'GR8 Britain Vs The World' - Khan Confirmed To Fight On Sky Box Office!

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...514579,00.html

Sky Box Office HD will show eight live title fights in one night, including Amir Khan's Las Vegas debut, on Saturday, December 11.

The marathon event, called GR8 Britain vs The World, features world, European, Commonwealth and British title fights in a nine-hour broadcast from the UK, Germany and the USA.

World champion Khan, Havyweight challenger Dereck Chisora and the rest of British boxing's bright young things will light up Sky Box Office HD's biggest line-up to date.

Khan will top the bill as he defends his world light-welterweight title against hard-hitting mandatory challener, Marcos Maidana of Argentina at the Mandalay Bay.

Before that, heavyweight hope Chisora gets his crack at a Klitschko as he takes on WBO and IBF champion Wladimir in front of a huge crowd in Mannheim, Germany - in what will be only his 15th professional fight.
In Liverpool Welsh wizard Nathan Cleverly takes on Spain's Alejandro Lakatos in an eliminator for the WBO light-heavyweight title, knowing a win will guarantee him his own shot at a world crown.

Behind Cleverly is an all-British affair as Olympic golden boy James DeGale goes into the lion's den and challenges British super-middleweight champion, Paul Smith With George Groves waiting for the winner, DeGale can't afford to lose.

European light-middlweight king Matthew Macklin puts his belt on the line against another Spaniard, Ruben Varon, while another of our world-title hopefuls, Kell Brook, takes on wily American Michael Clark with the WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title at stake.

Sky Sports boxing commentator Jim Watt said: "This is a great night of boxing to look forward to with titles being contested in three different countries, Amir Khan making his Vegas debut and Dereck Chisora challenging for the world heavyweight crown.

"After the success of the first Magnificent Seven bill in September this is also a great chance to see some of the fantastic British boxing talent that we have, on home soil, with the likes of Nathan Cleverly, James DeGale, Kell Brook and Matthew Macklin who all

FULL CARD FOR DECEMBER 11TH:

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From the Echo Arena, Liverpool

WBO Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator
NATHAN CLEVERLY v ALEJANDRO LAKATOS
British Super-Middleweight Title
PAUL SMITH v JAMES DeGALE
WBO Intercontinental Welterweight Title
KELL BROOK v MICHAEL CLARK
European Middleweight Title
MATTHEW MACKLIN v RUBEN VARON
Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Title
TONY BELLEW v TBA
Vacant WBO Intercontinental Light-Welterweight Title
FRANKIE GAVIN v DEAN HARRISON
Middleweight Contest
JOE SELKIRK v STEVE O'MEARA

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From the SAPArena, Mannheim, Germany

WBO & IBF Heavyweight Titles
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO v DERECK CHISORA
Plus televised undercard fights

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From Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas

WBA World Light-Welterweight Title
AMIR KHAN v MARCOS MAIDANA
Plus televised undercard fights


What a quality night :happy

 

Does anyone know why Cleverly is in an eliminator?

I thought he was fighting for an Interim title :huh

 

Didn't the Magnificent Seven start at 6PM or something? :huh

There's Seven fight's here so if that's the case, it might start at the same time, if not then about 7-8PM. The Khan-Maidana undercard will probably end at 5AM.

 

£15, surprisingly. I thought it would be £19.99