Khan tipped for KO blow

Sky Bet make Khan strong favourite in their boxing betting odds

Last updated: 4th December 2009   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Khan tipped for KO blow

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Amir Khan is 11/4 with Sky Bet to win his first defence of his WBA light welterweight title by a knockout.

The Bolton fighter takes on unbeaten Ukranian born boxer Dmitry Salita in Newcastle on Saturday and is 1/6 to successfully defend the title he won from Andreas Kotelnik in July this year.

Khan still has something to prove following his crushing loss inside 60 seconds to Breidis Prescott in September 2008.

Salita, who is unbeaten in his 31 fights, is 150/1 to repeat the feat of Prescott and knock Khan out in the first minute of the fight and it's 8/1 he wins inside the 12-round distance.

The American, who has won 16 of his 30 victories (1 draw) so far by knockout, is 12/1 to win by a knockout and it's 14/1 for the fight to go the distance and Salita wins by a points decision.

Go the distance

It's 2/5 for the fight not to go the distance and 10/1 for Khan to be sent crashing to the canvas but get up to win the fight.

Sky Bet's Tim Reynolds said: "Khan produced a punch-perfect performance to claim the WBA title but faces a much tougher challenge against Salita.

"The American has been very well supported and his pre-fight odds have been cut from 9/2 into 4/1 but we would expect the Khan followers to come for the 2004 Olympic Silver Medallist on the night."

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