Amir “King” Khan returns to a U.K. ring for the first time in two-years on April 27th when he takes on Mexico’s Julio “The Kidd” Diaz at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena. The fight takes place at a catchweight of 143lbs and is Khan’s first on home soil since his sixth-round technical decision win over Belfast’s Paul McCloskey in April 2011.
A lot has changed since the bitty win over McCloskey, which took place at Manchester’s MEN Arena. Khan annexed the WBA and IBF titles in his next fight, a fifth-round KO over Zab Judah, then lost both titles to Lamont Peterson in December of the same year. Khan’s WBA belt was reinstated when Peterson failed a drugs test ahead of their scheduled May 2012 return only for WBC titlist Danny Garica to add to the Bolton-born boxer’s woes with a fourth-round TKO victory last July.
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A lot has changed since the bitty win over McCloskey, which took place at Manchester’s MEN Arena. Khan annexed the WBA and IBF titles in his next fight, a fifth-round KO over Zab Judah, then lost both titles to Lamont Peterson in December of the same year. Khan’s WBA belt was reinstated when Peterson failed a drugs test ahead of their scheduled May 2012 return only for WBC titlist Danny Garica to add to the Bolton-born boxer’s woes with a fourth-round TKO victory last July.
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