Khan told GBP he’s interested in Collazo or Guerrero on May 3rd

By Boxing News - 03/19/2014 - Comments

khan33By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) says that his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions recently asked him if he’d be interested in facing Luis Collazo, Robert Guerrero or possibly someone else on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight card on May 3rd, and Khan said he told them he’s interested in facing either Collazo or Guerrero. Khan sees them both as highly ranked fighters in the welterweight division, and he seems to be more interested in facing Guerrero than Collazo.

“Yes, they’ve [Collazo and Guerrero] have been proposed to me and I said ‘Yes, I will fight them.’ Guerrero is ranked very high in the 147 pound division. Collazo is ranked decently in the 147lb division,” Khan said to IFL TV.

The fact is Collazo is ranked higher than Guerrero at the moment with him being ranked #3 by the WBA, whereas Guerrero is ranked #7 WBC and #11 IBF. I don’t agree with that ranking, but those are how these two particular sanctioning bodies have Guerrero ranked. I rate Guerrero as being a better fighter than Collazo. I don’t care that Collazo recently beat Victor Ortiz by a 1st round knockout last January. I still see Guerrero dominating Collazo if the two of them were to fight, and it would be like how Collazo was beaten by Freddy Hernandez recently. Guerrero is better than Hernandez and definitely better than Ortiz.

I’d rather see Khan fight Guerrero or someone else like Keith Thurman than having him fight Collazo. To me, that fight isn’t worthy of being on Mayweather’s undercard. I’m sure Mayweather won’t turn it down if that’s the only way that Golden Boy will let Khan fight on his card, but I still see that as an ESPN2 type of fight rather than one that should be on a PPV card. I think Collazo needs to get at least 3-4 important wins over contenders before he can fight someone like Khan, because I think Collazo has been out of it for too long in terms of him facing nobodies since his loss to Andre Berto in 2009.

Collazo went from fighting the likes of Berto and Ricky Hatton to four years of fighting the following opposition: Freddy Hernandez, Alan Sanchez, Miguel Callist, Steve Upsher Chambers, Franklin Gonzalez, and David Gogichaishvili. I could understand Collazo facing one of those guys after his loss to Berto, but definitely not four years of fighting those guys. I mean, what was his promoter thinking of in matching him against those guys all those years? It was a waste, and to me Collazo needs to get back into facing world class opposition first before he gets a fight against Khan.



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