Boxing-Alvarez to defend WBC middleweight belt against Khan (Reuters)
Amir Khan will challenge Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for his WBC world middleweight title in Las Vegas on May 7 in what will be the Briton’s first fight for a year. The 29-year-old Khan, a former Olympic silver medallist and light-welterweight world champion, will be Alvarez’s first opponent since the Mexican beat Miguel Cotto on a unanimous points decision in Vegas in November. “Amir was a decorated amateur, a two-time world champion and is in the prime of his career.