AMIR KHAN could go into a European title fight as early as February after a quickfire victory over Graham Earl.
The 21-year-old blew away the former WBO interim title challenger inside a minute and 12 seconds at a packed Bolton Arena and promoter Frank Warren, whose steady hand has guided the Khan's career carefully so far, revealed he is happy to secure his protege a European title fight - against Yuri Romanov of Belarus, who lost to Earl last year - at the earliest opportunity before moving on to bigger things.
"He will fight again on February 2 in London (at the ExCel Arena) and we'll be looking at a couple of opponents in the next few weeks to talk about that with the team.
"I'd let him fight for the European title now. That's me personally, obviously I'd discuss that with everybody. But I certainly would. I think he would beat the European champion."
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