Amir Khan-Dmitriy Salita set for December 5 in Newcastle

by Scott Christ on Oct 7, 2009 5:24 PM EDT

Dmitriy Salita will be Amir Khan's next opponent. The two face off for Khan's WBA junior welterweight title on December 5 in Newcastle. (Photo via www.boxnews.com.ua)

Amir Khan will defend his WBA junior welterweight title on December 5 in Newcastle against Dmitriy Salita, as has been the rumor for a couple of months now.

Khan (21-1, 15 KO) won the title from Andriy Kotelnik with a dominant decision in July, and almost immediately the Salita fight was discussed. Both fighters have openly discussed it for months, as if the fight was a given, and now it's signed.

Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO) has been beating journeymen for years now. Most last saw him on the Calzaghe-Jones undercard, winning what was sadly the fight of the night against Kansas club fighter Derrick Campos. He also has wins over guys like Ruben Galvan, Grover Wiley, Raul Munoz, and Rocky Martinez, and drew Ramon Montano for his record's only blemish in 2006.

Chances are Khan is too fast and too dynamic for Salita, much as he was for Kotelnik. Salita is a solid boxer, but nothing special and has no great attributes. That said, if he gets in and tags Khan, anything can happen. Worse punchers than Salita have put Khan on the canvas in his pro career.

Tickets are going on sale tomorrow for those in the UK that are interested in attending the fight live.

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as a boxing fan from england, can anyone give the heads up on salita?

by Sweet science on Oct 7, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions

Like a scouting report? Seriously unremarkable fighter that really has no chance against Khan.

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by Scott Christ on Oct 7, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Light-hitting standup boxer who’s fairly technically sound but pretty average in terms of talent. Kind of like a lesser Kotelnik.

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by Brickhaus on Oct 7, 2009 8:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Only way he could be more Frank Warren

…Is if he was a blown up featherweight.

Warren better pull a decent undercard out of the bag again (I’m talking Brook, I’m talking Swindon’s Jamie Cox and I’m talking Anthony Small [whom I hated, but put on such a good performance I want to see him again]) if he thinks he’s getting a penny out of me..

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by bazzlad on Oct 8, 2009 3:33 AM EDT up reply actions

pretty sure i saw a bio of him put on youtube, was interesting to see a return of a jewish fighter, i’m reading the barney ross bio. it’s easy to forget that jewish fighters were once pretty numerous in the sport….how times they change.

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by theworldsoldestsport on Oct 8, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions