By Scott Gilfoid: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman (23-0, 21 KOs) called out former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KOs) on Friday, saying he wants to fight Khan before the end of the year if he’s interested in taking the fight.
Thurman said he realizes that Khan won’t be getting a fight against IBF welterweight champion in 2014, so he thinks the two of them should fight each other instead. Brook is still recovering from a knife attack and he’s not expected to fight again this year.
Thurman said that if he can’t get a fight against Khan, then he’ll gladly take a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. That’s probably not going to happen though because Marquez is looking to fight for a world title, and the only belt that Thurman has is an interim title rather than a real title. That’s not what Marquez is looking for. He wants an actual title that he can add to his collection to help validate his career.