Boxer Khan would join British greats with Alvarez win: Hatton (Reuters)

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Amir Khan will have to produce one of the greatest displays ever seen by a British boxer if he is to beat WBC middleweight champion Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas on Saturday, according to Ricky Hatton. The 29-year-old, like fellow Briton Hatton a former light-welterweight world champion, has moved up two weight divisions – putting on the best part of 10 kilos – to take on flame-haired Mexican Alvarez, whose only defeat in 48 fights came against Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013. Khan is a huge underdog against Alvarez, nicknamed Canelo (the Spanish word for cinnamon) because of his hair, but Hatton believes he could pull off an upset.