If trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr knows what he’s talking about, we could see former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan sharing the ring with WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr next May on Cinco de Mayo at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Floyd Sr, who is generally quite blunt in his opinions, said that the 28-year-old Khan is No.1 on the list for Mayweather’s next fight.
“More than likely it won’t be Pacquiao. I would say Amir Khan is No.1 on the list, but that’s still not even permanent,” Floyd Sr. told Hit First Boxing. “There’s still a few other fighters out there. I can’t say who’s permanent unless they ask for it.”
This is interesting if Floyd Sr turns out to be correct in Khan being the number 1 guy for Mayweather next May, because it would be a great fight for boxing fans to see the two speedy fighters going at it. Khan has been giving Mayweather a lot of grief recently in saying that his hand speed, power, jabs and youth will be too much for the 37-year-old Mayweather.
It’s gotten so bad with Khan that he’s now outright calling Mayweather scared of him, which is something that you’d never thought that you’d ever hear from a fighter like Khan after his defeats to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia, neither of which Khan ever fought again to try and avenge the defeats.
“After seeing him win I believe I will beat him,” Khan said recently.
Mayweather doesn’t have a lot of great options for his next fight, and you’d have to think that Khan should be No.1 or at least close to No.1 if Mayweather still isn’t interested in fighting Pacquiao.
The only problem with a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is all the holding that Khan does nowadays. He holds constantly and he moves all the time. The movement is obviously not something that would make it a difficult fight for Mayweather, but the holding that Khan does might make it tough for Mayweather to get his shots off.
