Amir Khan insists he is the only man capable of handing
Floyd Mayweather his first professional defeat in the ring.
Khan stepped up to welterweight at the weekend and
knocked down former world champion Luis Collazo three times before being
awarded a one-sided points victory.
The Bolton fighter returned to the ring following a
13-month lay-off on the undercard of Mayweather's unification clash with Marcos
Maidana in Las Vegas.
Mayweather extended his record to 46-0 with a majority
decision over the Argentinian to unify the WBC and WBA titles in the 147lb
division.
"A fight with Floyd would be a boxing match, it
would be skills v skills and the youth definitely would take it."
Amir Khan
However, Khan believes he can finally be the one to end
Mayweather's much-vaunted unbeaten record as he possesses superior hand and
foot speed to the 37-year-old American.
"Floyd looks beatable," said Khan. "He's
getting a little older now and that's why a lot of people want the fight now
because they want a young lion to come up and they want to see him get beat.
"I think the only person who has the chance to do
that is me.
"I'm quicker than Floyd, we've proved now that we
bring power to the table with the speed. We're getting better and I'm only
going to improve myself.
"When it comes to boxing, no one can beat me in
boxing. Floyd's a master class in boxing, but I've never lost a fight when it
comes down to boxing, I've always taken people apart.
Convincing
Khan, who improved his record to 29 wins from 32 fights
over the weekend, pointed to the differences in both his and Mayweather's
victories over Maidana as proof of his credentials.
While Khan knocked down the Argentinian in the first
round before taking a unanimous decision victory in 2010 - albeit after some
shaky moments - Mayweather struggled in the opening half of his fight against
Maidana, before coming on strong thereafter.
"People know when I fought Maidana how convincing
the win was and we put him down," said Khan.
Mayweather unsure of opponent
"Maidana boxed a little and started catching Floyd.
I really believe I can give him the most problems ever."
With Mayweather and Maidana announcing they were
agreeable to a September re-match immediately after the decision to their fight
was announced, Khan may have to wait a little longer for his dream match-up.
Even if that should fall through, Khan would not be able
to take Maidana's spot as the dates conflict with the Ramadan, and although
that finishes at the end of July the 27-year-old claims he would need a
three-month training camp to prepare for Mayweather.
Asked whether he would be willing to forego the Muslim
fasting period in order to seal the showdown, the former WBA and IBF
light-welterweight champion replied: "Ramadan only comes once a year and I
respect that. I wouldn't do that in September.
"Push it to November and then it can happen."
Mayweather, though, is notorious for being unwilling to
bend to other fighters' demands and would be highly unlikely to switch from his
preferred September date.
While the bout may not happen this year, Khan can take
solace from the comments of Golden Boy Promotions chief executive officer
Richard Schaefer, who promotes both fighters.
"There are a lot of big fights at 147 which Amir
could be in but his dream is to fight Mayweather and I'm going to try whatever
I can to make his dream come true," he said.
Culled from Skysports
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