By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) will be continuing with his rebuilding of his once promising career when he faces 33-year-old Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) on April 27th in the UK at a still to be determined venue.
Diaz said to thesun.co.uk “We are waiting for official confirmation from the Khan Camp but as of now they have my contract which I have signed. We have reached an agreement on a deal and everything is secure.”
By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’s thinking of moving Amir Khan’s April 20th fight date on Showtime to a different date, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Golden Boy is having problems trying to find an opponent face Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s), as they’ve been targeting mostly welterweights and trying to get them to drain down to fight Khan at 140.
The latest name that is being mentioned as a serious opponent for Khan is 33-year-old former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s), who’s not ranked in the top 15 at 140 or 147. Khan could be facing Diaz as the third fight on the undercard of the Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah fight.
By Dan Ambrose: A fight between former two-time IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) and Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) is possible for April 27th on Showtime on the undercard of the Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, according to Steve Kim. Stephen Espinoza of Showtime says the Khan-Diaz fight is being considered for the card.
However, it won’t be the main event. In fact, if the fight takes on the card, it’ll be on the undercard beneath the Peter Quillin vs. Fernando Guerrero middleweight match-up. In other words, it’ll be the third fight on the card in what would be a triple-header.