by Robert Elmore: With the announcement of Floyd Mayweather’s come back against Victor Ortiz, many interesting things have happen. The most interesting thing is that Freddie Roach is eager to put the WBA/IBF champ in the ring with Mayweather.
Floyd has even expressed interest in fighting in the UK. But the talk of this fight raises one question. Will Roach be in the corner of Khan if he fights Mayweather?
The Floyd/Pac saga continues as Mayweather’s gears up for a come back fight after taking a year off since dismantling Shane Mosley. Floyd has stated Pac is next. But now it seems Khan is the front runner to face Money May. Khan has said he will do the blood testing May wants. This fight is easy to make seeing that Khan is promoted by Golden Boy. However, I think Roach is in a bad spot with this one. If the fight goes on and the testing is done, the public will really scream for the May/Pac fight. They probably will ask “How come Khan took the test and not Pac”? If he doesn’t train Khan for the fight and is not in the corner, then the speculation will rise also. The media might ask “Why didn’t you train Khan”?
Either way Pac and Khan fight out of Wild Card gym and for one fighter to take the test and not the other would seem fishy. Could this be the reason Khan is asking for a 50/50 split with Money knowing that he hasn’t really accomplished that much to ask for such a thing? It sure is an easy way to get out of fight. But if Khan fights May before Pac, Roach will have some explaining to do.
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