Khan confident that July will be capital

Amir Khan today confirmed his debut as a professional boxer is set to be on the undercard to a major summer show in London.

Frank Warren, Khan's new manager and promoter, has set the 18-year-old a target of appearing in a support bout to the British heavyweight championship clash between title-holder Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson's conqueror, Danny Williams, at the ExCel Arena in London's docklands in early July.

Khan, still celebrating his sensational 19-13 victory over Cuba's lightweight Olympic gold medallist Mario Kindelan in Bolton on Saturday, said: "If I'm ready for it, that will be the one."

Khan, who has a three-year deal with Warren said to be worth at least £1million, will have to adapt from amateur boxing's four two-minute rounds to the three-minute rounds in professional fights.

"I will have to change my style a bit," he said. "I'll have to be ready for the longer rounds, and more rounds. It is going to be harder.

"But I adapted quickly from being a cadet to going senior in the amateurs, so I don't expect it to be a problem."