Khan thinks he’ll be ready for Mayweather by next year
October 29th, 2010
By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) think he’s be ready to face unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. by next year after Khan has faced – and hopefully beaten – Marcos Maidana and the winner of the January 2011 bout between Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander. Khan wants to fight Mayweather Jr. when he’s at his best. Mayweather, if he doesn’t fight soon, will be incredibly rusty if he takes a fight with Khan after more than a year off from boxing. Mayweather, thus far, hasn’t fought since May 1st when he defeated Shane Mosley.
There are just a couple of problems that may prevent Khan from realizing his dream of fighting Mayweather. First of all, Khan stands a good chance of being knocked out by his next opponent Maidana on December 11th. Khan has a weak chin, Maidana hits hard, and Khan has been shielded from big punchers since being knocked out in the 1st round two years ago by Breidis Prescott. If you do the math, it would appear that Khan will be knocked out once again when he faces Maidana. That, you would think, would destroy any chance of Khan facing Mayweather next year.
Secondly, I don’t think Khan can beat Timothy Bradley or Devon Alexander. The winner of that fight would be pure hell for Khan and his weak chin. I can’t see Khan doing anything other than getting knocked out in that fight. And finally, if Khan does get by Maidana and the winner of Alexander-Bradley, I don’t see Mayweather fighting Khan. I can see Mayweather dodging that fight because Khan would then be seen as possibly too good for Mayweather. In the past, Mayweather hasn’t fought guys that were at the top of their game like Pacquiao, Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto, Andre Berto, Shane Mosley and Sergio Martinez. Sure, Mayweather fought Mosley recently, but that was Mosley after more than a year of inactivity and old at 38. I can’t see Mayweather agreeing to fight Khan if the British fighter is looking good.
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Sparring with Pacquiao is one thing Amir, trying to give Floyd Money Mayweather his first proffesional defeat is another.
After 12 rounds with Mayweather, Khan would have a nervous neck twitch that couldn’t be medicated.
HE WOULD WONDER WHAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH…
LOTS OF THREAPY WOULD BE NEEDED!
errr, he doesnt know who khan is.
amir is pretty good. i think he will be ready for mayweather next year. 35th of september right?
THIS WRITER IS PRIK, WE KNOW YOU DONT LIKE KHAN BUT MAKING A WHOLE ESSAY ON IT IS JUST PERFETIC
GET A LIFE
I’m not sold on Khan just yet.
Khan needs to get a nice blond wig , some lipstick and a pair of false boobs. Then Mayweather will want to fight.
@matt in what way do you think he will be embarrassed?
Ready for what? To be embarrassed?
i would love to see this fight and it could happen maybe even in england mayweather said after the hatton fight he loved the uk fans and wanted to have a fight over here. khan definatly has a chance for me in this fight as he is so quick and i think would have a reach advantage, before i get carried away with this hype though i guess we will see where khan is really at against maidana we will have a better idea just how good he is/isnt after that one
As other have said, Mayweather’s style is made for Khan. That does not mean he’ll win but he’ll have a chance. Everyone knows Khan has the stamina and a possible speed advantage. Skills go to mayweather currently but lets see how much Khan can improve because as he implies, he’s not ready for that fight now.
khan will not dive head first if he does then hes just another hatton in the making
this has to be a joke.
fine, all you folk sayin mayweather wouldnt trouble khan? no knock downs?
mayweather knocked hatton to the ground. hatton has/had ten times the chin of khan.
speed kills folks. and at end of day khan is NO WHERE NEAR as fast and clever as mayweather.
khan is an idiot, for one Floyd isn’t gona fight anyone unless he is 100% ready and w/ his personal life, marriage, etc. I don’t think Kahn will land this fight, for 2 how the hell is sparring Manny Pacquiao gona get him ready for a bout w/ someone as technically sound as Floyd? Amir’s only attribute thts een close is speed, and it’s true speed kills but Floyd has waaaay better timing…Floyd bt late stoppage
i agree completely mr smoke….many people have forgotten that robbery. i think it set merriweather on his path of cherrypicking alone the shire borders…
A bit off subject, but i just saw castillo vs mayweather first fight. I had castillo winning by 2 rounds, and the unofficial judges had him winning by 3, compu stats had castillo outlanding mayweather by almost 3 times as many power punches, and 5% higher connect rate. Yet 2 judges scored it 115-111 for mayweather and the last judge 116-111. Thats rediculous! Mayweather was the challanger, and he rann all night except for the 11th and 12th round. Castillo was straight robbed! I can live with a robbery, we see it all the time, nevada judges giving outrageous score cards to the home town american. What bothers me is larry merchants interview with mayweather after the fight, he asked him like 5 times just to admit if he thought fighting castillo was going to be tougher than he thought, and mayweather kept dodging the question, saying he didint make excuses, but that he only faught with one arm. He just simply refused to admit that castillo was a tough opponent. I will forever dislike mayweather for his rotten horrible personality. Sure mayweather won the rematch fair and square , but his record should be 41-1. So do i think amir khan can beat mayweather? Hell no! Amir khan is going to try to out box mayweather, and thats not going to happen. I do think pacquiao or a great body puncher with a good jab and head movement can beat him. I think margarito and cotto 3 years ago could of got the job done and beat mayweather, but thats probably why floyd retire and didint come back untill margarito was suspended, and cotto was beat silly. I like victor ortiz chances against floyd at 142-145 lbs. Floyd will and can be beat, to bad he only takes big name fighters that are past his prime. Dont get me wrong he has skills, but a trindad or a bernard hopkins would of destroyed him. Just my opinion
That fight if it wre to happen would be perhaps, the right time to wrestle a win against the troubled money man.
mayweathers a boxer,hes clinical, so amir will be be fine,because thats where khan will shine, khan will come unstuck when he meets a pressure fighter.a good one, ie hatton few years ago, katsiedes will be khans nightmare,or even marques, but marques is smaller so probly have a chance, true
This is all fantasy….Nayweather will not fight anyone with Kahn’s skills., not saying Kahn is all that good but he is too good for Mayweather to take any kind of a risk,
floyd is fast but he hits like a girl, his eight inch fists carry no power. amir will be fine.
there will be no knockdows, no cuts (unless floyd uses his elbows) just 12 rounds of pure boxing match. very interesting to watch.
Why is Floyd always match up with lighter opponents? Shouldn’t he bloating himself and start fighting above welterweight and push his body to the limit?
Wat is khan gana do to floyd??rush him and hope to land a few punches..lol this is funny…and mayweather will not. Go to he’s country and fight over there,cuz they will rob him from that fight..even if he knock out this dude 10tymes…vegas baby vegas and get ur ass kick. Money style
After 12 rounds with Mayweather, Khan would have a nervous neck twitch that couldn’t be medicated.
HE WOULD WONDER WHAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH…
LOTS OF THREAPY WOULD BE NEEDED!
idiot did u see both of them fight kotenik. idiot
LMAO… This is laughable, There is no way Khan is/or will be ready for Mayweather… Khan is simply feeling himself, which is what most young prospects do when they are being groomed as that “next big thing”.. “Manny says your good” LOL, seriously???? Styles makes fights, not how you think you will do, because you beat Fighter X, in X amount of rounds…
MAYWEATHER WOULD DESTROY KHAN….
Plain and Simple
Khan the will be a elite fighter at and 3 divisions,
@Patpump, Mayweather would have Khan joining Judaism, going to synagogue, eating pork, leaving boxing to be the captain of the British Lawn Bowling team.
He would ruin the rookie…
Even so, Mayweather is not going to fight a good fighter like Kahn anyway.
Khan, will win, only way he lose if maidan a connect flush,other that that khan fast so he can ride the punch,you can see maidan a looping punch easily,it when you don’t see the punch it ko yo ,khan. Looks good and a decssion,
Stop looking over maidana u bum, maidana is gonna wreck your jaw = carrer is over!!
Maidana will knock him out…Just wait and see.
ANOTHER FREDDIE THE JOKE CIRCUS ACT…
Quit cuuting in line khan.. Whats worst XXyylloocaine or loaaded gloves
I think he needs to focus on Maidana first.
Alexander is already making noises about ducking Khan. I think Kotelnik won the fight with Alexander and was robbed. Of course Khan easily beat Kotelnik. If Khan beats Maidana Bradley will duck any fight with him also, just wait and see.
tuv – you make it sound like Mayweather fights using a running tactic in every fight he had before Marquez when the truth is he adapts his fight style to what is best suited to his opponent, for example he used his movement against the likes or Castillo in the rematch and Baldomir but fought an inside game against the likes of Judah and Gatti.
If he gets in against Khan he will use a similar style to that he fought Mosley with, he will press the attack against Khan’s robotic fight style and have him out of there by the later rounds after dominating the majority of the fight.
if mayweather doesnt get much worse the his fights against marquez and mosely, i think you could see in those two fights he isnt at his usual running self.
Ready to get his jaw shattered.