Khan plans on fighting Maidana, the Alexander-Bradley winner and then Mayweather and Pacquiao

By Boxing News - 10/08/2010 - Comments

Image: Khan plans on fighting Maidana, the Alexander-Bradley winner and then Mayweather and PacquiaoBy William Mackay: You can’t say that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) lacks for a grand plan for his future. Khan has an upcoming fight with WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on December 11th. Khan then plans on fighting the winner of the proposed bout between light welterweight champions Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley in January. Following that, Khan wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. It almost sounds like a dream of a child, because it seems to unlikely to happen. Who knows? Maybe Khan can still get fights against all of those aforementioned fighters even if he’s beaten by each one of them.

However, I’d say the chances are slim that Khan will be facing Mayweather or Pacquiao if he can’t beat Maidana and the Alexander-Bradley winner. I see those as prerequisite fights for Khan to get the big money fights against Mayweather and Pacquiao.

In an article at the Manchester Evening News, Khan says “The fans want to a new champion a new guy to follow. I will take them to Vegas just like he [referring to Ricky Hatton] did. And I will prove myself against the elite. That’s where Ricky railed twice. I’m only 23, I’ve got many years left in my career. I can take my time and beat these guys like Mayweather and Pacquiao. I could go in the ring with them right now, but I want to fight them when I am at my best. I need to beat Maidana first and then the winner of the Bradley and Alexander. After that, I will move onto Mayweather and Pacquiao. I want to be rated as number one.”

Gosh, Khan sounds really delusional about his future and ability. Here’s my take on Khan’s future: I don’t see the guy even beating Maidana, much less those other guys. That’s the first weeding out point for Khan. He already failed his test miserably against his first big puncher Breidis Prescott in 2008. Khan has been skillfully matched against weak punchers since that time, and now is finally stepping food in the ring with the hard hitting Maidana on December 11th.

I expect Khan to fail for a second time and then begin a new round of facing more pillow punchers for the next year or two while he builds up his record and starts to talk about Mayweather and Pacquiao again. I think at that point, they’ll throw Khan in with one of those guys without testing him against a big slugger or putting him in with Bradley or Alexander. That’s the only way I see Khan getting a fight with the likes of Mayweather or Pacquiao. Boxing fans will probably complain, but this is boxing and it’s a whole different sport nowadays.



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