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By Tim Royner: Amir Khan (32-4, 20 KOs) is interested in facing newly crowned WBA World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) in the near future if he gets past his next opponent Samuel Vargas (29-3-2, 14 KOs) on September 8 at the Birmingham Arena in Birmingham, UK.
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan says he spoke to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and he says he’s interested in matching him against his former pay-per-view star Manny Pacquiao. This is a fight that Khan (32-4, 20 KOs) has practically been salivating over for ages now, but for some reason Arum has held off at making it.
By Jim Dower: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum said on Tuesday that the Amir Khan fight is dead and not happening for the Filipino star’s next fight. Arum says the $38 million offer made by investors in the UAE didn’t materialize for a fight between Pacquiao and Khan in the United Arab Emirates. Arum said that he’s going to move Pacquiao in another direction against someone else for his next fight.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is saying that his fighter Manny Pacquiao WON’T be fighting Amir Khan next in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for hi next fight. The $38 million offer that came from someone in the UAE turned out to be a valid one. Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz reportedly just found out on Tuesday about the offer not being a real one.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao will be fighting Amir Khan on May 19 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rather than the original date of April 23. Michael Koncz, the adviser for the 38-year-old Pacquiao, says the decision behind moving the date from April 23 to May 19 was so that there would be more time to promote the fight properly.
With an extra month to market the Pacquiao-Khan fight, it gives Top Rank more time to promote it properly. The fight will be on a Friday rather than a Saturday in the U.S, which is when pay-per-view fights are normally shown. It’ll be on May 20th for the UAE.
By Chris Williams: Despite the news from former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan saying that their fight on April 23 is a “done deal”, Dean Lonergan, the promoter for #2 WBO Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KOs), doubts the Pacquiao-Khan fight will take place. He doesn’t see the $38 million materializing for the fight, and he sees that there still isn’t a venue for the fight in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) either.
By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn has some interesting thoughts on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Amir Khan and Kell Brook vs. Errol Spence fights. First off, Hearn continues to doubt that Pacquiao-Khan will come off on April 23 like it’s been talked about. Hearn DOES NOT believe the Pacquiao vs. Khan fight will take place, because he says he’s hearing from his sources that it won’t be taking place.
By Chris Williams: While Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao are both saying that their April 23 fight is a done deal, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum isn’t ready to say it’s a done deal. What means for the Pacquiao-Khan fight remains to be seen.
Hopefully the Pacquiao vs. Khan fight gets made, because it appears to be attracting a lot of interest from the boxing world. The fans want to see this fight.