In the past week, former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KOs) has ratcheted up the pressure on WBA/WBC 147lb champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in his efforts to try and get a fight against the superstar fighter.
Khan has been quite interested in getting a fight against Mayweather for years now, but he’s now highly interested after seeing his recent fight against Marcos Maidana last Saturday night.
Khan says Mayweather has slowed and no longer looks like the fighter he once was earlier in his career. Khan feels that he’s now beatable for him if he can only get Mayweather to say yes to a fight with him.
Interestingly enough, Khan says he’s not just trying to get a big payday by pursuing a fight against the soon to be 38-year-old Mayweather. Khan just wants to prove to the boxing world that he’s good enough to beat him, because he feels he’s got the speed and power to beat Mayweather at this point in his career.
“I want to fight Floyd Mayweather and I want to promote England,” Khan told esnewsreporting.com. “It would be great for the country and for the people. Kell Brook will always be there. He’s young. But Mayweather’s not always going to be there and that’s why I really want that fight. It has nothing to do with money. It’s because I really believe I can win that fight.”
If Khan could beat Mayweather, it wouldn’t necessarily mean that Khan was the best fighter in the division. It would be a style match-up situation where Khan’s style worked against Mayweather’s. It would still be awfully tough seeing Khan beating the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Kell Brook, Keith Thurman, or even Marcos Maidana at this point. Khan beat Maidana once, but it would be a tough fight for him to try and do it a second time.
