By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. just used his name to get attention for his website poll at Mayweather Promotions website without being serious about having any interest in fighting him. Khan doesn’t like it and he feels he was used by the talented star. Like in his other interviews, Khan is convinced that Mayweather is afraid of fighting opponents with fast hands like himself and Manny Pacquiao. That’s why he feels that Mayweather will face the considerably slower WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana next on May 3rd.
“He’s just been using my name, saying should I fight Maidana or Khan in the poll on his website, which was the official one,” Khan said to behindthegloves.com. “I’ve been waiting a long, long time [for him to announce the fight]. Floyd wants to fight guys that are easy. He don’t want to fight someone who is explosive, and who has a lot of speed. I believe I can go in there and beat him. I believe I can go in there and cause a big, big upset…I missed out on paydays [waiting for Mayweather fight], titles.”
So Mayweather has been name dropping Khan’s name for attention? That’s funny. Why would Mayweather do that? It would seem like he would be better off name dropping talented fighters like Keith Thurman or Adrien Broner.
Khan went onto say that he can’t fight Mayweather next September because of the Ramadan holiday. He says he can fight Mayweather in November or December. Unfortunately for Khan, Mayweather has already locked down a date in September for his second fight of 2014, and I highly doubt he’s going to change his schedule to accommodate a fighter who has been bellyaching something fierce for the past two weeks and talking trash.
What Khan needs to do is start lining up his plan B or C opponents and get busy with his career again. The guy has been on a soft holiday pretty much since 2012 after he got sparked out by Danny Garcia in a 4th round stoppage. It’s been fodder and inactivity ever since for Khan, and he’s not helping himself by staying out of the ring for such a long time. And Khan isn’t helping himself by facing no name fighters or guys 10 years past their prime.
It’s good that Khan beat Julio Diaz in his last fight or beat Zab Judah 2011, but those guys are so past it now and it’s not even interesting already. Khan needed to get in the ring and face Keith Thurman a long time again to prove that he belongs in the ring with Mayweather. Khan can forget about Devon Alexander, because he’s been weeded out now after his loss to Shawn Porter. Facing Alexander now will be a useless endeavor for Khan. Somehow I could see Khan facing Alexander now to try and prove to his fans that he wasn’t afraid to fight him. Man, it’s too late for that fight. Khan now has to fight someone relevant, like Thurman, Lucas Matthysse or Lamont Peterson.
Mayweather isn’t likely afraid of Khan. He’s afraid of being dumped on by boxing fans for fighting Khan. How can Mayweather get motivated for fighting a guy like Khan with a 2-2 record in his last 4 fights, especially when you know that fans are going to tease the heck out of him for choosing him.
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