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PRIDE can be tough to swallow,
particularly In public, tiut Amir
Khan did just that when he agreed
to appear on Floyd Hayweather's
May 3 undercard against Luis
Collazo. The American Initiated a
drawn-out, and Iniquitous, audition
that resulted In Marcos Maldana
landing the role of MCM Grand
co-star at the expense of Khan.
"I had options to have my own
TV date a week earlier [than May
3]," the Briton revealed to Boxing
News, "but I spoke with my team
about what they thought was best
and felt It would be good to fight on
the Mayweather bill just to get my
name out there and be In his face
[Mayweather's] during fight week.

RICKY HATTON has said Amir Khan
will have earned a shot at Floyd
Hayweather, providing the Bolton
star comes through his May 3 clash
with New Yorker Luis Collazo.
"Absolutely I think so," said
Hatton, who edged past Collazo in a
2006 nallbiter in Boston. "He's
fought a world-class operator,
a former world champion at the
weight above.

FRANK WARREN reacted with
disappointment that Welshman
Nathan Cleverly has stated an
intention to make his cruiserweight
debut on Matchroom's May 17
Cardiff show. The promoter, who
is now the chairman of BoxNation,
had guided Cleverly through
the ranks and to the WBO lightheavyweight
title. The 27-year-old
has not fought, due to reported
injuries, since he lost that title to
Sergey Kovalev in August.
"He has a contract with me and
that's all I'm prepared to say," said
Warren. "I don't want to get into a
slanging match. It's all disappointing
but let's see what happens."

Light-heavyweight Scott
Forrest (Springhill) continued his
rise, outscoring Grant Quigley
(Port Glasgow) in their finaL At
gikgs Stephen Lavelle (Mayfield)
secured a unanimous win over
Gary Fairgrieve (East Lothian).
Ross Henderson (Springhill)
remains Scotland's leading superheavyweight
with his victory over
John Winters (Kincorth).
Lightweight Charlie Flynn
(Glasgow Phoenix) picked up a
key win over Keir Hardie star Mark
McKeown. Female 6okgs Katie
Atkin became another champion
for Lochend when she beat Lynn
Calder (Springhill).
At 52kgs Reece McFadden
(Forgewood) overcame Ryan
McCutcheon (Meadowbank) in the
52kgs final. Bellahouston's Farah
Jamill edged out Sinead Price
Greene (Doonhammers) on a split
decision in the female 57kgs finaL

IWAO'HAKAMADA, the world's
longest-serving death row inmate,
has been freed by a Japanese court
which found investigators had
likely fabricated evidence in the
murder case that put the former
bantamweight behind bars in 1968.
The death sentence was
suspended by Shizuoka District
Court and a retrial was ordered for
the 78-year-old, who had been
convicted of the 1966 murder of a
family and was sentenced to death
in 1968. More than 45 of his 48
years in prison have been on death
row, making Hakamada the longestserving
such inmate, according to
Guinness World Records.
Hakamada, who last fought in
1961 and compiled a record of
16-11-2 (1), avoided execution
because of a long appeal process
- his first appeal for a retrial was
denied in 1995, before this second
appeal was eventually granted.
"It is unbearably unjust to
prolong detention of the defendant
any further," presiding Judge Hiroaki
Murayama said in a statement.
"The possibility of his innocence
has become clear to a respectable
degree."