Amir Khan is on course to face Floyd Mayweather next year after beating Zab Judah last night, knocking him out in the fifth round with a body shot.
The Bolton fighter dominated the American in all the five rounds to claim Judah’s IBF light-welterweight crown and now Amir Khan will be looking to move upto welterweight division where he could face Floyd Mayweather.
Khan looks likely to have one more fight before stepping upto 147lbs where he could fight against Kell Brook in an all English encouter, Khan who now has a 26-1 record as a professional also hinted that he would like rematch against Breidis Prescott to revenge his only defeat in the ring.
"Amir will move up to 147 after December," said Khan's business manager Asif Vali.
"That is something that he is looking to do in December or early next year.
"And what we'll be looking to do is maybe have one more fight in the UK. Kell Brook is there at 147 - that's a fight that interests the British fans.
"After that, the summer, Mayweather is there. Yesterday he (Mayweather) came out and made a statement - he wants to fight Amir in the UK, so I hope he sticks by it."
Khan is a confident fighter and is willing to face anyone out there.
"I'll fight anyone and there are some big names out there for me. I'll take a look at the short list," he said.
"My aim is to move up the pound-for-pound rankings and to one day be pound-for-pound champion. I want to be the best fighter in the world.
"I'm still a fight or two away from there yet. At 25 I'll fight at 147 pounds and see where we go from there.
"We just keep on collecting titles, that's what we want to do. I'm only 24 and there's a lot of improvement to come."
Speaking about a possible mouth-watering clash with Mayweather in the future, Kahn said; "The Mayweather fight is something I'm looking at the for the future and it would be huge for me. It would drive me on.
"I've got the speed and the skills and with (trainer) Freddie Roach polishing me up a little more, it's a fight we can win."
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Thursday, 20 January 2011
McCloskey Promoter Rejects Khan's Offer
Barry Hearn has slammed Team Khan's offer to fight Paul McCloskey. The European light-welterweight was favourite to take on Khan in April when he returns to Britain.
McCloskey’s promoter laughed of the offer and admitted the fight is dead and doesn’t look likely to happen unless Khan’s representatives increased the offer.
"The offer was a joke," he told the Belfast Telegraph. "There's no way I'm letting Paul fight for peanuts.
"They made the offer, I rejected it and as far as I can see the fight is dead. We'll certainly not be going back to them to negotiate.
"If they were to come back with a proper offer then of course we would listen but as I expected they wanted to get Paul on the cheap.
"I'm just not interested in that. Paul's got a better record than Khan - he's undefeated and he's never been knocked out like Khan has.
"Nobody has done Paul any favours, he has done everything that has been asked of him and he deserves to be well paid for a fight like this."
Breidis Prescott - the only man to beat the Amir Khan says he would relish a rematch with the Bolton fighter, Michael Katsidis and Victor Ortiz has also been mentioned.
Barry Hearn has warned Team Khan they would need to up the ante if they are to get a meaningful opponent.
"Frankly, I don't know who Khan is going to get to fight for the money he was offering Paul," he said.
"Certainly Victor Ortiz wouldn't and I don't think any quality fighter would allow themselves to box for the money Paul was offered."
McCloskey’s promoter laughed of the offer and admitted the fight is dead and doesn’t look likely to happen unless Khan’s representatives increased the offer.
"The offer was a joke," he told the Belfast Telegraph. "There's no way I'm letting Paul fight for peanuts.
"They made the offer, I rejected it and as far as I can see the fight is dead. We'll certainly not be going back to them to negotiate.
"If they were to come back with a proper offer then of course we would listen but as I expected they wanted to get Paul on the cheap.
"I'm just not interested in that. Paul's got a better record than Khan - he's undefeated and he's never been knocked out like Khan has.
"Nobody has done Paul any favours, he has done everything that has been asked of him and he deserves to be well paid for a fight like this."
Breidis Prescott - the only man to beat the Amir Khan says he would relish a rematch with the Bolton fighter, Michael Katsidis and Victor Ortiz has also been mentioned.
Barry Hearn has warned Team Khan they would need to up the ante if they are to get a meaningful opponent.
"Frankly, I don't know who Khan is going to get to fight for the money he was offering Paul," he said.
"Certainly Victor Ortiz wouldn't and I don't think any quality fighter would allow themselves to box for the money Paul was offered."
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