Former featherweight champion Billy Dib (45-5, 26 KOs) of Australia will be a new rival for Amir Khan (33-5, 20 KOs) on July 12 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Initially the British was going to meet Neeraj Goyat (11-3-2, 2 KOs), who was injured in a car accident and will not be able to recover in time to the scheduled date.
In the main event of the evening in Redfern, Australia, Tevin Farmer (26-4-1, 5 KOs) of US scored a convincing victory by unanimous decision over local boxer Billy Dib (45-5, 24 KOs) and won the vacant IBF super featherweight title. In the 9th round, Dib was knocked down and was on the verge of an stoppage. During the battle, Jeff Fenech, the coach of Dib, was about to withdraw his boxer. The scores were: 118-109, 119-108 and 120- 107.