Canelo vs Khan won't happen if Alvarez is over 155 pounds: Amir Khan

Amir Khan has decided not to continue his fight WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez if the Mexican champ fails to weigh exactly or less than the contractually agreed upon 155 pound catch-weight the night before the fight.

Khan is strictly putting a weight-limit on Alvarez, threatening for a last minute withdrawal from the bout if Canelo would weigh more than 155 pounds at the weigh-in on May 6. The Bolton welterweight admitted that he gave up an extra pound, which would have been “better” for him, so Alvarez coming in above 155 at the weigh-in would spell a postponed bout.

“We don’t know what weight Canelo is coming to the fight at,” Khan told Fight Hype. “I mean, if he comes into the weigh-in at the scale at 157, 158, then the fights not going to happen. Basically, he has to bat 155, because I gave up a little bit of weight as well.”

But despite Khan’s claims of strict weight limits at the weigh-in event prior to the fight, Alvarez is still expected to rehydrate and bulk up at fight night like what the Mexican had done in his past fights. There is no rehydration clause in their contract, according to Boxing Scene, which would allow Alvarez to bulk up as much he wants on the day of the fight.

“We wanted to defend the title and that is why it was negotiated for 155-pounds, so the middleweight title could be defended,” Alvarez said. “We could not do it in 154, because then I cannot defend that title. That is why we agreed to do it at that weight, one pound above, to make it a championship fight.”

Khan is moving up from welterweight to middleweight to have a shot at Alvarez’s WBC belt on May 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 29-year-old British is touted as the underdog against Alvarez, but Khan is not short of confidence heading into the bout.

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