By Williams Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) has been stricken with some kind of stomach ailment while visiting Pakistan. On Khan’s Twitter page, Khan says “Really ill in Pakistan. Got bad stomach ache and head ache. Want to vomit but just won’t let me. Also have a fever. I want to come home. Doctor came around told me to stay hydrated, but feel like eating or drinking. Back in bed resting up. Whatever I do, I ain’t going PK hospital.” This is the second time that the 23-year-old Khan has been sick in the past month. Khan was recently ill while on a trip to Africa to watch the World Cup soccer competition. Khan has been traveling a lot around the world with his free time and is starting to find out how this can sometimes be hazardous to your health.

Khan plans on flying to the United States to be at ringside for the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 31st. Hopefully, Khan is well by then. Khan wants to fight the winner of that fight in December, and HBO will be showing it. Khan wants to build a name for himself in the United States by taking on and beating the top fighters in the light welterweight division. However, his promotional company wants to match him against the Diaz-Marquez winner so that Khan can make more of a name for himself before he takes on the top light welterweights. Khan is eager to fight WBO Light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Khan also will have to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana at some point in the near future. That’s a fight that Khan will be forced to take unless he wants to be stripped of his title in the future. The WBA, sooner or later, is going to force Khan’s hand at fighting Maidana.