Khan: I want two more fights in 2011; Ortiz will lose to Mayweather, and I fight the winner

By Boxing News - 06/21/2011 - Comments

Image: Khan: I want two more fights in 2011; Ortiz will lose to Mayweather, and I fight the winnerBy William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) wants two more fights in 2011 – IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah and possibly WBC/WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley – and then Khan wants to face the winner of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz in September. Khan says he sees Ortiz losing that fight, because of the talent of Mayweather. Khan then sees himself facing Mayweather in 2012.

It’s kind of amusing because no one gives Khan a ghost of a chance at beating Mayweather, yet here Khan is saying that Ortiz can’t beat him, which is probably true but it’s kind of like the pot calling the kettle black. It would a situation where both Ortiz getting beaten up by Mayweather and the only thing you could guess at is which fighter would get beaten up worse – Khan or Ortiz. My guess is khan, because he’ll probably get knocked out while Ortiz will fight until he’s crawling.

In a BBC Sport interview, Khan said “I’m hoping to get Zab Judah out of the way and look good against him, then get one more fight at the end of the year. I’d like to fight the winner of Ortiz-Mayweather.”

At eastsideboxing.com’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio program, Khan said “I think Floyd juast has that style where he’s very pefect, he’s very spart, and he can beak down someone like Victor Ortiz who has less experience….I don’t think he’s matched on the same level as Floyd Mayweather Jr. I think Mayweather is maybe a level ahead.”

The way that Khan is speaking it’s like he’s on the same level as Mayweather or that he could do better than Ortiz. I don’t think he can. I see Khan doing much worse than Ortiz, because Mayweather would be nailing Khan when he throws his wild flurries and catch him in between. We saw Khan get hit with one big hard shot from Marcos Maidana and end up starring. Mayweather would be hitting Khan at will and we’d probably see Khan staggering around like a drunk.



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