By Ray Wheatley -World of Boxing
Former IBF featherweight champion Billy “The Kid” Dib (45-5, 26 KOs) is confident he can cause a major upset when he clashes with WBO #2 welterweight Amir Khan (35-5, 20 KOs) for the WBC International welterweight title on July 12 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. “I did (have reservations) but I’ve sparred a lot of bigger guys throughout my career,” he said. “I did a bit of work with Shane Mosley when he was a welterweight. I’ve had experience with being in the ring with welterweights and I managed them just fine.”The other day Anthony Mundine was kind enough to do a few rounds with me and I’ve been sparring with a young junior middleweight.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think that an opportunity like this would ever arise. How can you turn it down? This is like a moment that could change your life. It’s a risk worth the reward. I know it’s a risk and I know it’s a big ask. I’ve watched Amir Khan his whole professional career closely and I believe I can be competitive against him. Now I get to enjoy Mars bars rather than having to starve myself!”
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said, “The fight between Amir Khan and Billy Dib is now officially confirmed for the WBC International title and I’m proud that it will be contested for at the magnificent King Abdullah Sports City stadium in Jeddah. The specially commissioned WBC Pearl Championship belt that was due to be challenged for will now be contested at a future date. The winner of Khan and Dib will receive a WBC ranking in the top five of the welterweight division.”
I hate the idea of doing this, but: – Dib is slow 1 dimensional and Khan will have him out of there inside 1.
I can be competitive against khan too
a battle cry for the ages “i can be competitive”. Worthy of Churchill or Rommel that one.
It’s a setup so Khan can have a big day by fighting an under-sized, slower fighter. Any of the top Welters will take him out or make him quit as he did in his last fight. I want to see Khan as much as I want to see Broner again….waste of time to watch…..
yeah, Khan is degrading his legacy with every fight. He also thinks his career has been better than it has. in my opinion his only truly impressive night was Maidana and that was close. His popularity in the muslim world and his constant forced linkage with Floyd and pacquiao have him convinced he is an all time great, when in reality he has only achieved moderate success.
Kahn has a chin that can handle a flyweight or mosquito weight punch. SO Dib the featherweight needs to look to land 1 big shot on the chin. Khan is very good at blowing away slow punching bag typEs like DIB
He’s “confident he can pull a upset” against Khan? All he said was he thinks “he can be competitive “. Doesn’t sound very confident to me…
The weight difference is worrying but the scheduled fight was for a fighter even more mismatched in weight and experience. The Dibs have always been shit cunts but I dislike them slightly less than glass-jaw Khan. iIf Dib is quick enough to land a major kebab on Khans chin anything is possible but a sanctioned bout with this disparity in weight between the two is questionable if not worrying. Really is a fight between two dreamers.
Don’t forget its for a title with a special belt.