http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8261454.stm British boxer Amir Khan is set to make the first defence of his WBA light-welterweight title against Dmitriy Salita, BBC Sport understands. Khan's promoter Frank Warren is in talks with Salita's camp and the fight is expected to happen on 5 December. A venue for the clash is yet to be decided as Khan prepares to defend the title he won in July when he beat Andreas Kotelnik on points. Ukrainian-born Salita is unbeaten in 31 fights and is the mandatory challenger. <!-- E SF -->The 27-year-old is nicknamed 'The Star of David' due to his Jewish roots and has 16 knockouts to his name. "I know quite a lot about Khan. He was a good amateur and a very good technician for his age, so I expect a good fight," Salita told the Jewish Chronicle newspaper. "He has good hand speed and movement, but there are holes in his defence and offence and I'm very confident of winning. "I have never lost, while he was beaten quite recently, but let the best man win." Khan, 22, defeated Ukrainian Kotelnik in Manchester with a fine performance and has lost only once in 22 professional fights. That defeat came in September 2008 when he was knocked out inside the first minute of his WBO intercontinental lightweight title defence by Colombia's Breidis Prescott. Bolton boxer Khan recently spoke about the possibility of fighting fellow Brit Ricky Hatton, while it was also rumoured that he was offered the chance to meet stablemate, and the recognised pound-for-pound best boxer in the world, Manny Pacquiao. But it would appear that Khan has turned down those opportunities to make a mandatory defence against Salita.
Khan will knock this clown out. Salitas hasn't fought anyone and never impressed me. I wonder how he got such a high opinion of himself?
Anyone has a punchers chance against Khan. He'll have many more KO losses on his record when his career is over. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Salita stopped him. The dude he got stopped by already is horrible.
Thing is, Salita can't punch for shit. Is Salita still with Arum? If he's not, it means he sucks ass and Arum didn't bother signing him again.
What was it, the Morales-Ayala card when he first got some mainstream attention? If there was substance to him, he'd have done something by now.
