In October, WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) king Amir Khan (23-1, 17 knockouts) was in in Baguio City, Philippines, sparring with eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao’s (52-3-2, 38 KOs). The fighters’ mutual trainer, Freddie Roach, told FanHouse that it was Khan who did a number on the Filipino fighter.
Khan is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, the rival to Pacquiao’s Top Rank Promotions, and was gearing up for Saturday night’s HBO televised, defense of his belt opposite WBA interim titlist Marcos Rene Maidana (29-1, 27 KOs) at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.
Already the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king, Pacquiao was preparing to meet former world title holder, Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs), whom Pacquiao defeated in a Nov. 13, HBO pay-per-view televised unanimous decision that earned him the WBC’s vacant junior middleweight (154 pounds) title at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
In this video, Khan addressed whether or not a true and actual fight will ever materialize between himself and Pacquiao.
