Manny Pacquiao/Amir Khan Talks Underway says Arum

09/28/201509/27/2015 Olly Campbell

Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has confirmed that talks between his Top Rank outfit and Amir Khan’s own promotional team – including the Brit’s lawyer Robert Davis – are underway for a 2016 fight between the two former Wild Card stablemates.

Arum stated last week that Pacquiao was due to have a scan in the Philippines on the shoulder he injured in May’s mega-clash with Floyd Mayweather, with the results due to be sent to Dr. Neal ElAttrache in the US – the man who performed the surgery on the Filipino star in the aftermath of the fight – however Pacquiao himself has been insistent for some weeks now that the shoulder is ‘fine,’ dubiously claiming he had been healed by the power of God as well as immersing the shoulder in saltwater while swimming in the sea.

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Ruslan Provodinkov Talking to Team Khan About Potential November Showdown

09/14/201509/14/2015 Olly Campbell

Big punching Siberian Rocky, Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17ko), has confirmed that his team are talking to Amir Khan’s about a potential clash for later this year.

Rumours about a mooted bout surfaced early last week, with Khan initially appearing to scotch the speculation, although on Boxnation’s UK broadcast of Mayweather/Berto, he acknowledged the possibility, all the while continuing to insist it is Manny Pacquiao he now really wants to fight – seemingly for the size of the pay-day involved, given that his “Money Shot” at the newly retired Floyd Mayweather is dead in the water.

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Amir Khan Chasing a Possible Shane Mosley Fight for December 13th

09/12/201509/12/2015 Olly Campbell

When Shane Mosley tweeted after his recent comeback victory over the grossly unfit, chain smoking Ricardo Mayorga that he had been contacted by ‘the champ’ about a potential fight, many assumed he was talking about IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, who is set to fight once again in December if he comes through his October 24th clash with Argentina’s Diego Chaves in Sheffield, as expected.

The tweets from ‘Sugar’ went out just as Brook went live on Sky Sports in the UK to talk about the Chaves fight, and the subject of Mosley was broached on air by the presenter, prompting Brook to say that although it was a fight he wasn’t keen on, he couldn’t rule it out completely.

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Amir Khan: Berto Will Make This Fight Tougher Than People Think

09/12/201509/12/2015 Olly Campbell

Britain’s Amir Khan, so oft overlooked as an opponent by Floyd Mayweather, still hasn’t given up hope of facing the self professed “Best Ever” next year, as he, like the rest of the world it seems, isn’t sure this will be the last time that Floyd steps between the ropes as a fighter.

Khan, who trains alongside Berto under the tutelage of coach Virgil Hunter, has issued a pertinent warning to those fans who have turned their back on this PPV, such are the low-levels of expectation for anything other than a routine, and visually un-appealing Mayweather victory.

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Kell Brook: Blame Amir Khan for Not Giving What the Fans Want / Khan vs Provodnikov Speculation

09/04/201509/04/2015 Olly Campbell

IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, currently being met with an unenthusiastic reception to his October 24th clash with Argentina’s Diego Chaves, has hit out at bitter divisional rival Amir Khan, once again blaming the Bolton man for being the reason behind their bout not happening, insisting that if it doesn’t come together next year, then it probably never will.

Fans angry at being promised the big names for Brook by promoter Eddie Hearn, were not expecting Khan to step up next, as he had already stated he believed Brook needs to fight bigger names, although this fight with Chaves – reasonably high risk, for very little reward/credit – is hardly going to set the world alight in that respect, and do little to entice Khan in, as the Argie is a relative unknown outside of the hardcore fans in the UK.

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Bob Arum in the UK for Meetings With Both Barry Hearn and Team Khan

08/17/201508/17/2015 Olly Campbell

Top Rank chief Bob Arum is currently in the UK to discuss options for some of his fighters and has held a meeting over the weekend with Matchroom Sport chief Barry Hearn, father of Eddie, ostensibly with a view to making match-ups for Matchroom world champions Kell Brook and Scott Quigg.

On his twitter account on Sunday, the elder Hearn posted a picture of himself with the long-time Top Rank chief alongside the caption, “Great evening with an old friend. Lots to talk about!”

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Ricky Hatton: Kell Brook vs Amir Khan Makes Sense…

08/17/201508/16/2015 Olly Campbell

Britain’s former 2 weight world champ Ricky Hatton, who himself boxed both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, has spoken out to the ‘expressandstar.com’ to suggest that if “jilted bride” Amir Khan cannot secure the mega fights he craves with either of the two P4P giants, then he should just do what most right thinking fans want him to do – fight IBF 147 lb champion Kell Brook.

Khan has ostensibly talked himself out of a Floyd fight for good, even if “Money” goes for the 50-0, and so has now turned his attentions to trying to secure a big-money fight against the now 37 year old Filipino star instead.

In response to pleas from British fans in particular, Khan keeps saying he will fight Brook at some point “in the future,” when the champion fights what he deems big enough names.

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Bob Arum says He Can Make The Amir Khan / Manny Pacquiao Fight a Reality

08/11/201508/11/2015 Olly Campbell

After his relentless chasing of the Mayweather fight left, that for all intents and purposes amounted to glorified begging, Britain’s Amir Khan may just land a mega-money fight yet, seeing as cash, rather than public image and reputation seems to be “King” to Amir.

Sure, he won’t make the money he would’ve fighting Mayweather, though he can still bank a career high payday by fighting what is ostensibly the “next best thing” in former Wild Card stablemate and Filipino superstar, Manny Pacquiao.

Speaking in Britain’s Telegraph.co.uk newspaper, Top Rank’s Bob Arum, who looks after Pacquiao, has said that a fight between the two former teammates should be easy enough to put together.

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Amir Khan: Mayweather is Being ‘Childish’ & ‘Cherry Picking’ His Fights / Wants to Fight Pacquiao Now Instead

08/08/2015 Olly Campbell

There can’t have been many fighters more disappointed than Britain’s Amir Khan when the Mayweather/Berto fight was officially announced earlier this week.

Khan, a former Olympic silver medalist and 140 lb world champion, has been desperately and very publicly trying to goad Floyd into a fight with him for the better part of 2 years, yet has found himself being consistently overlooked by “Money” throughout that time.

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Thurman Turns the Screws on Amir Khan / “Show Me a Contract”

08/03/2015 Olly Campbell

If his fight with friend and rival Shawn Porter doesn’t come off as soon as he or the fans would like, then Florida’s Keith Thurman has turned the screws on Britain’s Amir Khan once more, telling assembled media repeatedly over the weekend that he would like to test the Bolton man’s chin in the ring.

Thurman had been upset by comments Khan made referencing their respective wins over New Yorker Luis Collazo, in which Khan suggested Thurman doesn’t have the one punch power his ring moniker would have you believe.

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