Khan: It would be an honor to fight Mayweather

By Boxing News - 02/12/2014 - Comments

By Scott Gilfoid: As you can see from the above tweet, Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) is showing the classic signs of someone who appears to be groveling to get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s). Khan seems to be talking as if it’s going to be him that steps inside the ring with boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) on May 3rd. Unfortunately, we still don’t know if Khan is going to be getting the fight, because Mayweather’s uncle Roger Mayweather said in an interview that he was told that Marcos Maidana will be the one getting the fight instead of Khan.

Notice how Khan brings up the part about Mayweather being loyal to his word. That seems like he’s trying to guilt trip him if he changes his mind about wanting to fight him.

It’s difficult not to look at Khan’s message above and see possible nervousness and fear about Mayweather possibly changing his mind and deciding to fight Maidana instead. Why would there be fear on Khan’s part? Well, this fight could be pretty much Khan’s retirement fight. I mean, if his career goes in the tank immediately after he gets beaten badly by Mayweather on May 3rd, Khan would at least have the big payday from the Mayweather fight to live off of for the rest of his life. But here’s the things: If Khan doesn’t get the Mayweather fight and he turns around and gets whipped by one of Golden Boy Promotions other fighters in their stable, then his career will likely be pretty much over.

Khan won’t get big money to fight just a regular Golden Boy fighter, and the chances of him getting beaten would be very high if they match him against someone good like Devon Alexander or Keith Thurman. Heck, even if they ask Khan to fight someone like Jesus Soto Karass or Andre Berto, the chances would be high that Khan would lose to either of those guys. Once Khan gets beaten again, you can bet that his future paydays will start to get smaller, because Khan will have been weeded out. That’s why it’s very important for Khan to get the fight with Mayweather fight now before he gets beaten again. This fight would be the equivalent of a golden parachute for his retirement.



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