By James Slater
22-year-old Amir Khan believes his fight with defending WBA light-welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik will be the start of big things for him. Set to challenge the 31-year-old in his first crack at a world title, Khan has gone on record as saying he feels a win could even lead him into mega fights with the likes of Ricky Hatton and the winner of the upcoming July 18th showdown between Floyd Mayweather Junior and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Originally, when the subject of an all-British super-fight with Hatton was brought up, Khan said he'd prefer not to fight "The Hitman," because he'd rather remain friends with Ricky. Now, however, as revealed in an article in The Guardian newspaper, Khan is very much up for a fight with Britain's most popular fighter. Such a bout, should it ever come off, would be absolutely massive over here in the UK, and the amount of money the fight would make would be mind boggling..
Khan made it clear he is now open to fighting his long-time friend.
“It’d be a brilliant fight for the British fans to see,” Khan said to the Guardian. “Our styles would make a brilliant fight. I’m a mover, I’m a boxer, whereas he [Hatton] is a pressure fighter. No matter what, if we do the fight it’s going to be a tear-up, it’s going to be brilliant. But we leave picking the fights and everything to the promoters. If the fight does come up one day then it comes. But if not, then it doesn’t really bother me because there will be huge fights in the future.” read more
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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