L.A.-trained Jason Quigley ready for ‘business’ on Canelo-Khan card

Before the expected 17,000 fans fill T-Mobile Arena and prior to HBO’s pay-per-view broadcast of the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan fight card Saturday, Ireland’s Jason Quigley will take one big career step into the ring.

The Los Angeles-trained Quigley (10-0, nine knockouts) will fight Texas’ James De La Rosa in a middleweight bout scheduled for 10 rounds.

De La Rosa (23-3, 13 KOs) beat Alvarez’s 2014 opponent Alfredo Angulo later that same year and was supposed to meet former middleweight champion David Lemieux earlier this year, but Lemieux missed weight and the bout was scrapped.

“We feel Jason is more than capable of taking this fight now, and ready to take it to the next level,” said Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez.

Quigley, 24, departed his home country to launch his pro career. Four of his first 10 fights were at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, Calif., but along with another of Golden Boy’s top prospects, Oscar De La Hoya’s super-bantamweight cousin Diego De La Hoya (13-0), he’s getting the bump to a pre-pay-per-view undercard.

The bouts can be seen on HBO’s YouTube channel.

“These are the opportunities that come along and my team wouldn’t take this fight if we weren’t ready,” said Quigley. “My [training] camps, sparring with Lemieux, Matthew Macklin … I know I’m prepared and I can’t wait to show that to everyone else.

“My angle is to become a world champion. Everybody thinks this is a big step up for me. This is a great way to show everyone how serious I am in this sport. I’m in this sport to become the best, to make as much as I can make doing it and get out nice and clean, going on to live a nice, healthy life.

“This is all business to me. I know De La Rosa has never fought anyone like me, anyone with my same hunger, determination, desire. He’s in for one hell of a fight.”