Los Angeles – The Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California is the boxing home to many international world class fighters. Proprietor and elite trainer Freddie Roach has made it ritual to raise the flags of countries his boxers represent.
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Of course, Old Glory is represented, but so are the flags of Mexico, Ireland, and the Philippines, just to name a few. Today the banners of Pakistan and the United Kingdom were hung in honor of Wild Card newcomer but hot boxing prospect Amir Khan.
Khan, born in Britain, but of Pakistani decent, is 23 years of age and owns a professional record of 22 wins, one loss, and 16 of those victories coming by way of knockout.
Purely a U.K. phenomena until now, Khan recently went under the wing of Roach at the Wild Card Gym and replaced British promoter Frank Warren with Los Angeles based firm Golden Boy Promotions.
Khan is far from ruling Roach’s gym, dominated by pound for pound great Manny Pacquiao’s Filipino flag, but the addition of Khan’s colors are a huge vote of confidence by his trainer.
America will get its first glimpse of Khan on May 15th when he faces off with southpaw veteran Paulie Malignaggi at Madison Square Garden in New York City and HBO carrying the action via television.
