Roach hoping Khan can get Mayweather fight before end of the year

By Boxing News - 05/11/2012 - Comments

By William Mackay: Amir Khan missed out on avenging his loss to Lamont Peterson recently. Now Khan has to settle for looking to get a fight against WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia in June or July. Garcia looked underwhelming in beating a shot Erik Morales in his last fight.

Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach figures Khan will be ready to get a big money bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. after the Garcia bout by the 2nd of 2012.

Roach told the Daily Mail “If it’s [Danny] Garcia (next), Amir will be too fast and hard-punching for him. Whoever it is, we’ll do this one more fight and then go up to welterweight to look for Floyd Mayweather. I see Floyd’s legs beginning to go and him slowing up a little. If we can get him as early as December, Amir can beat him.”

I highly doubt that Khan will get Mayweather by the end of the year even if Khan defeats Garcia. Beating Garcia is no big deal, but beating Mayweather would be next to impossible for Khan unless he’s able to get away with shoving, pulling down on Mayweather’s head and holding and hitting. If Khan fight with those tools in his toolbox all night long, I give him a chance to make it close with Mayweather. But I don’t know if there’s a referee out there that would stand by and let Khan shove Mayweather all around the ring all night long. Khan may be able to shove the lesser fighters around but my guess is a referee would step in and read Khan the riot act if he started getting shove happy.

I think Roach is dreaming about getting a fight between Khan and Mayweather. I’m sure Roach would love the idea of them fighting, but I don’t see Mayweather agreeing to a fight with Khan.

Mayweather only fights well known guys in the U.S and Khan is still trying to make a name for himself over there.



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