Ace British-Pakistani pugilist Amir Khan is promising a special show against Billy Dib this Friday on the massive ‘Red Sea Fight Night’ extravaganza as he looks to make Saudi Arabia the centre of the boxing world.
The two-time world champion will makes his big Middle Eastdebut at the King Abdullah Sport City stadium here when he takes on Dib for theVacant WBC International Welterweight Championship.
Khan met face-to-face with Dib at the final press conferenceon Thursday and said that this is just the beginning of his plan to bringbig-time boxing to the region with the support of the Saudi General SportsAuthority.
The fight is being held during Saudi Season that aims topromote the nation as a world leading tourist destination.
“It’s a very exciting time for boxing in the MiddleEast and myself and my partner Bill Dosanjh are pioneering the move with ourSuper Boxing League in the region,” said Khan.”My fight with Dib is breaking new groundhere and I want to put on a real show for the public that have not seen bigchampionship boxing before or have only seen it on TV. I’m sure once they seeit and feel the excitement, it will give them a big appetite for it so theycan’t wait to see the next show,” he added.