Amir Khan, left, has not fought since overcoming Julio Diaz in Sheffield last April. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images
Amir Khan will make his welterweight debut against Luis Collazo on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's fight with Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas on 3 May.
The bout with Collazo will be Khan's first in 13 months since he struggled to dispatch veteran Julio Díaz in Sheffield last April.
Khan clearly hopes victory over the 32-year-old Collazo will propel him closer to a lucrative showdown with Mayweather.
Ricky Hatton also made his welterweight debut against Collazo in Boston in May 2006, when the Manchester fighter was fortunate to escape with a unanimous decision win.
Collazo will go into the fight with a record of 35 fights and five defeats and is on a four-fight winning streak, including a second-round stoppage of the former WBC champion Victor Ortiz in January.
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