However, Khan not only is a big fan who’s dabbled in MMA training, but he also co-owns Super Fight League, which bills itself as Asia’s biggest pro MMA promotion.
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Britain has 11 reigning world champions and Khan is desperate to join them after going almost four years since he last held a major belt.
Amir Khan admits he may lack the power to trouble Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but insists his speed and movement will be key in their WBC middleweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. Khan’s payday includes money from BoxNation, which will broadcast the fight in Khan’s native United Kingdom.
Amir Khan faces Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the WBC world middleweight title on Saturday with the considerable shadow of Floyd Mayweather Jr hanging firmly over the bout. “Beating him will definitely take me back to the top where I want to be.
I’m confident with the work that’s been done that I can go in there and break him down”, the flame-haired Mexican said. I learned that really early about him.
“As for Canelo and Khan, their interests upon arrival yesterday seemed to be more in keeping with the sport of boxing itself: ” There is a difference between wanting and doing”, said Canelo of Khan, continuing, ” On Saturday night, we will see who will give who a boxing lesson… However, at that point, De La Hoya’s fights had generated a combined 2.4 million buys while Canelo has reached 3.75 million homes.
Khan believes he has a speed advantage that will be telling and boxing is one arena where speed can trump power. Actually, it’s probably about the average, since so numerous Mayweather and Pacquiao fights from 2010-15 were seen as mismatches going in, owing to the fact that the two of them were considered to be so far ahead of the pack.
Khan, 29, has taken a huge risk accepting the Mexican champion, moving up two weight classes to fight the heavy punching middleweight. I’m very happy with the work I have done.
“Normally, we have to be losing a lot of weight, and going down in weight and stuff like that weakens me”, he said. He’d get a good payday out of the fight but his career would be tarnished due to the defeat.
Let us be real about this; the whole catch-weight thing is something that is created to weaken Golovkin so that he’s not going to be at his best. I know he can hurt me with one big shot.
“I wanted the big fights against Mayweather, Pacquiao, and both fights didn’t happen”.
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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirmed at the press conference that Trump will be at the T-Mobile Arena.
