Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is also working on a fight that would pit super lightweight champion Amir Khan against top-challenger Marcos Maidana. Schaefer said HBO gave him a money number and he has made offers to Khan and Maidana over the past few days. "I'm waiting to hear back from them," Schaefer told BoxingScene.com. "It's in the fighters' court." read more ...

Trainer Freddie Roach is feeling very confident after watching the recent performances of unbeaten 140-pound champions Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander. He believes his horse, WBA junior welterweight king Amir Khan, is capable of beating Bradley, Alexander and Marcos Maidana in the same night. Roach would love to see Khan get in the ring with any of the three read more ...

WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan said today that he expects to return to the ring in the UK in December. “I’m looking at Juan Manuel Marquez, Marcos Rene Maidana or Victor Ortiz in December,” he told BBC Radio Manchester. “I always promised the fans that I’m going to bring big fights to England and that’s what I’m hoping for.” Khan also stated that Ricky Hatton is on his radar. “I’m not sure if Ricky has retired but if the fight did happen it would be huge,” Khan said read more ...

John Murray will defend his EBU lightweight title here in Manchester on Saturday the 25th of September against the Ukraine’s Andriy Kudriavtsev. Boxingscene’s sources claim that the fight will be promoted by Matchroom, who promoted Murray’s European title win over Gary Buckland back in May read more ...

According to Shah Khan, father of WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, they are looking to fight the winner of the upcoming Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz rematch on December 11 in England. Khan plans to attend the Marquez-Diaz rematch on July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas read more ...

WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KOs) punished former IBF champion and currently WBA #3 rated Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KOs) for eleven rounds on Saturday night in The Theater at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. Khan won every round in a one-sided beating, but although outgunned, the game Malignaggi battled on until referee Steve Smoger made a mercy stoppage in the eleventh. Time was 1:25 read more ...

Former IBF champion Paulie Malignaggi and WBA super lightweight world champion Amir Khan got in each other’s face at Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-rounder on Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A scuffle broke out after the fighters began pushing. Both made weight read more ...

After an administrative delay which caused a temporary relocation of his training camp locale from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Canada, WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan has received his P1 visa and will be heading to New York City as originally scheduled on Sunday in order to defend his title against hometown hero Paulie Malignaggi at the Theater in Madison Square Garden on Saturday, May 15 read more ...

Amir Khan's preparations for his WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paulie Malignaggi have been hit by a visa problem. Khan, said to have been denied a visa due to past motoring offences here in the UK, journeyed to Vancouver, Canada in order to re-apply for a work permit. The process could take a week but Golden Boy, who are promoting the contest, are confident that Khan will be able to defend his title at Madison Square Garden, New York come May the 15th read more ...

Sources indicate that Brazilian Fighter Adailton De Jesus (26-4 21 KOs) could be the opponent of former triple world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on the big June 26 PPV card at the Alamodome in San Antonio, headlined by Julio Cesar Chávez Jr against Ireland’s John Duddy. Barrera has already spent two weeks in preparation for his comeback fight prior to this week’s press tour read more ...