(Pictured left to right: Devon Alexander, Amir Khan)
Always exciting British welterweight Amir Khan (29-3-0) will face American welterweight Devon Alexander (24-2-0) in a welterweight bout on December 13th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will take place at the MGM Grand, and will headline a card featuring a world title fight between Jermell Charlo and Demetrius Andrade.
Khan and Alexander had been rumored to fight last year but the fight never came together. Now, with both fighters having a clear schedule and no definitive fights lined up, they will face eachother in a non-title 12 round fight. The Charlo-Andrade fight promises to be an entertaining middleweight title fight between the undefeated prospect Jermell Charlo (24-0-0) and the young, undefeated champion Demetrius Andrade. (21-0-0)
Also scheduled to fight on the card are current welterweight champion Keith Thurman, and former champions Abner Mares, a featherweight, and welterweight Victor Ortiz. Thurman is an undefeated champion (23-0-0, 21 KO's) with tremendous knockout power, which he will try to use against undefeated Italian welterweight Leonard Bundu (31-0-2). Much hype has come Thurman's way recently, as fans and pundits alike believe he could be the next to capture the welterweight throne after Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao hang up the gloves. Mares and Ortiz do not yet have opponents announced for their respective fights. This card is stacked with young talent and should provide Boxing fans with a nice action-packed show to end the year.
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