Amir Khan is constantly pining for a major fight, preferably against Floyd Mayweather Jr., but he has also stated he'd be happy to face Manny Pacquiao or Kell Brook. Unfortunately for Khan, all three of those fighters are signed to bouts in the near future leaving him in search of someone to fight next.
Mayweather will be fighting Marcos Maidana in a September rematch, Pacquiao's set to face Chris Algieri in China in November, and Brook will be facing Shawn Porter on August 16. The rumor mill has it that Khan will meet either Robert Guerrero or Devon Alexander in December-Khan initially had backed out of a Guerrero fight early this year when he expected to hear his name called as Mayweather's May 3 opponent.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Khan broke down fighting both Mayweather and Pacquiao, and believes Pacquiao would be the more difficult task.
"Boxing is all about timing and Manny and Floyd are getting older," Khan said. "Someone has to take their place. Mayweather would be a very technical fight, like a game of chess. But I think Manny would be harder. He's much more aggressive and it would be more intense. But with my trainer Virgil Hunter I'm a much better and more defensive fighter."
When asked about whether he thinks Mayweather will eventually accept his challenge, Khan didn't sound an optimistic tune. "I kind of do, but I don't," Khan said.
"It's a tough one. I know he needs me to make the really big pay-per-view numbers and money motivates him. It drives him because he can make much more fighting me than Maidana. I'm big in the UK, Dubai, Asia and places where Floyd's not as well known."
As for Pacquiao, Khan seemed a little more excited but the tone ultimately wasn't promising.
"My promoters, Golden Boy, and Bob Arum [Pacquiao's promoter] are about to start working together again. Me and Manny sparred a lot, and I often went with him to the Philippines, so it would make a great fight. I've left it with my team and my adviser Al Haymon [who also works closely with Mayweather] and I told them: 'I like the Manny fight.' But we've had no response."
As for Mayweather and Pacquiao eventually tangling? Well, Mayweather did say he had a surprise for his fans in May, but it is highly unlikely that the Filipino hero is the
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