Khan-Morales

By William Mackay: Amir Khan is targeting the winner of the Lucas Matthysse vs. Erik Morales fight next month as the guy he wants to fight next. However, he’s making it clear that he wants Morales. It’s up in the air whether Khan will fight the hard hitting Matthysse if he beats Morales. My guess [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) was hoping to add a third belt to his other two titles before moving up in weight to the welterweight division next year.

By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) specifically is mentioning the 34-year-old Erik Morales (52-7, 35 KO’s) and Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) for his next and possibly last fight at light welterweight in December.

By William Mackay: It’s pretty clear that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be looking to add the WBC title to his collection by beating the winner of the September 17th bout between Erik Morales and Jorge Barrios, who will be fighting for the World Boxing Council belt that is being stripped from Timothy [...]

By William Mackay: Having just beaten a 33-year-old IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-7, 28 KO’s), who looked totally shot last night in a 5th round stoppage of questionable nature, IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) is now targeting another aging fighter in 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) in his [...]

By Sean McDaniel: It looks like Marcos Maidana, the WBA light welterweight interim champion, isn’t being strongly considered as WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s next fight on July 23rd. Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that Dan Rafael is reporting in the news today that he’s looking to wrap up Khan’s next fight this [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to the latest news from Boxing Monthly, there is talk that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) will vacate his WBA title if he’s forced by the WBA to fight interim champion Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s). How come I’m not surprised? Apparently, Khan’s trainer Freddie [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With the potential fight against Ricky Hatton off the table after Ricky quashed those rumors by saying he wasn’t interested, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) has to find someone for his next opponent. Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer, mentioned Erik Morales as a potential opponent a couple of weeks [...]

By Liam Santiago: Freddie Roach, trainer of Amir Khan (20-1, 15ko’s), has said that he would like to see Khan fight Erik Morales (48-6, 34ko’s) if he beats Kotelnik this month. This idea brings us back to when the Barrera fight was announced. Many similarities, only Morales is a step down in class from Barrera, [...]