LONDON (Reuters) - Briton Amir Khan retained his WBA world light-welterweight title in extraordinary fashion when he knocked out Ukraine-born American Dmitriy Salita in the first round of his first title defense in Newcastle on Saturday. Khan, a teenage Olympic silver medalist in 2004 who turns 23 on Tuesday, flew out of his corner and landed a right-hand punch that ...

Amir Khan defeated Dmitriy Salita in just 76 seconds to retain his World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title here at the Metro Radio Arena on Saturday. The 22-year-old Briton ended the unbeaten record of New Yorker Salita after flooring the challenger twice before finishing the fight with a left hook to the chin to complete a speedy first title defence ...

Britain's Amir Khan defended his World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight title with a first-round victory over Dmitriy Salita of the United States here on Saturday. The contest was stopped after just one minute and 16 seconds of the opening round when the referee ruled Salita was in no position to continue after being knocked down three times by Khan ...