Amir Khan was convinced he would face Floyd Mayweather for his May 3rd fight earlier this year but in a stunning twist to Khan, Mayweather instead chose Marcos Maidana, a fighter Khan beat back in 2010. Instead of being on the main card, Khan ended up on the undercard fighting Luis Collazo, whom he beat in a decided fashion. Khan then pushed for a match between he and Manny Pacquiao but Pacman instead went with Chris Algeri. Khan still believes he’ll face both Mayweather and Pacquiao someday but he has an interesting take on which fight would be more difficult.
via The Guardian:
Does Khan believe the notoriously tricky Mayweather when he promises that they will eventually fight? “I kind of do, but I don’t,” Khan sighs. “It’s a tough one. I know he needs me to make the really big pay-per-view numbers and money motivates him. It drives him because he can make much more fighting me than Maidana. I’m big in the UK, Dubai, Asia and places where Floyd’s not as well known.”
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“I know Floyd [46-0] wants to reach the 50-fight mark and maybe his last one will be against me.”
“The Manny fight can still happen at some point,” Khan says. “My promoters, Golden Boy, and Bob Arum [Pacquiao’s promoter] are about to start working together again. Me and Manny sparred a lot, and I often went with him to the Philippines, so it would make a great fight. I’ve left it with my team and my adviser Al Haymon [who also works closely with Mayweather] and I told them: ‘I like the Manny fight.’ But we’ve had no response.
“Boxing is all about timing and Manny and Floyd are getting older. Someone has to take their place. Mayweather would be a very technical fight, like a game of chess. But I think Manny would be harder. He’s much more aggressive and it would be more intense. But with my trainer Virgil Hunter I’m a much better and more defensive fighter.”
