Amir Khan Breaks Down Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

By Edward Chaykovsky

It seems Amir Khan is the odd man out, as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao appear to be on the verge of fighting each other on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Khan was trying his best to secures fights with both men. A few weeks ago in London, Khan and Pacquiao met face to face and discussed the possibility of facing each other. But then Pacquiao and Mayweather met face to face in Miami, in a meeting that likely pushed their negotiations in a very positive direction as the boxers exchanged phone numbers and remained in touch.

Khan wonders if Mayweather, now getting close to 40-years-old, will feel his age on May 2. At the moment, Khan is picking Mayweather to struggle early, then adjust, and outbox Pacquiao to a twelve round decision win.

"You never know, Mayweather might get old overnight. He's shown he's getting caught more so he's not invincible. Pacquiao had speed, explosiveness and power so I think he will give him a lot of problems early but I think Mayweather will just move on and drift away by picking him off with clean shots and frustrate him," Khan told Daily Mail.

"I think it will go the distance but that Mayweather will win by unanimous decision. Four years ago it would have been a massive fight because both of them were at their peak. It might have gone past that now and it's not going to be what people expect."