Pacquiao vs Amir Khan bout shelved

TIL Desk Sports/ Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao’s proposed fight against Britain’s former world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has been postponed, according to the Filipino’s promoter, Bob Arum. The 38-year-old Pacquiao and Khan, who won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, tentatively agreed to an April fight in the United Arab Emirates before negotiating a change of date to May 20.

Arum, however, told that the $38 million offer for the bout had failed to materialise and that the duo could not face each other until the second half of 2017, under revised terms. “Manny wanted to roll the dice. He rolled the dice and it came up snake eyes (double one),” Arum said of the WBO world welterweight champion. “That deal is done for now.”

Arum said Pacquiao’s advisor Michael Koncz would deliver a revised proposal for a fight against an alternative opponent that could be staged in July. “Koncz will meet with Manny, and if he accepts it, we’ll go ahead. If he doesn’t, there’s nothing we can do,” Arum added.