By Chris Williams: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be back in action on December 11th on HBO. Khan and his promotional team, Golden Boy Promotions, are hoping to match the 23-year-old Khan up against the winner of the July 31st lightweight clash between former champion Juan Diaz and WBA/WBO lightweight champions Juan Manuel Marquez. The winner of that fight, if they’re interested in getting a good payday, will move up in weight and take on Khan for his WBA light welterweight title. It’s a win-win for Khan, because he’s bigger, younger and faster than both Diaz and Marquez and would have the advantage of that going for him.
Khan vs. Marquez
Amir Khan will have been out of the ring for seven months by the time he fights again
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) won’t likely see action until December, which is seven months removed from his last fight, a one-sided 11th round TKO victory over Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th. Khan, 23, was supposed to be fighting on July 31st against 38-year-old Joel Casamayor, but Khan’s promotional team, Golden Boy Promotions, opted to have Khan skip this date and wait around until December to possibly fight the winner of the July 31st bout between lightweights Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz.
Schaefer wants to match Khan with Diaz-Marquez winner or Maidana or Katsidis next
By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t interested in putting WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, one of his youngest stars, in promoter Gary Shaw’s proposed light welterweight tournament involving Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley, and Marcos Maidana. Instead, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Schaefer wants to match Khan up against the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz winner or Maidana or WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis.
Shaw says Khan isn’t interested in light welterweight tournament – News
By Eric Thomas: Gary Shaw, the promoter of World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, says that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan isn’t interested in taking part in a light welterweight tournament. Apparently, Khan, 23, was interested in a light welterweight tournament after his win over Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th, but he changed his mind and doesn’t appear interested in the tournament any longer. In an article at Mydesert.com, Shaw says “[HBO] lied all the ideas. Problem is Khan doesn’t like the idea and Golden Boy [the promotional company for Khan] wouldn’t like it.”
Khan to try and get Diaz-Marquez winner – News
By Chris Williams: Rather than pay World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis or John Murray the money they were asking for to fight on July 31st, the 23-year-old Khan will instead bypass that date and wait around to see if his promotional company Golden Boy Promotions and set up a fight between the winner of the July 31st clash between Juan Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez. Under normal circumstances, Khan would probably have very little chance to fight Marquez if he emerges as the winner of this fight, because his management has already rejected a fight with the bigger.
Can Roach turn Khan into the next Pacquiao?
By William Mackay: With Manny Pacquiao being on the verge of retirement in one or possibly two more fights, trainer Freddie Roach needs a fighter to step in an fill the gap that Pacquiao will be leaving when he retires from boxing. Unfortunately, Roach doesn’t have anyone approaching the ability of Pacquiao except for possibly the 23-year-old Khan. Roach has said that Khan’s skills remind him a lot of Pacquiao and he thinks he can become a star like Pacquiao, but can Roach transform Khan into another Pacquiao in three or four years.
Khan won’t be fighting in July, but could be facing Marquez next
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) won’t be fighting on July 31st after all. The 23-year-old Khan was supposed to be fighting 38-year-old Joel Casamayor on that date in order for Khan to get in one last fight before Ramadan.
However, because the fight will conflict with the world cup competition, Khan’s promotional company, Golden Boy Promotions, want Khan to fight in November instead. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy, is hoping to put Khan in with Juan Manuel Marquez or the perhaps Juan Diaz, if he beats Marquez in their fight next month on July 31st.
Schaefer wants Khan to fight Juan Manuel Marquez – News
By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer wants World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) to fight 36-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s). In an article by Ron Lewis at Timesonline.co.uk, Schaefer says “We could do a split bill for television with Amir fighting in the UK and then go across to [Juan] Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz at Mandalay Bay. That would be some double header. I would then like to see the winner of Marquez-Diaz fight face Amir. He has the style Americans love and he can be a big star in the U.S.”
Khan is not the right opponent for Marquez
By Liam Fitzgerald: Juan Manuel Marquez is looking more and more likely to face World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his next fight. At one time it seemed he was on the point of taking on Khan’s fellow Brit Ricky Hatton but that fight now seems to not be happening. Marquez’s choice of opponent is very important since his career looks to be coming to an end and he will want to finish off in style against the biggest fighters out there.
Is Marquez being used as a “stepping stone” for Khan?
By Jim Slattengren: Yesterday, I read an interview with trainer Nacho Beristain where he said that he didn’t want his fighter World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to take a fight against WBA light welterweight champion. Golden Boy Promotions, the promotional company that promotes both fighters, is looking to match the 36-year-old Marquez against the young 23-year-old Khan for Amir’s debut fight in the United States on May 15th.