By William Mackay: Once WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) finishes off beating what will likely be a mediocre scrub for his tune-up on April 16th in the UK, Khan will set his sights on a unification bout against WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) in July in the UK. The Khan-Bradley fight will be taking place in a large stadium in the UK, says manager Asif Vali.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Vali said “We’d like the fight in the UK and bringing Bradley over with his two titles to unify the belts would be awesome. It could be a stadium fight, like Calzaghe-Kessler in Cardiff or Hatton-Lazcano. It could attract those kind of numbers. The broadcasters are proposing dates in July and if they want it in the UK, they’ll make it happen.”

Vali wants to put the Khan vs. Bradley fight in a large stadium so that they could maximize the revenue for the fight. However, Khan needs to win his tune-up fight for the Bradley fight to take place. Bradley is likely going to sit back and wait rather than take a risky fight in between to keep active. Khan is looking at picking out an opponent with little power to trouble him for the 4/16 fight. He barely escaped his last fight on his feet against Marcos Maidana last December, and took an enormous amount of punishment to the head in that fight. Khan may not be the same fighter after that bout. We’re going to see whether his ability to take head shots has diminished.