Boxing: Arthur slams talk of desire to fight Kahn in non-title bout

Published on Tuesday 31 March 2009 09:44

EDINBURGH'S former WBO super featherweight champion Alex Arthur has scoffed at public suggestions made over the weekend that he is desperately seeking a ring showdown with Amir Khan.

Said Arthur: "While it's true that the injury which KO'd me boxing at Bellahouston last weekend, in what would have been my first ever pro lightweight bout, has virtually cleared up and I will box again in May, talk of me wanting to fight Amir Khan in the near future is nonsense.

"The only circumstance in which I would ever agree to fighting Khan would be in a world title clash, but certainly not any kind of bout like a non-title ten rounder. Such a fight would be economic nonsense for both Khan and I.

"My comeback strategy has not wavered from what I outlined a couple of months ago, two eight or ten round non-title scraps to get me used to boxing at lightweight then some of kind of world lightweight title fight."

Meanwhile, Midlothian club amateur boxing coach, Ally Quilleti, Craigmillar coach Kenny McCartney and two rising young eastern stars have been selected to represent Scotland in an international tournament in Finland between April 10-12.

Scottish youth light welterweight champion, Jason Easton, and Midllothian flyweight Dylan Moffat will box in the 1991/92 and 93/94 birth class international against stiff Finnish opposition.