Khan confirmed for Bolton bout with Kristjansen

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The 17th bout of unbeaten Khan's professional career will be staged in his hometown of Bolton.

Kristjansen, of Denmark, has won 19 of his 23 fights in a record that includes one defeat and three draws.

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Khan still has a chance of becoming the youngest British world champion

He was supposed to fight Khan on February 2 but had to pull out with flu, to be replaced by former world champion Gairy St Clair.

But the 30-year-old, ranked the world's number two lightweight by the WBO, is no puncher with just five of his 19 victories arriving inside the distance.

Khan, who has knocked out 12 of his 16 victims to date, produced an impressive points win over respected veteran St Clair in his last outing.

Promoter Frank Warren had explored the possibility of the 21-year-old making his US debut before opting for Kristjansen.

Victory at the Bolton Arena will keep alive Khan's feint hopes of supplanting Naseem Hamed as the youngest British world champion of all time.

His chances of breaking Hamed's record look remote - the cut off point is the end of June - but Warren insists he will fight for a version of the world title before the end of the year.

He said: "We had a contract with Kristjansen which he insisted we honour and that's what we've done.

"But it's worked out well because it's put Amir in the frame to fight for the world title, hopefully at some point this year."