By Joe Mitchell: CEO of Golden Boy Richard Schaefer says Amir “King” Khan is only a couple of fights away from a mega fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr. He believes he has a great chance if beats big punching Marcos Maidana and unifies the titles against the winner of Tim Bradley vs. Devon Alexander. He will then no doubt be P4P ranked in the top 10 and be a bigger draw worldwide than he already is now.
You may think its dreaming but with Pacquiao vs. Mayweather looking very unlikely and Mayweather only fighting for the big money once a year, Khan might be the only realistic opponent left. You have Andre Berto, Paul Williams etc but they are not world recognised and can’t even sell any tickets. Mayweather is also the best cherry picker in boxing and might just see Khan as a good opponent for him to make a ton of money and get another easy win.
A big factor to this possible fight is the people involved. Khan is a Golden Boy fighter so there will be no politics with Top Rank and Bob Arum. Khan also has a great relationship with Sky TV the UK broadcaster and HBO sports like Mayweather does. I think the TV companies are a massive factor because Sky would pay huge sums of money to get Mayweather fighting at Wembley stadium in the UK. Mayweather has also stated many times that fighting at Wembley stadium is one of his goals that he would like to achieve in his career. I have no doubt it could sell out Wembley stadium 80000+ because Mayweather is a huge draw in the UK.
Sky TV pulling power is no doubt effective and with Audley Harrison recently getting a world title shot against WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye, its shows anything is possible if they have an interest in a fight. Sky TV and HBO have the ability of making this one of the biggest PPV fights of the decade and could break records.
Is this fight really dreaming or do you believe it’s possible for late next year? All Khan has to do is beat Maidana and Bradley Alexander winner.
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