Tried to make the fight with .@AmirKingKhan but his team turned down the fight! #fanslose #ghostbackinactionsoon #alltalk

— Robert Guerrero (@GHOSTBOXING) March 12, 2014

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, so much for a May 3rd fight between Amir Khan and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana undercard. As you can see, Guerrero says he offered a fight against Khan and was flat out turned down. Boy, this is really sad, isn’t it? Guerrero vs. Khan would have been an excellent fight for the Mayweather-Maidana undercard on Showtime pay-per-view. Now why would Khan turn down a fight against Guerrero? Is he afraid of him or is more interested in taking a safer fight against Luis Collazo for May 3rd?

That fight would have really helped the PPV numbers for the card, and it would have given an opportunity for both guys to boost their status in the boxing community. For Khan, it would have given him the meaniingful fight that he was looking for in order to show that he deserves to be in the same ring with the talented Mayweather. For Guerrero, a win over Khan would have put him right back in the thick of things in the welterweight division. I think Guerrero would have won this fight, but I guess that’s probably why Khan turned the fight down.

What this means is that Khan will likely be fighting former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo next on May 3rd. I don’t know about you, but I have zero interest at all in seeing a fight between Khan and Collazo. I mean, that fight is 7 years too late, because that’s pretty much when Collazo stopped being relevant after he lost to Ricky Hatton. In all those years since the Hatton fight, Collazo has lost to Shane Mosley, Andre Berto and Freddy Hernandez, while beating mostly little known opposition until recently defeating a very rusty Victor Ortiz last January.

If Khan defeats Collazo, I still don’t think he would deserve a fight with Mayweather. If I’m Mayweather, I’d tell him he still needs to fight someone relevant before I’d face him. Collazo is a decent fighter, but he’s out of the game for far too long in terms of fighting quality opposition, and no, I don’t consider Victor Ortiz as a quality fighter anymore. I saw him as a borderline quality fighter several years ago, but he’s done nothing since he was clowned by Mayweather in 2011.

Mayweather is better off fighting Danny Garcia in September if he can get him to agree to take the fight. If not, then Mayweather should look to fight the winner of the Shawn Porter vs. Paulie Malignaggi fight. At least that’s a fight between relevant fighters. Khan needs to face someone like Keith Thruman or Guerrero before he deserves a fight against Mayweather in my view.

I see Collazo is pretty much the same caliber fighter as Julio Diaz, Khan’s last opponent. If Khan is going to take a fight against Collazo, then he might as well drag out Diaz again to try and clear up the controversy over their fight last year in London, UK. Khan won a 12 round decision, but many boxing fans had Diaz winning the fight. At least by Khan fighting Diaz, more fans would be interested in the fight than they would in seeing him face Collazo.