Amir Khan Boxing News

By Chris Williams: At the recent Paulie Malignaggi and Amir Khan press conference, trainer Freddie Roach made a startling revelation when he said that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has better hand speed and foot speed than World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach was quick to point out that he [...]

AMIR KHAN, Current WBA Super Lightweight World Champion
“Its always been my dream to fight here in the U.S. and I know there will be a lot of pressure on me not fighting in front of my U.K. fans, but I made a name over there and now I’m ready to come make a name for [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) was practically gushing like a schoolboy about the prospects of fighting former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi at New York’s Madison Square Garden on May 15th. Khan said “Coming to the mecca for my US debut boxing at Madison Square Garden, it’s been my [...]

By William Mackay: Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach who works with trainer Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao, wants World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan to destroy Paulie Malignaggi when the two fighters meet up in two months in a title match on May 15th, at the Madison Square Garden. Ariza, according [...]

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK/LONDON, March 16 – Their war of words has captivated the boxing world, but on Saturday, May 15, the time for talk will be over when two of the brightest stars in the super lightweight division – WBA Super Lightweight World [...]

By William Mackay: At the recent press conference with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya was positively gushing over his new Golden Boy fighter Khan, saying “We strongly feel Amir [...]

By William Mackay: Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) sees himself as the main draw in his May 15th fight against World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s). In an article at the Guardian, Malignaggi says “[Khan’s] not known in the U.S. yet. He hasn’t fought in the U.S. yet, son how [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) appears to be on the fast track to get big money fights against mega stars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Khan, 23, has a fight coming up against former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on May [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) believes that he could have stopped Juan Manuel Marquez if the 36-year-old Mexican fighter had opted to fight him instead of deciding not to fight the 23-year-old Khan. In an article at Rte Sport, Khan says “Malignaggi was the first choice [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan probably has a long ways to go before he’s seen as a premier mega fighter like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Khan may never reach that level for one reason or another. Khan will have to face a lot of tough fighters for him to get to that level, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be holding a press conference in London on Friday along with Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th bout at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be the 23-year-old Khan’s debut fight, and he wants to make a favorable impression on [...]

By William Mackay: According to a Boxing Talk interview with Kevin Cunningham, the trainer of IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s), he thinks that World Boxing Association light welterweight title holder Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) will run from them.
Alexander, 23, impressively defeated IBF light welterweight champion Juan Urango by an [...]

By William Mackay: With two months to go before the May 15th bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s), few boxing fans are giving the 29-year-old Malignaggi much of any chance at beating Khan in this fight. It seems that few people think that Malignaggi can win this fight despite how [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is becoming something of a Nostradamus predictor in the boxing world. In his latest round of predictions, the 29-year-old Haye is predicting that British fighters Amir Khan, Carl Froch and Kevin Mitchell will all win their next fights coming up. Haye, who seems to have an eye [...]

By William Mackay: For World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) he could do himself a world of good if he rises up and takes on the winner of tonight’s unification bout between WBC champion Devon Alexander (19-0, 12 KO’s) and IBF title holder Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KO’s) at the [...]

By TJ Amin: Throughout the years the boxing public have been duped many a times into believing a fighter is far better then he actually is. Whether this is down to great promotion, hand picked opponents, intriguing personalities or just biased blindness, the fact of the matter is the boxing fans are being conned time [...]

By William Mackay: Despite World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan having never fought in the United States before, there is already a big demand for tickets to his fight against former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, in New York. In an article at the Guardian, [...]

By William Mackay: The May 15th bout between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi could have a stacked undercard, according to Robert Morales of the Daily News. Unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (18-0, 15 KO’s) could be facing Peter Manfredo Jr. (34-6, 18 KO’s), a former contestant for The [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Don King had some good advice for World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, telling him to “come out of hiding” and start facing some fighters in an article from Steve Bunce at the Mirror. Speaking about Khan, King says “I told Amir that he has to come out of [...]

By Alexander Fugate: After watching some of Amir Khan’s fights, it would seem that Khan could become a better fighter with a defensive minded trainer. His current trainer, Freddie Roach is an excellent trainer; however he doesn’t focus on defense. Roach works more on developing clean and fluid punching. And right now, Khan seems to [...]

By William Mackay: Next month, number #2 ranked WBA lightweight contender Victor Cayo (24-0, 16 KO’s) will be fighting World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At stake is the 26-year-old Maidana’s spot at [...]

By Chris Williams: I don’t know about you but I can’t figure out why HBO has opted to show the fight between WBA light welterweight title holder Amir Khan against Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th, yet won’t be showing the March 20th bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers. It seems to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) signed a short term contract recently with Golden Boy Promotions in hopes that the American promotional company could make him a big star in the United States. Khan signed up American trainer Freddie Roach, famous for training huge mega star Manny [...]

By William Mackay: On his twitter page, World Boxing Association Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) says that he’ll be fighting unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) this year in 2010. Khan says “It aint my problem [Juan Manuel] Marquez pulled out, and now we fighting Paulie Malignaggi. Tim Bradley will happen [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The whole it seems in WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan being put in with former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi for Amir’s debut fight in the United States is for the British fighter to look good in winning, so as to pick up a bunch of new fans. But will [...]

By Eric Thomas: In his Twitter page, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) says that his May 15th bout against former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) is official at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. In his Twitter page, the 22-year-old [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The junior welterweight division is probably the deepest and most talented in boxing today. Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan have been getting a lot of press lately. Edwin Valero with his 27-0 record with 27 knockouts has been campaigning at lightweight but is expected to move up to junior wellterweight for his [...]

By Nate Anderson: Recently, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan moved from promoter Frank Warren to Golden Boy Promotions. Instead of facing World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, Khan is being positioned to fight former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi. In other words, Khan is being put in with a fighter [...]

By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO”s) went into a long rant about WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) on the Leave-it-in-the-ring radio show, saying “People think Khan is ducking Maidana to fight me. When you look at it from this perspective, I’m [...]

By Chris Williams: Although the contracts still haven’t been signed for the proposed fight between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) and Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s), it’s looking like this fight will be taking place on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be [...]