By Phil D. Jay
WBA light-weltwerweight champion Amir Khan has revealed his future plans to World Boxing News amidst former opponents Marcos Maidana and Paul McCloskey clambering for a return with the former Olympic silver medallist. The 24 year-old has already signed to fight Zab Judah in a unification and hopes to add more belts to his haul after victory over the New Yorker.
‘King’ Khan has been accused of avoiding certain fighters in the past, but the man himself has told WBN that he doesn’t feel he needs to tread over the same ground. However, there is one former opponent that Khan says he will meet in the future and that is the only man to defeat him in 26 fights, Breidis Prescott.
“Fight maidana again? After beating him and dropping him, within six months he is crying to get beat again,” Khan stated to World Boxing News.
“I’ve got other goals, vs Judah, vs Bradley, vs Prescott. Why Maidana or McCloskey, I been there and done it.”
With the WBA/IBF title unification fight with Judah just six weeks away, Khan will then switch his attention back to WBC and WBO champion Timothy Bradley, who he was expected to fight until the American pulled out of negotiations. If the Bolton fighter can come through Judah and Bradley, he could then seek to avenge his 2008 defeat to Prescott whilst holding all four major 140lb titles in 2012.
The only stumbling block may be the WBA's insistance that Khan defend his title against interim title holder Marcos Maidana, who is keen on getting Khan back in the ring after their spectacular first fight last December. Maidana has stated that Khan must face him before September or he will be stripped of the belt, with the title passing directly to him.
Phil D. Jay covers the boxing scene for worldboxingnews.net