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Before pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford enters the ring to defend his WBO welterweight world title against Amir “King” Khan, a pair of 21-year-old wunderkinds — Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson — will look to steal the show in their respective co-feature bouts on ESPN PPV Saturday, April 20 at Madison Square Garden.  → Read: “Teofimo […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan seemed surprised when asked last Friday night about his thoughts on lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury mentioning his name this week, saying that he’s interested in potentially fighting him when he returns to the ring in May or June.  → Read: “Amir Khan reacts to Tyson Fury’s heavyweight challenge”

By Aragon Garcia: Highly ranked lightweight contenders Teofimo Lopez and Edis Tatli have agreed to terms to fight on April 20 on ESPN pay-per-view on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs.  → Read: “Teofimo Lopez vs. Edis Tatli agree to terms for April 20 on ESPN”

By Chris Williams: Top Rank boss Bob Arum says he’s going to make a financial offer to IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.  → Read: “Arum wants Spence vs. Crawford later this year”

Start spreading the news. The year’s most anticipated welterweight showdown is headed to The World’s Most Famous Arena.  → Read: “Crawford-Khan @ Madison Square Garden, Tickets ON SALE WEDNESDAY”

By Chris Williams: Amir Khan’s trainer Virgil Hunter fully understands what he’s up against in facing unbeaten #2 pound-for-pound fighter Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) for his WBO welterweight title on April 20 on ESPN PPV at Madison Square Garden in New York.  → Read: “Hunter says Khan will need a lot of “luck” to beat […]

By Jim Dower: 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson (10-0, 6 KOs) will be facing the hard hitting Christopher Diaz (24-1, 16 s) on the undercard of the Terence Crawford vs.  → Read: “Shakur Stevenson vs. Christopher Diaz on April 20 on Crawford-Khan card on ESPN PPV”

By Chris Williams: Trainer Abel Sanchez says Amir Khan could have a chance of beating Terence Crawford if he can take him into the later rounds of their fight on April 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York.  → Read: “Abel Sanchez talks Crawford-Khan & Spence-Garcia”

By Tim Royner: As expected, Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) and Amir Khan (33-4, 20 KOs) will be fighting each other at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 20.  → Read: “Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan confirmed for MSG, NY on April 20”

By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford went on a major rant on Tuesday, complaining about how he’s not been given credit from the boxing public for his wins over undefeated champions like Jeff Horn, Jose Benavidez, Viktor Postol and Yuorkis Gamboa.  → Read: “Terence Crawford: “They don’t give me no credit””