The Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan Fight Card

WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and British top fighter and former two-time former world champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) will bring together on May 7 at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan Fight Card:

Patrick Teixeira vs. Curtis Stevens, Middleweight, 10 rounds

Mauricio Herrera vs. Frankie Gomez, Welterweight, 10 rounds

David Lemieux vs. Glen Tapia, Middleweight, 10 rounds

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan, Catchweight (155 pounds), 12 rounds

The first fight begins at 9 p.m. ET on HBO PPV.

The boxing lover are surprised at Khans taking challenge against Canelo. Khan said,

‘‘It’s the strongest I’ve been for any fight, having that little bit of extra weight can only give me that extra advantage in getting power but the speed is still there. All round I feel so much stronger as a fighter. I’ve sparred a lot of rounds with heavier guys and I’ve done a lot of strength work in my legs by training on sand to help with the later rounds.’’

‘‘The speed is still there but this fight will be more mental–I have to win it with my brains. I can’t let my courage take over because it could get me in trouble, it has in the past, but I’m much smarter and wiser now.’’

Amir Khan wants some big fights to move on his career. He says, “It was hard for me to motivate myself when I was fighting these other fighters. No disrespect to Algieri, or the other fighters I fought. I’ve always expected the big fights against like Mayweather, against Pacquiao, and when those fights aren’t happening it’s hard for me to motivate myself. And now it’s come to a time where it’s the biggest fight of my career against someone like Canelo where I know I can’t make a mistake so this is such a big motivation for me…I’ve always been asking for a big fight, and my time has come now so I’m not one to just let it go and get beat.”

Canelo vs Khan can be a big opportunity for him. And he is strong enough to take that challenge. “I want to prove to people this is where I belong. Putting the weight on… it’s not slowed down the speed one bit.’’