By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) claims he has to move up to the welterweight division [147 lbs] because none of the top fighters want to fight him. Is that a laugh or what?

“There’s no one out there who wants to fight me,” Khan said to Bolton News. “I put the fight to Erik Morales and he turned it down, I put the fight to [Timothy] Bradley and he turned it down for a second time. The deal we were offering would’ve been the biggest paydays of their careers, so I’m going to move up to 147 lbs because I’m frustrated I can’t get any fights at this weight.”

Does Khan want any cheese with that whine. Good god, man, get a hold of yourself. The light welterweight division is overflowing with guys that want to rip you to pieces, Khan.

That was classic Khan. He can’t get a fight with Morales and Bradley, who figure to make bigger paydays facing other guys, and then Khan totally ignores the guys still in the division like Breidis Prescott and Marcos Maidana. Khan has unfinished business with both of those guys as far as I can tell. Prescott knocked Khan out in the 1st round, and hasn’t heard a peep out of Khan since then. And Maidana had Khan staggering around the ring like a drunk in their fight last December.

Khan likely would have been knocked out in that fight if referee Joe Cortez didn’t repeatedly separate Maidana from Khan when he was trying to finish Khan off in the last three rounds. That was very questionable win because of how many times the referee halted the action when Khan was really getting the worst of it on the ropes. Maidana later said that he felt like he was fighting two guys on that night – Khan and the referee.

Let’s be honest here. There are plenty of fights for Khan at light welterweight if he would just take them instead going after softer targets like Paulie Malignaggi, Paul McCloskey and Lamont Peterson.