Khan: I Don't Want To Fight Pacquiao, But this is a Business

By Mark Vester

WBA junior welterweight champ Amir Khan is currently training with Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines ahead of their upcoming fights. Under their mutual trainer Freddie Roach, both boxers are getting ready. Pacquiao faces Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC 154-pound title on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Khan defends his title against Marcos Maidana on December 11 in Las Vegas.

Khan said he and Pacquiao are very close, and fighting him would be tough, but "boxing is a business." If they were positioned to fight, where would Roach stand?

“Sometimes he gets the better of me, sometimes I get the better of him [in sparring],” Khan said to the Manchester Evening News. “We are so close as friends now that it would be very difficult [to fight]. But at the end of the day, boxing is a business, so anything can happen.”