By Edward Chaykovsky
Former world champion Amir Khan believes he would require at least six months of serious Mixed Martial Arts training to properly prepare for a fight with UFC featherweight world champion Conor 'The Notorious' McGregor.
Khan recently visited the UFC Gym in Downtown Dubai – the first UFC Gym facility in the Middle East.
For a few months earlier this year, there was talk of a fight between Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather and McGregor. Mayweather wanted the fight to take place under traditional boxing rules, but there were never any serious negotiations for the fight.
Khan on the other hand is willing to step in the cage and fight McGregor under full MMA ruls. Khan has been out of the ring since the May knockout loss to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. For that match, he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds to challenge Canelo for the WBC middleweight crown. In his next fight, being targeted for the fall, he would drop back to the welterweight limit of 147.
If an offer to fight McGregor was on the table, Khan is game to accept and only needs enough time to train.
"I think a Conor McGregor fight would be massive. It would be a full MMA fight as I’m not scared of him. But listen I would need six months to train MMA fully and I will spend every day in the cage until I am bang on," Khan said.
"He is a great fighter and I’m not saying I want to fight him because I don’t like him, it’s because he’s the best fighter and the biggest name.”