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February 19: Amir Khan-Kell Brook British Grudge Match to Stream LIVE on ESPN+

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Published: February 03, 2022

The long-simmering rivalry between British superstars Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally come to a head in a 149-pound catchweight battle Saturday, Feb. 19, at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Roughly 20,000 fans will be in attendance for this British super fight for the ages, which sold out in 10 minutes when tickets went on sale in December. Promoted by BOXXER, Khan vs. Brook and select undercard fights will stream live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+. “Kell Brook versus Amir Khan is a fight that has sparked international interest,” said BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom. “This legacy-defining fight between the UK superstars, who have been world champions on American soil, now meet in a final showdown at AO Arena in one of the most eagerly anticipated fights in UK history.” "I think Kell Brook is very bitter, and this is a good time for me to put the issue straight between us because he has always thought he is the better fighter than me," Khan told Sky Sports. "He's always said he should have had the recognition that I had and believes that should have been him. But at the end of the day, my skills made me the name I am today.” In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Brook said: "This is a real grudge match, there's no love lost in this fight and we both don't like each other. The fans and the pundits can't split us, and that shows how even this fight is going to be." The 35-year-old Khan (34-5, 21 KOs), from Bolton, England, has been in the spotlight since the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he took home a silver medal as a 17-year-old prodigy. As a pro, Khan unified world titles at junior welterweight and fought myriad top names, including Marco Antonio Barrera, Danny Garcia, Marcos Maidana, Paulie Malignaggi, Canelo Alvarez, and Zab Judah. He last fought in July 2019, knocking out former featherweight world champion Billy Dib in four rounds. Brook (39-3, 27 KOs), a former British champion from Sheffield, England, made three successful defenses of the IBF welterweight world title he won from Shawn Porter in August 2014. His bold 2016 challenge of middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin ended in a fifth-round knockout defeat. He then lost his welterweight title to Errol Spence Jr. via 11th-round knockout the following May. Brook won three consecutive fights before challenging WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford in November 2020. Brook led on two scorecards before being knocked out in the fourth round.

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nbntv-blog · 6 years

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Joe Cortez on Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

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Referee Joe Cortez, a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was the third man in the ring when Amir Khan defeated Marcos Maidana by unanimous decision to retain his WBA belt in one of the best fights of the year in 2010.

Cortez sat down with ESPN Deportes’ Alfredo Berrios to relive all the action from that memorable fight ahead of Khan’s return Saturday night to face Phil Lo…

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tomperanteau · 6 years

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Cortez on Khan vs. Maidana: 'That fight had it all'

Boxing Hall of Fame referee Joe Cortez considers the Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana title bout in 2010 to be one of the most outstanding, skillful and exciting fights he has refereed. [READ MORE HERE]

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Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan: Styles Make Fights

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Published: April 20, 2019

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - The world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City will once again play host to one of the biggest fights of the year.

This weekend WBO Welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) will make the second defense of his title against Bolton, England’s Amir “King” Khan (33-4, 20 KOs).

The bout with Khan will mark Crawford’s second in the big room at Madison Square Garden and his third overall bout in New York.

Madison Square Garden was the building in which Khan made his United States debut in May 2010 against the loquacious Paulie Malignaggi.

That night Khan was able to outbox and stop a former world champion in a one-sided fight in what many still recall as the best performance of his career.

Before making his trip to North America and facing Malignaggi, Khan had his fair share of doubters with those that believed he was more hype than substance.

Khan is the youngest British Olympic medalist in boxing history and the third-youngest world champion from Britain following Naseem Hamed and Herbie Hide.

Khan in many ways finds himself in the same position he was in before he faced Malignaggi. Now almost a decade later he still has a majority of fans and pundits who don’t believe he can win.

The former Super Lightweight world champion’s resume is filled with well-known names throughout the past era. Khan is 10-3 with two knockouts against former or current world champions. He is 6-3 with two knockouts in world title bouts.

The Bolton, England native’s list of victories includes names like Marcos Maidana, Zab Judah, Luis Collazo and Devon Alexander amongst others.

Examining Khan’s four losses, three of the four were by stoppage at the hands of Breidis Prescott, Danny Garcia, and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. His only defeat by decision came at the hands of Lamont Peterson in December 2011.

That loss was riddled with controversy from the scorecards to Peterson testing positive for synthetic testosterone for the rematch.

Crawford is without question one of the most complete boxers of this era that can fight from both the southpaw and orthodox stances with equal success. Khan, however, for the majority of his career has given technical fighters like Crawford significant problems in the past.

During a recent conference call with Top Rank Boxing promoting the bout with Crawford, Khan spoke about how he matches up with the Omaha, Nebraska native.

“Breaking down the fight, Terence is a very skillful fighter, and I always do well against skillful fighters,” Khan said. “This is going to be like a game of chess at times.”

Looking back throughout boxing history there is a precedence for Khan to come out with his hand raised on April 20th.

Back in the 1970s with the man, many consider to be the greatest Heavyweight champion of all time, Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs). After facing Joe Frazier in their epic conclusion to their trilogy in “The Thrilla in Manila,” he went on a streak of title defenses before finally losing to Leon Spinks in 1978.

Fans and pundits may remember Ali’s issues with Ken Norton, a fighter Ali was never able to beat clearly without some controversy on the scorecards. Often forgotten is a bout that Ali took in April 1976 against Philadelphia’s Jimmy Young (35-18-3, 12 KOs) in Landover, Maryland.

Ali was a natural counter-puncher and preferred his opponents to be the aggressor while he took advantage of any openings left available. Young may have known this going into the match and decided to make Ali the aggressor by fighting on his back foot for the majority of the fight.

Ali had problems being the aggressor against Young leading to an extremely close bout that could have been scored for either man. Young at the time of the match wasn’t considered one of the elite Heavyweights at the time; however, his style alone caused enormous issues for one of the best fighters in history.

In the early 2000s in the Welterweight division elite boxer, Vernon Forrest ran into a stylistic nightmare when he took on Ricardo Mayorga.

At the time of the bout with Mayorga, Forrest was considered one of the top fighters in the world pound-for-pound after two decisive victories over future Hall-of-Famer Shane Mosley.

Before facing Forrest, Mayorga was best known for his victory over Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis whom he stopped in five rounds. The style in which Mayorga fought had more in common with what you would see in backyard fights on YouTube than in a championship boxing match.

Forrest at the time may have had the best jab in the sport and was favored to dispose of Mayorga easily. However, Mayorga’s brutish style of throwing punches at all angles and willing to commit to getting on the inside no matter the returning fire caused all kinds of trouble for a master technician in Forrest.

Shockingly, Mayorga was able to stop Forrest in the third round when he landed a right hand on the temple of Forrest’s head leading the referee to put a halt to the bout.

In a rematch, a few months later Mayorga once again defeated Forrest this time by decision in a closer match, but one in which he was once again able to land and hurt Forrest on several occasions.

In that same time frame in 2003-2004, the man considered to be on top of the boxing food chain Roy Jones Jr. ran into his own stylistically nightmare when he met fellow Florida native Antonio Tarver. Jones was a fighter similar to Khan in the sense that he was also successful in giving elite technical boxers fits.

However, against Tarver, he ran into a fighter who simply had his number, as he was only able to win once in the first of their three meetings in a highly questionable decision in November 2003.

Tarver, arguably, scored the most significant victory of the decade when he landed a one-punch technical knockout in the second round of their rematch in May 2004.

It is difficult to imagine Khan scoring an emphatic knockout of Crawford who has shown to have a durable chin throughout his career. However, Khan is more than capable of outpointing Crawford to win a decision.

What will be in question is if Khan is facing the former undisputed Super Lightweight champion too far past his prime. At 32 years of age, dominant performances over the likes of Devon Alexander could be a product of the past.

In Khan’s recent two performances following his knockout loss to Alvarez, he has been inconsistent scoring a first-round knockout over Phil Lo Greco and a dodgy decision to journeyman Samuel Vargas where he was knocked down in the second round.

With Crawford being on the wrong side of the political divide in the Welterweight division he finds himself taking on a fighter that can give him stylistic problems. Unfortunately for the Nebraska native, a victory over Khan may not provide him with the credit deserved. He is in the proverbial lose-lose situation.

Despite the odds and credit he may or may not receive Crawford’s focus should only be on making sure that he gets another victory on his ledger. He is one of only three fighters in boxing history to unify all the world titles in a division joining Bernard Hopkins and Oleksandr Usyk.

A clear and decisive victory will keep Crawford at the top of most lists as one of the best in the world.

Khan has been afforded another opportunity for a world title and a chance to once again be considered an elite fighter.

Throughout his career, Khan has been knocked down 11 times. More times than not he has gotten back up. Regardless of the question marks surround his chin, Khan is a warrior when he steps inside the squared circle.

On Saturday night, he may have found himself to be the right guy at the right time. As the old adage states ‘styles make fights’ and Khan could have the right style to hand Crawford the first defeat of his career.

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Amir Khan Scores a Unanimous Decision Victory over Samuel Vargas

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Published: September 09, 2018

The Fight: Khan vs. Vargas

Every contest Amir ‘King’ Khan (33 – 4 – 0, 20 KO) has been in has offered fight fans thrilling entertainment, excitement, but also a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability. The welterweight showdown against Columbian, Samuel Vargas (29 – 4 – 2, 14 KO) was no different. Khan climbed back up off the canvas at the end of the second round, after initially dropping Vargas in the same round with a blistering combination within the first twenty seconds. Khan eventually claimed a wide unanimous points decision victory, despite not portraying his best performance and definitely not sending shock waves to other elite potential opponents at welterweight.

“I’m happy with the performance, apart from being caught in the second round.”

Khan believes such a performance would be enough to beat elite welterweight contenders, which is very difficult for boxing fans to believe.

Khan: Comeback

The welterweight clash at Birmingham Arena on Saturday, September 8, 2018, was a final eliminator for the World Boxing Association Welterweight Title, held by Filipino legend, Manny Pacquiao (60 – 7 – 2, 39 KO).

Former unified World Light Welterweight Champion, Khan having defeated Vargas in his second comeback fight means he now remains on track to pursue ‘big’, high-earning, pay per view fights at welterweight against the likes of Pacquiao or British fighter, Kell Brook (37 – 2 – 0, 26 KO) in a highly anticipated domestic dust-up. His victory against Vargas has proven to be another step towards targeting and challenging elite welterweights, as promised by his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

The comeback of Khan is continued since suffering a devastating sixth-round knockout defeat to Mexican middleweight, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (49 – 1 – 2, 34 KO) on May 7, 2016. Khan moved up two weight divisions to compete at middleweight for that contest, but after a timeout, returned at welterweight in April 2018, defeating Canadian, Phil Lo Greco inside the first round by way of technical knockout (TKO) stoppage victory.

The 31-year old man from Bolton now aims to rekindle his professional boxing career and bring back the impressive displays he produced earlier in his career against the likes of Argentinian, Marcos Maidana and American, Zab Judah. Khan was one of the youngest British fighters to become world champion, becoming WBA World Super Lightweight Champion aged twenty-two in 2009, with a unanimous decision victory over Ukrainian, Andreas Kotelnik. However, his performance against Vargas was far below the standards of performances produced in the past. Vargas was a strong, game opponent who always gives his best effort in every fight, but he is not at the elite level, especially compared to the likes of Pacquiao and American, Errol Spence. Vargas has always fallen short at the highest level, including suffering a knockout defeat to Errol Spence.

This leads us to question; what does Khan have left in his boxing career after experiencing so many tough fights, including heavy knockdowns and knockout defeats against the likes of American, Danny ‘Swift Garcia’ and ‘Canelo’? Can he compete against younger, elite welterweights that have been more active and are continually improving with every fight?

Ever since securing a silver medal for Great Britain as an amateur, aged seventeen, at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Khan has been highly regarded as a star destined for greatness. Since competing as an amateur and upon turning professional in 2005, Khan has always been saluted for his lightning-fast offensive attacks and relentless fitness, often barraging opponents with a flurry of point-scoring shots, that demand an immediate response to keep up with his high pace in the contest.

However, it has often been argued that his chin durability is poor, due to encountering three knockout defeats to Breidis Prescott, ‘Canelo’ and Garcia. This was shown again in his fight with Vargas, as he was dropped at the end of the second round and essentially saved by the bell.

Khan: Decision

Khan now must decide where he goes from here. He clearly wants to compete in a huge clash against Pacquiao or Brook.

Khan has overcome obstacles inside the ring that challenged his career and whether he would be able to regain his supremacy at the apex of the welterweight division. Khan can now focus on the future, and target mega-fights against Pacquiao, Brook or even American, Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33 – 3 – 1, 24 KO).

Khan has been a star for the sport of boxing, has had so many tough contests, and deserves to end his career having competed for the last time in a high-profile contest against the likes of Pacquiao or Brook.

“I need to go back to the drawing board and improve myself. I’d love to fight Kell Brook. I’ll sit down with Eddie Hearn, and if it makes sense financially, I want the fight. I respect Kell.”

Khan should fight one last time, then call time on his impressive career. Khan clearly favors the fight against Pacquiao over Brook.

“The only fight that works for me over Kell Brook is Manny Pacquiao. I want him. He is my number one pick,” Khan said after the fight.

Whomever Khan chooses to challenge on his quest to become the best welterweight in the world; he should certainly ‘go back to the drawing board’ as he stated, in particular focusing on his defense and not exposing himself as much when executing his own attacks.

However, with his next fight looking likely to be in December, time is extremely limited, and this poses serious uncertainty surrounding the chances Khan has against elite fighters in the welterweight division.

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