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Preview: Premier Boxing Champions ‘Khan vs. Algieri’ on Spike TV
Welterweights
Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KOs) vs. Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs)
Amir Khan returns to where the state where his career truly took off when he defends his WBC silver welterweight title against Chris Algieri at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night. The card airs on Spike TV beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
While Khan reached new heights with his victory over Paulie Malignaggi at Madison Square Garden in 2011, the current venue is close to Algieri’s heart. It was in the Barclays Center last June that the Huntington, N.Y., native authored a stirring comeback win over Ruslan Provodnikov after being dropped twice in the opening frame. Algieri defeated Provodnikov via split decision.