Boxing: Khan's Club Gets Parting Punch

Proceeds from what is expected to be Amir Khan's last ever fight as an amateur are all to be given to charity, not to Bury Amateur Boxing Club as had been expected.

Mike Jelley, the man who discovered and nurtured Khan, wants the money raised from the Olympic silver medallist's fight against the man who beat him in Athens, Mario Kindelán, to go to good causes rather than his club.

"I've read in the papers and seen on TV that Bury ABC would be benefiting from the evening, but it isn't true," said Jelley, whose father Joe founded the club in 1925. "As far as I'm concerned I want all the money to go to charities. It's the only reason I agreed to run this show."

After the fight at Bolton's Reebok Stadium on April 30, to be televised live on ITV1, Khan is expected to sign a multi-million-pound contract with Frank Warren, who is co-promoting the fight with Jelley.

"People are coming up to me and saying we'll be the wealthiest amateur club in the country," said Jelley. "It's just a load of nonsense. The event is going to be massive and a lot of money will be raised on the night, but I would feel better if it went to worthy causes.

"The NSPCC is one I'd like to benefit and I will get in touch with some others and, hopefully, they will be invited to the event."

Customs officers in Sydney found more than an interesting read recently when they intercepted a copy of the best-selling book The Da Vinci Code. The book, mailed from London, contained 12 vials of performance-enhancing anabolic steroids. An unnamed man faces importation charges.