By Michael Marley, Examiner.com
Maybe I botched the story line here.
Maybe I got it all wrong because I thought it was Ricky Hatton who was going into standup comedy and not Amir Khan.
But, right now, it's Khan who is making with the jokes.
Both Coach Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao must be having a good heehaw, meaning a right old guffaw along the lines of a kneeslapper, concerning the "future book" as dreamed up by young Khan.
Speaking with the bravado and impetousness of youth, Kid Khan has proclaimed that he will retire from the ring within five years and that, on the tail end of his enriching career, he will fight "guys like Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr."
Keep in mind Kid Khan will only turn age 24 in December, 10 days before Pacman turns 32.
I think the key words, the important phrase, here is "guys like..."
Five years from now would make Money May Shane Mosley's current age, which is 38, and I would dollars to boxes of balut that Mayweather is not fighting then unless it's an ongoing altercation with the Infernal Internal Revnue Service which makes him do so.
At his current clip, though, Mayweather's tax and other debts should be retired before he hangs up the gloves and moves on to become a fulltime shamster in pro wrestling, Roller Derby or the rap music demimonde.
As for Pacman, who in their right mind thinks he will be scrapping for dollars at age 36?
At some point, his Ayling Dionesia's maternal voice or that of Good Wife Jinkee will lay down the law and Megamanny will become a fulltime promoter or politician/promoter and real estate magnate.
Notice I said magnate and not maggot, my friends.
Perhaps Khan needs a sitdown session with the foggy crystal ball of the damn alluring Madam Auring on the prognostication table between he and the Pinay forecaster.
Chances are he fights neither Pacman nor Flighty Floydster.
But you have to like his stated goals, much like the novice mountain climber who cites the Matterhorn or Kilaminjaro as heighs he wants to reach.
No doubt Khan-Pacman would be a big moolah match.
But what about the plight of Roach and conditioning guru Alex Ariza.
This is a bit more complex than when stablemates Jimmy Ellis and Muhammad Ali threw down in the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Houston Astrodome.
Ali's team stayed intact for that intramural scrum except that chief strategist Angelo Dundee, trainer for both but also Elllis' manager, abandoned Muhammad for that one bout. You might say Dundee beat Dundee that night (I was there along with a hatless Bery Sugar) as Ali did not strain in stopping his hometown (Louisville) crony.
Dundee shed his "Jimmy Ellis" sweater and was back in both their corners for successive bouts against the outside world.
Roach and, to a lesser extent Ariza, cannot switch teams so freely.
I don't think either man would do that even with a script in place.
Now if Khan goes out and hires a new trainer and a new conditioning coach, the wheels might be greased for such a showdown in the ring.
The Khan who figures to beat Yo Paulie Malignaggi May 15 is no real threat to Mayweather or Pacman if we keep our analysis in the "now" rather than in future years.
At 31 and 33, they are Prime Time Players looking down on lesser lights.
So let's admire the 23 year old Khan's mighty ambitions and laugh up our sleeves.
If nothing else, his declaration makes it clear he does not feel threatened in the least by Malignaggi.
Khan wants to chop down the Redwoods, the biggest trees, and thinks he will trample Malignaggi like a slight and insignificant bush.
I guess he figures he will outdo how countryman Ricky Hatton handled the Brooklyn boxer.
Continued success keeps Khan in the Pacquiao-Mayweather orbit, sure.
But he's a tiny star compared to their interplanetary status.
That's why he qualified himself. That's why he referred to "guys like..."
Smart thinking, kid, smart thinking.
Khan wants fights against Mayweather AND Pacquiao.
People in Hell want ice water also.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
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