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Amir Khan has thanked Julio Diaz for showing the "bottle" to fight him in the UK this weekend.
The two former world champions will meet in a 143lbs 'catch-weight' bout - a mark set between super lightweight and welterweight - at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on Saturday.
It will be Khan's first fight in Britain for two years and the 26-year-old is confident it will be a stepping stone back to the top.
Khan lost his world titles in a controversial defeat by Lamont Peterson by a split decision in December 2011 and was then beaten by Danny Garcia in a WBC super-lightweight title fight last year.
California-based Mexican Diaz has previously held a world lightweight title.
Khan said: "I need to thank Julio Diaz for coming all the way from America.
"Not many fighters do what I do - I go to their hometown or home country and fight them there, with my world titles.
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The two former world champions will meet in a 143lbs 'catch-weight' bout - a mark set between super lightweight and welterweight - at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on Saturday.
It will be Khan's first fight in Britain for two years and the 26-year-old is confident it will be a stepping stone back to the top.
Khan lost his world titles in a controversial defeat by Lamont Peterson by a split decision in December 2011 and was then beaten by Danny Garcia in a WBC super-lightweight title fight last year.
California-based Mexican Diaz has previously held a world lightweight title.
Khan said: "I need to thank Julio Diaz for coming all the way from America.
"Not many fighters do what I do - I go to their hometown or home country and fight them there, with my world titles.
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