By Mark Vester

During a recent appearance on BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek, WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan admits that he and Ricky Hatton are good friends, but business is business. Khan is willing to fight Hatton if the promoters can put the fight together. Khan says the idea of fighting Hatton is not a joke on his end. He sees big dollar signs for the all-British showdown.

"It is not nonsense. It is a fight that could happen because we are both at the same weights, I am a world champion now, Ricky has come back into the game again from retirement and he wants another shot at a world title. Let's just see how things go - it is all up to the promotion side of it," Khan said.