Hearn: Haymon Not Very Confident of Mayweather-Khan

By Edward Chaykovsky

During the month of December, promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport has had several conversations with influential manager/adviser Al Haymon. The two of them have discusses several potential fights - including a March fight between Carl Froch and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and a battle between Koki Kameda and Jamie McDonell.

Hearn wants to get his fighter, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, in the ring with Amir Khan, who Haymon works with.

Khan is currently chasing after Haymon's biggest client, WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. But Hearn has serious doubts that Mayweather will actually select Khan as his next opponent.

“We’re just waiting on the [decision over the] Mayweather versus Khan fight. I think everyone knows it's either Mayweather or Brook for Khan. The Khan fight is probably made by the end of January if it's going to happen. The only conversation I've had is with Al Haymon, who loves the fight [between Khan and Brook],” Hearn told Gareth Davies of The Telegraph.

“I asked Haymon if he thought that fight [between Mayweather and Khan] would happen and he didn't seem overly confident. But I think they know that stylistically Khan is not great for Mayweather. They knew that before and the Devon Alexander performance just emphasised the point.”