Boxing Preview: Amir Khan vs. Dmitry Salita

This Saturday, Amir Khan has his first defence of the WBA Light Welterweight title since winning it of Andriy Kotelnik a few months back.

This is his second fight at light welterweight, and his opponent is Dmitry ‘Star of David’ Salita, an undefeated Ukrainian born fighter from Brooklyn . His record currently stands at 30-0-1 (16) compared to Khan's, which stands at 21-1 (15).

Both fighters had excellent amateur careers. Khan, as we all know, was a 2004 Olympic Silver Medallist. Salita’s amateur record was good at 59-5 and he represented New York in the Junior Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and winning the Golden Gloves tournament in 2001, also picking up the Sugar Ray Robinson award for Outstanding Boxer of the tournament.

Salita is a very effective boxer, a very skillfull fighter who is not blisteringly fast but he is by no means slow either. He can bang a bit, again not overly heavy-handed but not feather fisted, a good counterpuncher, good balance and movement; overall, he is a very well rounded package.

Khan is also... Full Boxing Article here...