Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach declared the British boxer will be good enough to beat Floyd Mayweather after he grew “from a boy to a man” during last night’s world title defence.

Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title with a thrilling points victory over Argentina’s Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas.

Amir Khan claims he has improved so much in the last two years his sparring sessions with the great Manny Pacquiao are "pretty even" - but insists he will never fight his friend for real.

Irish light welterweight Jamie Kavanagh marked his professional debut with a TKO win over American William Ware at Madison Square Garden last night.

The war of words between Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi developed into chaos at the weigh-in today ahead of their WBA light-welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden.

Amir Khan’s WBA light-welterweight title defence against Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 will be shown live on terrestrial television.

Frank Warren hopes WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan does not develop “amnesia” and stays loyal to the man who has stood by him since turning professional.

AMIR KHAN expects to go on to become a multi-weight world champion after trainer Freddie Roach backed him to emulate friend and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Amir Khan became a world champion overnight just 10 months after suffering a devastating knockout defeat by unknown Colombian Breidis Prescott.

AMIR KHAN believes his shocking defeat by Breidis Prescott last September actually boosted his world title chances by turning him “from a boy into a man”.

PROMOTER Frank Warren would be happy to pit Amir Khan against Ricky Hatton providing the youngster wins his maiden world title challenge this weekend.

Promoter Frank Warren will go “back to the drawing board” to plan Amir Khan’s route to a world title after the youngster’s impressive victory over Marco Antonio Barrera on Saturday night.

Amir Khan took a huge step towards a world title shot with an excellent fifth-round technical decision win over bloodied legend Marco Antonio Barrera.

AMIR KHAN is convinced his brutal defeat by Breidis Prescott will prove the turning point in a career — but Ireland’s Oisin Fagan is aiming to send Khan right back to the canvass tonight (10pm).

KATIE TAYLOR produced what has to be regarded as the best performance of her career to date as she demolished Russian lightweight, Ayzznat Gadzhieva, with an astonishing 20-2 computer scoreline to keep her world title defence on track by claiming a place in today’s finals of the women’s world boxing championships in Ningbo City, China.

AMIR KHAN will take the first step towards rebuilding his career when he meets Ireland’s Oisin Fagan at London’s ExCeL on December 6.

Amir Khan will bank on the experience of top American trainer Freddie Roach to get his career back on track after his stunning 54 second knockout defeat to Breidis Prescott in Manchester earlier this month.

AMIR KHAN believes the first defeat of his career has given him a “kick up the backside” after being spectacularly knocked out in less than a minute by Colombian Breidis Prescott.

AMIR KHAN believes predictions of a four-round knockout to Breidis Prescott simply highlight the one-dimensional gameplan of his Colombian challenger.

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