Khan: I'd Take Canelo Rematch Any Day - If He Comes To 147!

By Edward Chaykovsky

British star Amir Khan (31-4, 19KOs) is relaxing after last month's brutal knockout at the hands of then WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 33KOs).

Canelo-Khan was distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and headlined the first ever boxing event at the newly built T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Khan started well in the contest and most had him ahead on the scorecards as the contest entered the sixth round. Canelo started getting closer in the fifth, and then landed a crushing shot to Khan chin's in the sixth and the fight was quickly over as Amir went down and out.

The fight with Canelo took place at a catch-weight of 155-pounds. Khan moved up by eight pounds to take the risky opportunity. Khan plans to drop back to the welterweight limit, where he's still the mandatory challenger to WBC world champion Danny Garcia.

Khan wants revenge on the fighters who beat him - Garcia and Peterson. But does he want revenge on Canelo?

He is willing to fight Canelo a second time, but never again at 155-pounds.

“I don’t think I’ll be going up to that weight again,” Khan told the Saima Ajram show on BBC. “I’m going to be real and I’m going to tell you there’s no point because I’m risking my life and my health. I’ve got a family. If he came down to my weight, I’d take the fight any day.”

Khan is living in the real world. He fully knows Canelo is never going to drop down to the welterweight limit for him or anyone else for that matter. The last time Canelo weighed at 147 was back in March of 2010. Canelo admits it was tough to squeeze down to catch-weight of 152 for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013.

"He would never come to my weight, I don’t think it will ever happen again,” Khan said.