by Miguel Alejandro Lopez: Floyd Mayweather Jr., (45-0), is coming off two big wins in 2013 against Robert Guerrero and former undefeated champion Canelo Alvarez. Shortly after the Alvarez fight, rumors began to circulate that Money’s next opponent is the British boxing star, Amir Khan (28-3). Although nothing is settled at this point, there has been several indications that the two will mix it up soon in Cinco De Mayweather 2014.
When Floyd Jr. is about to fight someone, his father is usually the first to spill it out to the media as a sort of advanced promotion. Floyd Sr. said to the press: “If there’s one fighter whose a** I want Floyd to whip it’s Amir Khan – he’s no outstanding fighter and as long as he stays here he’ll keep getting his a** whipped.”
The Mayweather camp usually don’t make comments about whipping other fighters unless they have an intention to fight them. In the case of the statement above, it was totally unsolicited on the part of Mayweather’s camp. They are possibly fanning the thought of Mayweather vs. Khan in the minds of the people.
Furthermore, Mayweather Jr. has stated to the media that he intends to visit the UK. He said to the media: “Mayweather Promotions is coming to the UK for my fans at the end of the year.” Whether this visit will be used as a precursor for an Amir Khan fight remains to be seen, but it is highly likely.
Amir Khan may be a very good fighter who thinks he can beat Floyd, but the truth is that he will always be known originally as the sparring mate of Manny Pacquiao. In fact, his peg in the Wild Card Gym is “Little Pacquiao”. The question here is, why is Floyd seriously considering a fight with Amir Khan, when the truth is that Amir has already been knocked out cold by Danny Garcia and is just a sparring mate for Pacquiao? Why not consider fighting the “True Pacquiao” who has a bigger fan base and has more experience in the ring? (Pacquiao has 54 wins, 5 losses. This is stellar compared to Amir’s record of 28-3).
Floyd claims that he won’t fight Pacquiao because the Filipino has already been knocked out and the fight will no longer hold much weight. Now he’s considering a fight with Amir Khan who is just the “Little Pacquiao”, has already been knocked out, and is fighting Devon Alexander (who was also knocked out). If you come to think of it, Floyd’s inclination to fight Khan and refusal to fight Pacquiao is unexplainable. Pacquiao is the biggest money payday for Floyd compared to Khan, Danny Garcia, or even Bernard Hopkins. But to this date, Floyd keeps on brushing off any Pacquiao related question and makes it sound as if Pacquiao is retired and has a zero fan base.
Floyd knows that his previous fight with Canelo is a boring one, so he will try to resurrect his image to the boxing fans by facing a fighter with a more exciting fighting style. Amir Khan is in that category. Although to tell the truth, Khan doesn’t even have the same level of excitement, skill, and fan base that Manny Pacquiao can bring to the table. But for reasons unimaginable, Floyd just can’t muster enough guts to face off with Pacquiao, knowing that the risks of losing is greater with Pacquiao than with Khan. It’s going to be pretty embarrassing later on because Floyd will have no other choice but to get into rematches with opponents he already beat just to avoid the real challenges out there.
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