Dmitriy Salita of Brooklyn, NY lands in the United Kingdom this week ahead of his world title clash with Amir Khan.

Dmitriy has been waiting for his shot at the WBA light-welterweight title for over a year and now that his time has come intends to take it.

Number one contender Salita will be sparring Londoner Ashley “Treasure” Theophane to stay sharp whilst he tones down his training in anticipation of his clash with Amir Khan. Ashley has just come back from training camp with European title holder Paul McCloskey and is currently sparring WBC number three Ajose Olusegun.

"It feels good to be appreciated by my peers as they requested my skills to help them get ready for their fights, it also feels great to be part of Team Salita again. I will be happy for him when he wins his title as he has flown me to America a few times to help him get ready for his fights so I have witnessed the sacrifices he has made first hand."

Dmitriy has twice flown Ashley to America to help him prepare for his fights. Once in 2007 to Florida and in 2008 to New York. In total they have been in training camp four times, Catskills, Poconos mountains in Pennsylvania, Florida and New York.
 
Amir Khan intends to keep his belt but the WBA title has moved from fighter to fighter in recent years so history is not on Amir Khan’s side.  From November 2005, no WBA champion has retained this title on his first defence. Carlos Maussa knocked out champion Vivian Harris then Ricky Hatton knocked out Maussa. Ricky then vacated the WBA title. Souleymane M’baye fought for the vacant title beating Raul Balbi in five rounds. Welshman Gavin Rees would go on to beat M’baye in Cardiff. Andreas Kotelnik would wear down and knock out Gavin Rees.

Salita has his own documentary out about his life “Orthodox Stance” which has been shown on the BBC in Britain and hit the cinemas in America. The DVD is now on sale on Amazon.