On May 15, 2010, Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KOs), the super-lightweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KOs).
Amir Khan is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Dmitry Salita, 5 months and 10 days ago. Paulie Malignaggi is on a 1-fight win streak with a 16% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Juan Díaz, 5 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Amir Khan at 99-1 winning odds. Paulie Malignaggi really doesn't have much to present against Khan.
Amir Khan stopped Paulie Malignaggi via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Khan improves his record to 23-1 (17 KOs), while Malignaggi adds a loss to his record at 27-4.