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Khan sets up May 15 American clash with Marquez

ESPN staff
February 1, 2010
Amir Khan won the WBA light-welterweight title in November 2009 © Getty Images
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Amir Khan has offered Juan Manuel Marquez the opportunity to face him on May 15 in Las Vegas. Should the Mexican agree, it would be the WBA light-welterweight champion's inaugural American fight.

The 23-year-old joined with US promoters Golden Boy on January 17 in order to raise his profile across the Atlantic, and the decision has produced immediate results with the prospective May bout.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer is trying to secure Marquez's signature for the clash. "We have made an offer to Marquez, who is thinking about it, and hopefully we will find out in the coming days," he said.

"For Amir to give us the mandate to see if we can put the May fight against Marquez together shows what he is all about. I think the fight will most probably be in Las Vegas."

Khan confirmed last week that Marquez would be his ideal opponent. "It is my mission to fight men like Marquez and that would be my dream fight in America," he told the Daily Star.

The 36-year-old, the current WBA and WBO lightweight champion, lost to Floyd Mayweather Jnr on a unanimous points decision in his last ring appearance.

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