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Amir Khan rode an early lead to avoid disaster down the stretch in taking a narrow decision over Marcos Maidana in their 12-round junior welterweight bout Saturday evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Scores were 114-111 (twice) and 113-112 in favor of Khan read more ...

Maidana’s pressure nullified Khan’s jab, as Amir landed just seven per round, making it a tougher fight than expected. Maidana had a 59-24 edge in power shots landed over the last three rounds. Khan outlanded Maidana 162-62 in total punches in rounds one thru six read more ...

WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) won a twelve round firefight against WBA interim super lightweight titleholder Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. It looked like an early night when Khan dropped Maidana with two hellacious body shots at the end of round one. Khan punished Maidana further in round two, but the rock hard Maidana kept coming. Maidana was the aggressor in round three applying heavy pressure read more ...

Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana successfully made weight for their junior welterweight title fight Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan came in at the divisional limit of 140 lb, while Maidana was slightly lighter at 139 lb read more ...

MARCOS MAIDANA aims to take a leaf out of his hero Carlos Tevez’s book – by kicking Amir Khan into touch. Maidana last night predicted a touch of Argy bargy when he attempts to relieve Khan of his WBA world light- welterweight title in the early hours of Sunday morning read more ...

Las Vegas - Four junior welterweights hit the IBA Gym to hold private workouts for the American and British press. WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, and his challenger Marcos Maidana, put in some hard work. The boxers who are scheduled to clash in the HBO televised co-feature, Lamont Peterson and Victor Ortiz, were also on hand and worked out for the media. The doubleheader takes place on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Photos by Chris Cozzone/FightWireImages read more ...

Speaking with Jeff Powell of Daily Mail, WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan discussed his goals for the future. He returns on December 11 against mandatory contender Marcos Maidana. If everything goes as planned, Khan has mapped out his three fight play read more ...

The WBA's interim-champion at junior welterweight, Marcos Maidana, is training hard and looking good at his camp in Las Vegas. Maidana finally gets the fight he's been hunting for on December 11 at the MGM Grand, when he challenges Amir Khan for the full WBA title at 140-pounds read more ...

In one of their final sparring sessions prior to leaving the Philippines, Freddie Roach gave WBA 140-pound champion Amir Khan the clear edge over Manny Pacquiao, the WBO welterweight champion. Roach is training both fighters for their upcoming bouts. Pacquiao moves up to junior middleweight to face Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC 154-pound title at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas read more ...

WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is excited with the possibility of facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the fall of 2011. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is ready to groom Khan as a potential Mayweather opponent for next year. Khan seems very confident that he can end Mayweather's unbeaten run read more ...