By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) doesn’t see himself having problems taking hard shots from his opponents, and he points out that he’s never been knocked out in the clinical sense as proof of that.
Khan said on his social media site, “Getting knocked down is one thing. Getting knocked down + put to sleep is another. [It] never happened to me. I’ve been stopped two times on my feet. So does that mean [Manny] Pacquiao , [Juan Manuel] Marquez, [Mike] Tyson, [Lennox] Lewis, many more have glass chins cause thy got knocked out / down; Silly people out there. What’s this bull**** about glasschin. LOL [laugh out loud] makes me laugh 30 fights lost 3. Well, 2 really. So all those who Say that make me laugh.”
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) has a pretty good idea what he’s up against by agreeing to fight Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) in his home country in the UK on April 27th at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) is still convinced that he’ll be cleaning up the light welterweight division and then moving up in weight to 147 to go after Floyd Mayweather Jr. and all of the straps up there. However, Khan’s lack of success recently suggests otherwise. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 18 KO’s), doesn’t think Khan should be getting criticized for getting blasted out and facing soft touches ever since. Hunter believes that Khan is a huge, huge talent, and that’s been through a gauntlet to get where he is today. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) is ecstatic about getting a high visible fight against former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) on April 27th in a fight that will be televised on Showtime in the United States in front of what could be a huge audience. The fight will be held at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) doesn’t see any other way of beating Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) on April 27th other than to knock him out in their fight at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. 
By Mark Havey: This week Amir Khan announced that his next fight will be staged in Britain and will be against the veteran Julio Diaz. Diaz is the former IBF lightweight champion. After hearing the news of this fight, I had one question, why?
By Scott Gilfoid: Having picked out another 2nd tier fighter to face for his next fight on April 27th in Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s), Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) is going about the hard business of building him to be a world killer to convince boxing fans this is going to be an exciting fight instead of a mismatch like Khan’s last fight against a second tier fighter in Carlos Molina.
By Scott Gilfoid: The Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) vs. Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) will be taking place on April 27th at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. This fight may not count as part of Khan’s three-fight deal with Showtime, according to Dan Rafael. It’s still unclear if it’ll count as one of their fights, even though Showtime still plans on televising it, so they might as well count it if they’re going to be televising it.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz (40-7-1, 29 KO’s) has already figured out how to beat Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) in their catchweight right on April 20th in the UK. Diaz sees Khan’s lack of a chin and his tendency for panic as an avenue for beating the struggling ex-light welterweight champion.