Amir Khan vs. Danny Garcia: Khan promises to bring WBA/WBC titles home

After losing the IBF and WBA titles to Lamont in December last year, Bolton fighter Amir Khan is keen on winning the WBA and WBC titles against Danny Garcia.

Amir Khan will be taking on Garcia, the current WBC light welterweight titlist, on July 14 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The fight will be for Garcia’s title as well as the vacant WBA light welterweight title. The winner of the match will have the opportunity to unify the belts.

“It seems like a long time since I have been in the ring it is going to be good for me to give my fans a chance to see me fight and go back to Britain and be the new WBA/WBC champion. For a 25-year-old that is in his prime, I think it’s too long to be out of the game for six months. I’m happy Danny Garcia took the fight,” said Khan who is confident of victory against Garcia.

Earlier this week, news of Khan’s injury during his training sessions emerged. However, Khan soon clarified the situation saying, “I suffered the cut yesterday during sparring. I got elbowed.”

Khan also spoke about drug testing in boxing. After his rematch cancelation against Lamont Peterson, Khan feels using drugs in the sport is unethical, and fighters who do so should be banned for life.

“I took another test this morning. Drug testing is going amazing. I think its brilliant boxing is cleaning up and we all should do more of the drug testing. It’s only for everyone’s best.”

Khan is furious over Peterson’s failed drug test in April, which eventually caused Khan to sign up with Garcia for a fight. Khan has been dismantled over Peterson’s action, calling for a ban over the Washington fighter. In his previous interviews, Khan has repeatedly called Peterson a cheat, appealing the IBF to ban him for life.

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