By Edward Chaykovsky
British star Amir Khan (30-3, 19KOs) is planning to fight in the month of May. He hopes to face either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao around that period, but those two welterweight champions may end up fighting each other.
That leaves Khan with a very big option, a domestic fight with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, who is pushing to get the Bolton fighter in the ring. Brook is first defending his title against mandatory challenger Jo Jo Dan on March 28t, and Khan believes his domestic rival will not be ready in time for a date in May.
"I'm fighting in May, so Kell probably wouldn't be ready in May but I would love to fight him at the end of the year. It's a big fight even if it isn't as big as me against Manny or Floyd. A fight between me and Kell has been talked about for a long time. It would bring a lot of money for him to fight me. But he's my third choice. You know who the first two are: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao," Khan told Nick Parkinson of The Daily Mirror.
Brook's promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, agrees that his fighter is likely not going to be ready for a May fight. Hearn is open to doing that fight at the end of year, although he's not pleased with the inability to do it in a major venue like Wembley.
He said: "We were looking at Wembley in June but the problem with Khan is I'm not sure he can do that because of Ramadan. He will have to fight in May or early June but I'm not sure Kell can do that because he's fighting on March 28.
"We can't wait for Amir Khan. Amir might end up fighting on the May 2 undercard in Las Vegas instead. Fighting at the end of the year rules out having it somewhere like Wembley."
