Target Mayweather! Amir aiming for $100m super fight against controversial American -- Daily Mail

By Jeff Powell, DailyMail.co.uk

British boxing's post-Haye renaissance began with the unveiling of a four-bout programme for Amir Khan, culminating in a super fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr.

Mayweather, America's controversial candidate as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, has already agreed in principle to a $100million showdown against Khan in the autumn of next year, assuming they both remain unbeaten.

The agenda for Britain's world light-welterweight champion was made public in London by Richard Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions.

Khan meets the dangerous Zab Judah in Las Vegas in a title unification fight on July 23. He is then expected to move on to an awesome battle in the US against Mexican legend Erik Morales.

That is expected to be followed by a move up to welterweight in preparation for challenging Mayweather, via a homecoming fight in Britain next spring. A likely opponent then would be British champion Kell Brook, with whom Khan has been exchanging banter on Twitter.

That would set the stage for the mega match against Mayweather, who makes his comeback after more than a year out of the ring against Victor Ortiz on September 17.

There is a projected date of May 5 next year for Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao in the fight the world wants to see but Schaefer says: 'We are confident Floyd beats Manny and that Amir will come through his three challenges.

'I believe Amir is the best fighter in the UK now and is destined to become the next pound-for-pound king.

Best in the business? Schaefer, chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, says Khan is Britain's best fighter
'Las Vegas, the HBO network and more and more people in America are becoming excited about Amir. He proved in that Fight of the Year before Christmas that he doesn't have a suspect chin.

'Given his skills, his will, heart and desire to win, along with his personality, that makes him the complete package.'

Khan-Judah will be aired on pay per view by the expanding Primetime network, although Schaefer does not rule out working with Sky again in the future.

But, as the American promoter for Haye, he is concerned about the best way to repackage Britain's fallen world heavyweight champion should he decide to postpone his retirement.

Of Haye's disastrous night against Wladimir Klitschko in a Hamburg football ground, Schaefer said: 'David did not come to fight. He didn't try to win, never went for it and didn't even take a risk when he was so far behind on points.

'It was not the David Haye we know and he should never have mentioned his little toe. But we're not writing him off after one terrible night.'

Haye will not be given a rematch by Wladimir but the German camp have hinted at a possible fight against his older brother, WBC champion Vitali.

But Schaefer warned: 'After last Saturday there'll be nothing like the same money, no football stadium and I can't envisage anything like the same pay-per-view audience.

'Our advice is for David to take a couple of fights in America to rebuild his image as a fast, exciting and charismatic heavyweight. Then he would still need a big win back in Britain to push him towards another challenge against one of the Klitschkos… if they really want it.'

Source: dailymail.co.uk