Khan-Marquez

By Liam Fitzgerald: Juan Manuel Marquez is looking more and more likely to face World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his next fight. At one time it seemed he was on the point of taking on Khan’s fellow Brit Ricky Hatton but that fight now seems to not be happening. Marquez’s choice [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Yesterday, I read an interview with trainer Nacho Beristain where he said that he didn’t want his fighter World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to take a fight against WBA light welterweight champion. Golden Boy Promotions, the promotional company that promotes both fighters, is looking to match [...]

By Esteban Garduno: According to an article at Bleacherreport, trainer Nacho Beristain doesn’t think his fighter Juan Manuel Marquez should fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion right now. Beristain says “He [Marquez] asked me to go with him to Los Angeles to work on the deal for his next fight, that his people [Golden [...]

By Kwame Cinquez: Amir Khan’s decision to switch to the United States in order to further his career was lamented in the Guardian newspaper by their chief boxing writer Kevin Mitchell. He was in no doubt as to the reason for Khan’s departure, “the racists here who cat-call him from the cheap seats and spill [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an article at The Sun American promoter Gary Shaw, the promoter of World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, says “I tried to make a fight between Amir Khan and Timothy Bradley. His Promoters Golden Boy Promotions said ‘absolutely no chance, no way.’ Shaw went on to say “The reason [...]

by Stephen Tannock: So after all the hard work promoter Frank Warren puts into making World Boxing Association light welterweight Amir Khan a superstar, yet he turns his back on Frank to join Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions company. Warren put his money into five big fights: Breidis Presscott, Osin [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer thinks that lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) will be signing a contract to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) within the next 48 hours, according to the Telegraph. Schaefer, who promotes both Khan and Marquez, said to [...]

By William Mackay: In the news yesterday, The Sun reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, speaking about World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, said “A fight against [Juan Manuel] Marquez is a breakthrough as he is one of the best and Mexico’s No 1 active fighter. Once he [Khan] wins against [...]

By William Mackay: It now looks like World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) won’t be facing WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana anytime soon, if ever. In an article with The Sun, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says “A fight against [Juan Manuel] Marquez is a breakthrough as [...]

By William Mackay: With the news that World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) could be moving up in weight to fight WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) on May 15th, for Khan’s U.S. debut fight, I have to wonder whether Marquez, at 36, has enough left [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: After hearing that Amir Khan wanted to fight Juan Manuel Marquez it made me think. I know that Amir is a very good fighter, he has very quick hands, ok power and good general movement also with the great trainer Freddy Roach in his corner he can be built into a force [...]