Amir Khan continues to fly the British flag in Vegas - but who else has shone on the Strip?

The latest chapter in Amir Khan's Las Vegas story is written this weekend but before his bout with Devon Alexander, Sky Sports casts an eye over British flag-bearers fighting on the grandest stage.

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Amir Khan

Khan has experienced the blur of emotions on the Las Vegas Strip that are a rite of passage for an elite fighter – from the triumph of having his hand raised on the grandest stage to being in the grips of the referee’s bear-hug ending a fight, blearily unable to hear the rampant reaction of thousands of wild fans.

Four years ago he debuted in the Nevada desert, beating future Floyd Mayweather Jr opponent Marcos Maidana, something which could bolster Khan’s hopes that his latest Vegas headline act could propel him into arguably Britain's biggest Vegas bonanza against the pound-for-pound king.

Khan returned to the city in 2011 to knock out Zab Judah but would not always experience such elation. After following in other Brits' footsteps to earn that decisive Vegas victory Khan experienced the harsh realities of prizefighting, losing his consciousness at the swift and violent hands of Danny Garcia in his third Mandalay Bay outing.

A reborn Khan beat Luis Collazo in the heralded MGM Grand – maybe the most iconic venue among a Strip of hallowed grounds – but he is not the first Brit to make the dramatic journey for a Stateside scrap...

Ricky Hatton

Even more so than his Manchester mauling of Kostya Tszyu, Ricky Hatton’s legacy may be remembered by the legions of fanatical supporters which turned Las Vegas into a boozy, chanting English pub every time the Hitman crossed the Atlantic. Boasting a support like no other, the everyman Hatton wasn’t always able to send his compatriots home happy but ended his career with a 3-2 record in Vegas.

A 2007 IBF and IBO light-welterweight title win over Juan Urango at the Paris Hotel began Hatton’s arguably unrivalled Vegas adventure. A points victory set up a unification fight with Jose Luis Castillo in which a Hatton body-shot delivered the WBC belt at the Thomas & Mack Centre.

Hatton next found himself at the MGM Grand as the showbiz and the luxury stepped up – but unfortunately so did the competition. Floyd Mayweather Jr, despite a 30,000-strong army of Brits filling out the weigh-ins and the arena, proved a class above inside the ropes, stopping Hatton in the tenth.

Returning to the scene of the crime, Hatton captured an elusive win at the MGM by forcing Paulie Malignaggi’s team to throw in the towel. Six months later at the same venue, Manny Pacquiao delivered a brutal two-round shellacking including three knockdowns before Hatton’s short night was halted.

The Mancunian’s Vegas memories may, arguably, centre around his flattened body staring up at the bright lights while pound-for-pound greats Mayweather and Pacquiao celebrated but Hatton’s Sin City presence rivals any British boxer of any era.

Naseem Hamed

For such a balletic, charismatic competitor for whom theatrics were as much part of the fight as throwing punches, it is perhaps a surprise that Hamed only graced Las Vegas once. That fateful evening, on the grandest stage at the MGM, was taken notoriously lightly by Hamed despite its apparent allure to a character known for magic carpets, somersaults and expensive cars during entrances.

Hamed was, the story goes, woefully overweight in the months leading up to his 2001 bout with Marco Antonio Barrera, who