Khan says he and Mayweather would fill 85,000 seat Wembley Stadium

By Boxing News - 08/05/2011 - Comments

Image: Khan says he and Mayweather would fill 85,000 seat Wembley StadiumBy John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) is sure that a showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) would fill the giant Wembley Stadium which holds 85,000 people.

Khan will have one more fight as a light welterweight before moving up to the welterweight division. Amir has been getting noticeably bigger in his recent fights and is finding it difficult to get down to the 140 pound limit as well as finding suitable opponents at that level.

Amir will likely next face the winner of the matchup between Erik Morales and Lucas Matthysse, who will be battling it out for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) title on September 17.

Khan was quoted in an interview with “Sky Sports News” as saying “I will take one more fight, then I will move up to the 147 pound division where there are more challenges. I’m now No. 1 at 147 pounds so I am moving in the right direction. I have Freddie Roach advising me and I have my team around me advising me on the right things.

“I just want to stay busy and active. Every young fighter wants to fight the best and Floyd is the best. There is also Manny Pacquiao, but I can’t fight him because I train with him and we are very good friends.

“But Floyd is a possibility. In the next twelve months that could happen and what a huge fight that would be if we bring it to the UK. Floyd has said he would like to fight at Wembley Stadium and I’m sure with two fighters, like Foyd and myself it would be a sellout.”

“King” Khan as he is known to his fans put on an impressive display of speed and power last month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he stopped the overmatched Zab Judah in five rounds. Amir picked up Judah’s IBF Welterweight title in the process.

Khan made believers of some who thought that Judah was going to give him a tough fight and possibly defeat him. Instead Judah was never really in the fight and appeared to be looking for a way out when he went to the canvas after receiving a blow on the beltline. Zab made no effort to get up claiming he was hit with a low blow and that that he thought the referee was giving him an eight count to give him time to recover.



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