World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion Khan, who is preparing for a unification contest with International Boxing Federation champion Zab Judah in Las Vegas a week on Saturday, would not even rule out a contest with stablemate Manny Pacquiao as the 24-year-old Boltonian came clean about his career wish list.
Khan, who insisted he was “not looking past Judah”, who he ranks as a “tough, awkward and dangerous opponent”, explained that there were plans in place for a contest with Mayweather in the division above. Khan said: “I think within 12 months the Mayweather fight will happen. It is three fights away. If I beat Zab Judah and then have one more contest at 140lbs [light-welterweight] I will then move up to welterweight where I will carry my power. The cut in weight is affecting my power at the moment.”
The plan for Khan is to move forward should he beat Judah, and then fight Mexican legend Erik Morales in November before moving to welterweight and fighting emerging British star Kell Brook at welterweight, in the UK.
The prospect of Khan facing Mayweather at this juncture in his career still suggests a potential mismatch in spite of the Boltonian’s fast hands, but Khan went further: “Mayweather often talks about wanting to fight in the UK and it would be great if he came over here to fight in the summer around the time of the Olympics.”
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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