[Roe]

Amir Khan will be looking for a trouble-free return to his home country this weekend as he takes on Julio Diaz at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.

Khan, now 26, has built up an impressive list of names over the past few years, with wins over Andreas Kotelnik, Paulie Malignaggi, Marcos Maidana and Zab Judah, although he suffered defeat in his last two major fights against Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia.

The Bolton light welterweight rebounded with a win over Carlos Molina (not the light-middleweight Molina) last December since working with new trainer Virgil Hunter.

Check out my full preview and prediction for the fight here - http://checkhookboxing.com/content.php?713-Khan-vs-Diaz-Fight-Preview

How do you see this fight going and can Khan return to top level fights at 140 lbs later in the year?

 

[Roe]

The final press conference for this is live on boxnation.com now.

[video]http://new.livestream.com/nathanraelive/khanvsdiaz/videos/17328431[/video]

 

[Earl-Hickey]

I imagine khan will win, bold pick I know.

As to if he should return to the elite level, imo he needs to be managed VERY carefully, he's surrounded by guys who could basically end his career by stopping him again.

It depends what kind of fighter Hunter is trying to mould him into, if he wants to teach khan to defend without running, slip punches, counter off the ropes, use his brain etc , it's going to take a long time, and he'll need to be moved very slowly.

I think this will be an interesting fight as it'll answer those questions about where hunter is trying to take khan,

 

[JamieC]

I imagine khan will win, bold pick I know.

As to if he should return to the elite level, imo he needs to be managed VERY carefully, he's surrounded by guys who could basically end his career by stopping him again.

It depends what kind of fighter Hunter is trying to mould him into, if he wants to teach khan to defend without running, slip punches, counter off the ropes, use his brain etc , it's going to take a long time, and he'll need to be moved very slowly.

I think this will be an interesting fight as it'll answer those questions about where hunter is trying to take khan,

Golden Boy dont care anymore, they're letting him wait around til the sacrifice him to Matthysse end of. He ain't a ticket seller, not a PPV star, he's just a bit of a name, so Golden Boy will use him as a stepping stone for Matthysse after he wins this little tournament, they dont care about his progression

 

[Roe]

I actually think there's a good possibility of Khan fighting Mayweather after this, as bizarre as it sounds.

 

[Earl-Hickey]

Golden Boy dont care anymore, they're letting him wait around til the sacrifice him to Matthysse end of. He ain't a ticket seller, not a PPV star, he's just a bit of a name, so Golden Boy will use him as a stepping stone for Matthysse after he wins this little tournament, they dont care about his progression

Golden Boy might not, but they can't force him in a direction that he and the people around him don't agree with.

Hunter is nobody's fool, he's not going to send khan into an Unwinnable fight against matthyse for peanuts. he's got to think about his own reputation

 

[adamcanavan]

I actually think there's a good possibility of Khan fighting Mayweather after this, as bizarre as it sounds.

Wouldnt surprise me after maybe 1 more fight after this, wasnt there talk of this fight a couple of years ago beong a real possibility at wembley stadium? Wouldnt mind that tbh, would definitely go

 

[Noonaldinho]

Pissing hell @Roe, did you get a new typewriter!!!!

Good work :good

 

[Boxed Ears]

I actually think there's a good possibility of Khan fighting Mayweather after this, as bizarre as it sounds.

Without fighting Berto? That's crazy talk!

 

[JamieC]

Golden Boy might not, but they can't force him in a direction that he and the people around him don't agree with.

Hunter is nobody's fool, he's not going to send khan into an Unwinnable fight against matthyse for peanuts. he's got to think about his own reputation

how much say will Hunter have? If Golden Boy want him to fight Matthysse or no-one, then Khan would have to pick no-one and he wont do that

 

[Roe]

 

[Roe]

Pissing hell @Roe, did you get a new typewriter!!!!

Good work :good

:lol:

Just fancied getting back into writing some more articles again and gonna try and help the site grow a bit more. Hopefully stuff like this will start to bring a few more people here :good

 

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[kingkodi]

Weigh-in @ 3.30pm on Boxnation.com

 

[Roe]

Scheduled running order for the show. Doors open 4:30pm.

Non TV, Starts at 5:30pm

WELTERWEIGHTS - 6 ROUNDS
Adrian GONZALEZ vs. Marc CALLAGHAN

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
Tomasz MAZURKIEWICZ vs. Adam JONES

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 6 ROUNDS
Rick GODDONG vs. Bradley PRYCE

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 10 ROUNDS
Terry FLANNIGAN vs. Nate CAMPBELL

HEAVYWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
David ALLEN vs. Deyan MIHAILOV

WELTERWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
Jack CATTERALL vs. Marc MCKRAY

Televised from 7pm on BoxNation

ENGLISH SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE - 10 ROUNDS
Gary SYKES vs. Jon KAYS

SUPER-FLYWEIGHT CONTEST - 4 ROUNDS
Haroon KHAN vs. Stefan SLAVCHEV

HEAVYWEIGHTS - 12 ROUNDS
Deontay WILDER vs. Audley HARRISON

MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 6 ROUNDS
Anthony OGOGO vs. Kieron GRAY

MAIN EVENT - 12 ROUNDS
Amir KHAN vs. Julio DIAZ

All fights follow on from another. Khan is expected in the ring around 10pm, with Harrison/Wilder starting around 8:30pm. All times are estimates.

 

[Roe]