By Jason Kim: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) has big dreams for 2011 in terms of opponents he’d like to fight. Khan, 24, barely survived his bout with Marcos Maidana last weekend and had to hold, push and run from Maidana in the last three rounds after getting tagged hard by Maidana in the 10th.

Instead of seeing the fight as a sign that he has major areas that need to be worked on before taking on better fighters than Maidana, Khan says he wants to take on Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, possibly Victor Ortiz and the winner of the Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander bout next year.

Khan will have to get sloppy seconds if he plans on taking on Mosley, because he’s likely going to be fighting Manny Pacquiao on May 7th if Bob Arum gets his way. Because Khan wants to fight next in April, it pretty much rules out Mosley as his next opponent.

Marquez could be a possible opponent next for Khan, but he’s going to want to be well paid. Khan won’t be able to get Marquez for cheap. Ortiz would be a doable fight because he’s coming off a 12 round draw with Lamont Peterson, and that’s someone that Khan can probably easily negotiate a fight with and beat unless Khan’s chin has been compromised by the big shots that Maidana was nailing him with in the last three rounds of the fight. We won’t know for sure if Khan is the same fighter he was previously until he takes on someone that can punch like Ortiz and Mosley.

On Steve Bunces’ radio program, Khan said that he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr after taking on Mosley, Marquez, Ortiz and the Bradley-Alexander winner. Khan says that after taking on those fighters he wants to “Then [fight] the likes of Mayweather and bigger names in the pound-for-pound rankings cause I got the style to fight those guys.”

Khan needs to reign in his ambitions and just hope he can get through his next fight without staggered and battered again the way he was against Maidana. Khan didn’t show that he’s good enough to dominate Maidana, and should consider himself fortunate that he didn’t get knocked out. Khan needs to be very careful in who he fights next because his chin may be compromised and weakened by the big shots that Maidana was tagging him with.