Willie Limond will defend his Commonwealth Lightweight title against the golden boy of English boxing, Amir Khan, at London’s O2 Stadium on the 14th of July it was confirmed today.

The 28 year old will be making the first defence of the Commonwealth belt that he won by outpointing Kpakpo Allotey at the tail end of last year and given the hype that surrounds his opponent Khan it will be a well deserved big pay day for the skilful Glaswegian.

For his part, 20 year old Amir Khan needs no introduction. His silver medal at the Olympics has made him one of the biggest names in British today today despite his young age and relative inexperience. He has won all 12 of his professional contests to date - nine by way of KO - and he is the holder of the IBF Inter-Continental Light Welterweight title. What’s more, the WBO now rank Amir Khan 11th in the world at Lightweight - two places above Willie Limond.

There’s no doubting that Willie Limond has been handpicked for Khan.

For starters, Willie has campaigned at Super Featherweight for almost all of his career - his Commonwealth title win was his first at Lightweight and is three inches smaller than the challenger. What’s more, Limond was not renowned as a big puncher at Super Featherweight and despite flooring Allotey in the opening round of their title fight, he’s not going to become one overnight.

And then there’s Limond’s inactivity. In the time that Khan has chalked up his dozen pro fights, Willie has fought just twice. Indeed, he came close to throwing the towel in all together when it looked like he wasn’t going to be given the breaks he deserved after relinquishing his European Union Super Featherweight title instead of facing Alex Arthur for a second time.

But despite winning his first 12 fights with relative ease, he has yet to be seriously tested and in challenging for Limond’s Commonwealth belt his camp could well have made their first big mistake.

Because there is every chance that Willie Limond will give Amir Khan a boxing lesson come the 14th of July at a venue best known by its former name, The Millenium Dome. Limond has plenty of time to get himself fit and even box a six rounder to shake off any ring rust before the summer, and on his day there is no doubt that he has the skill and talent to beat Amir Khan.

There will certainly be plenty of money north of the border for Limond to make it an unlucky 13th pro contest for the likeable youngster from Bolton.

Let’s just hope that if it goes to points, as it’s likely to, we don’t see any nonsense from the judges at ringside just to keep the Amir Khan train on track.