{"id":289750,"date":"2018-10-31T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289750"},"modified":"2021-10-30T17:50:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:50:24","slug":"first-the-lightweight-belt-then-eddie-alvarez-says-amir-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/first-the-lightweight-belt-then-eddie-alvarez-says-amir-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"First the ONE lightweight belt, then Eddie Alvarez, says Amir Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rising Singaporean lightweight star Amir Khan has declared his intent to challenge ONE Championship newcomer Eddie Alvarez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Khan gears up for his lightweight title showdown against Filipino Eduard Folayang at ONE: CONQUEST OF CHAMPIONS at Manila\u2019s Mall of Asia Arena next month, he signalled his interest in meeting Alvarez early next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, 100 per cent I am interested in fighting him,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlvarez is a legend of the sport, so it will be an honor for me to face him,&#8221; he added. &#8220;In my mind I know I\u2019m going to face Eddie Alvarez at some point, and if I win the belt, I will have to face him next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve put it out of my mind at the moment, and even if I win that belt, I\u2019m not going to take a long vacation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will have one week\u2019s rest and get back to training. You\u2019ve just got to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t really say I\u2019m the champion of the division until I beat the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of the result against Folayang on November 23, Khan believes he is destined to face Alvarez, who is a multiple-time World Champion in different promotions, which earned him the nickname of \u201cThe Underground King\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that win, lose or draw I will meet him some time next year,\u201d Khan added. \u201cIt would be a big stepping stone. If I beat him it would be huge for my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve trained so hard for this and it would prove that I\u2019m a good martial artist and I can compete against the best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/videos\/amir-khan-vs-honorio-banario-2\/\">Khan is just one win away from realizing his dream of winning a world title.<\/a> It comes after Australian Martin Nguyen relinquished the lightweight belt when he succumbed to a knee injury. But Khan is not fazed that he didn\u2019t get an opportunity to take the belt from Nguyen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t worry me because I\u2019m just focused on that belt. Whoever has that belt, I want to face them,\u201d Khan said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t concern me. I would be happy to face Martin if he came back to lightweight, but I\u2019m happy to fight Eduard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he would fare against Nguyen, Khan quipped: \u201cI\u2019m pretty confident I could get through him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStylistically he\u2019s a good match for me. He has some dangers that I have to be wary of, but if I can avoid his strong punches and his takedowns I would be safe with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think the upcoming ONE lightweight title challenger Amir Khan would fare against Eddie Alvarez and Martin Nguyen?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/31\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Singaporean lightweight star Amir Khan has declared his intent to challenge ONE Championship newcomer Eddie Alvarez. As Khan gears up for his lightweight title showdown against Filipino Eduard Folayang at ONE: CONQUEST OF CHAMPIONS at Manila\u2019s Mall of Asia Arena next month, he signalled his interest in meeting Alvarez early next year. \u201cYes, 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54467,"featured_media":289804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10326,10211,19776],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First the ONE lightweight belt, then Eddie Alvarez, says Amir Khan | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/first-the-lightweight-belt-then-eddie-alvarez-says-amir-khan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First the ONE lightweight belt, then Eddie Alvarez, says Amir Khan | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rising Singaporean lightweight star Amir Khan has declared his intent to challenge ONE Championship newcomer Eddie Alvarez. 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