guy he thought was pathetic and got KO in about a minute. The next guy was better but he out classed him i was bit disapionted he did not KO him