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AMIR KHAN-MANNY PACQUIAO'S PROPOSED UAE FIGHT 'DEAD' - PROMOTER BOB ARUM

Manny Pacquiao (left) with Amir Khan last month


England's Amir Khan won't battle WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao one month from now, the Filipino's promoter, Bob Arum, has uncovered. 

The two warriors had reported the "super battle" for 23 April on Twitter toward the finish of February, with the United Arab Emirates anticipated that would be the setting. 

Be that as it may, Aram told ESPN: "It's kaddish for the UAE bargain. It's dead. 

"I'm discussing another proposition for another battle, not Khan. Khan won't be Manny's next adversary." 

The April battle was initially organized after Pacquiao's supporters on Twitter voted Khan as the adversary they might want to see the 38-year-old battle next. 

Khan, 30, who won silver as a lightweight at the 2004 Olympics, beat countryman Kell Brook, Australia's Jeff Horn and American Terence Crawford with 48% of the vote did by Pacquiao. 

Arum likewise told the Los Angeles Times that the $38m (£31.1m) offer for the session had neglected to appear and that the team couldn't confront each other until the second 50% of 2017, under reconsidered terms. 

Arum said Pacquiao's consultant Michael Koncz would arrange an overhauled battle against an option adversary that could be organized in July. 

Pacquiao, who has won 59 of his 67 sessions, asserted the WBO title with a consistent focuses triumph over American Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas last November. 

Khan's last battle in May 2016 saw him hop two weight divisions to 155lbs, when he tested Mexico's Saul Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title, however was thumped out in the 6th round.
    

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