AS he watched 21-year-old Amir Khan destroy his opponent in just 72 seconds from his ringside seat on Saturday night, Ryan Giggs must have been struck by the parallels in the careers of the two men.

Amir Khan is likely to fight for the European lightweight title in the coming months, with his ambitions of winning a world title in the next year firmly on track.

Amir Khan was showered with superlatives by legendary five-time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard after making a successful American television debut at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Former WBU super-featherweight champion Michael Gomez is willing to put down £100,000 (€147,000) of his own money to land a mouth-watering rematch with Edinburgh fighter Alex Arthur.