By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) figures he’s got the skills to beat undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. when and if they fight in 2012. Khan thinks he has a better chance of fighting Mayweather than Manny Pacquiao does. However, the reasons for that goes without saying. Khan is by far the weaker of the two and Mayweather won’t be able to resist going after the softer target.
Khan, however, is overlooking his next fight against International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight champion Zab Judah who he’ll be facing on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan may not get past Judah, and here he is thinking about Mayweather 24/7.
Khan said this to Sky Sports News “Me and Floyd will probably happen before Manny and Floyd…I really think I’d do well against him. The next year will give me more experience and I think I’ve got the skills to beat him.”
Khan also thought he was going to beat Breidis Prescott and we all know what happened there. Khan got knocked out in the 1st round by Prescott and hasn’t seen him since. If Khan can’t even beat Prescott, how on earth can he beat a much better fighter like Mayweather? Instead of bragging about how he’s got the skills to beat Mayweather, Khan should be trying to avenge the Prescott loss. But Khan has an interesting belief about Prescott, seeing him as an accident and a learning tool. Khan dismisses Prescott and thinks he would beat him without any problems if they fought again. It’s nice the way that Khan can fool himself this way. I guess it helps him live with the loss. I wish I could do that when I fail at things. But if I got stomped by somebody as bad as Khan did against Prescott, I don’t think I could kid myself into thinking I’d destroy them in another fight.
I don’t like how Khan is looking past Judah. That’s a bad idea when you got a weak chin like Khan.
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