By William Mackay: 25-year-old former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) is still talking about wanting to retire in three more years when he reaches 28-years-old. Khan seems to think 28 is the right age to hang up his gloves and rest on his laurels, such as they are.

Khan told the dailymail.co.uk “I’m not even at my peak yet. I’m already a two-time world champion, winning it again is not a problem. By 28, I’ll have done everything I want in boxing and I can sit back, chill and get fat.”

Khan sounds like he’s been doing a bit of dreaming, because things may not go swimmingly in the next three years, and he could end up getting beaten more often than not if he loses to Lamont Peterson in their rematch on May 19th and then takes additional losses when he moves up to welterweight to try and chase down a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. That’s the wrong weight class for Khan and he’ll likely struggle badly unless he goes after flawed fighters or old guys like Shane Mosley.

I believe Khan is at his peak right now in terms of ability and I don’t see him getting any better. He’s had things easy since he turned pro with the mostly weak opposition he’s faced. He beat a light hitting Andriy Kotelnik to capture the WBA title in 2009, and then defeated IBF champ Zab Judah last year in a 5th round TKO last July in a fight where Khan stopped Judah by holding him down with his left hand and nailing him on the belt line with his right. The referee never saw that Khan was holding and hitting and gave Khan a knockout win. Judah isn’t anywhere near what he once was and perhaps the only reason he was even in the position to win a title was because of a controversial decision over Lucas Mattysse. Khan and Matthysse would have been a more better fight and more relevant.

Khan has a fight against Peterson coming up in May, and if Khan loses that fight as well as some fights at welterweight, then I think he’ll be able to speed up his retirement date by a couple of years and end his career at 26 instead of 28.