Amir Khan vs Paulie Malignaggi In Talks For May 15th At Madison Square Garden

• With Juan Manuel Marquez declining to face junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan and upset about Golden Boy's perceived favoritism toward Khan, talks for a Khan-Paulie Malignaggi bout on May 15 have reignited. If the bout is finalized, it would take place at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Although Golden Boy, which recently signed Khan, hoped to have the Brit make his American debut in Las Vegas, it's now willing to go to New York, Malignaggi's hometown and the location his promoter, Lou DiBella, wants the fight to be held. "It makes sense to be in New York," Golden Boy matchmaker Robert Diaz told ESPN.com. "For the people in the U.K., it's a five-hour flight versus a 10-hour flight to Vegas. Naseem Hamed's first fight in America was in the Garden, and then he moved over to Vegas. Ricky Hatton fought on the East Coast before he fought in Vegas. So Khan can go to beat Malignaggi in his hometown and then fight in Vegas." Junior welterweights Nate Campbell and Victor Ortiz would meet in the HBO co-feature. Marquez was upset by comments from Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer about Khan's future, as if a win against Marquez was a foregone conclusion. He also turned it down because trainer Nacho Beristain was against it, Diaz said. "Our job is to offer the biggest fights to these guys, which we did, and he decided not to take it," Diaz said. "It was history in the making, because Marquez could have become the first Mexican to win titles in four divisions."

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