Amir Khan, recently turned 28, is in action for only the second time in 2014 as he faces American contender Devon Alexander, 27, over 12 rounds in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Both of these fighters are generally ranked at the back end of the top 10 in the ultra-competitive welterweight division, which is still presided over by Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Khan, 29-3, would like to land a big fight against one of those men and faces two major risks here. First, that the athletic but undynamic Alexander, 26-2, gets it together and beats him. Second, that the Englishman wins in such a tedious fashion that there is no clamour to see him headline in Vegas again any time soon.
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