By Edward Chaykovsky
Former champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) is completely fixated on landing a fight with WBC/WBO/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the fall, and denies reports that he's negotiating a fight with Manny Pacquiao for Dubai.
Khan and Pacquiao trained side by side for several years before the British boxer left Freddie Roach's stable and hired Virgil Hunter in 2012.
Both Khan and Pacquiao were in action last month. Khan won a twelve round decision over Chris Algieri and Pacquiao lost to Mayweather a few weeks earlier. Mayweather is planning to return on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I’ve not spoken to Manny about a fight in Dubai and neither did our camps, so it’s untrue,” Khan said to The National. “Look, if Manny wants to fight, we can do it, I’ve offered him and his team in the past, but they turned us down.
“If Manny mans up and wants to take the fight then it will happen, but the only fight I am interested in right now is Floyd Mayweather.”