By Mark Vester
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has some high hopes for his boxing career. Khan will make his American debut on May 15 against Paulie Malignaggi at New York's WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden. Earlier this year Khan signed a promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions. He expects Golden Boy to really boost his career in the next two years and put him in the ring with the big names.
“They have laid out a plan that over the next 18 months I will be fighting the likes of Manny Pacquiao or Mayweather — big, big names,” Khan said to The Times. “Not just yet, maybe 18 months. But that is what we are aiming for. If they are seeing me with those guys, they must see something in me. Time will tell if they are right.”
Khan has achieved a lot of his dreams. He won an Olympic medal. He won a world title. Now when he wakes up in the morning, he can only think of one goal - to become the first man to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“Mayweather’s never been beaten. I want to be the first guy to beat him. That’s what I think of,” Khan said.
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