Khan: If I Stop, Floyd Says 'Thank God He's Off My Case'
By Edward Chaykovsky
Former champion Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) says he tried everything possible to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) in the ring.
Khan has been trying to get Mayweather in the ring since 2013. He wasted a lot of time trying to secure that Mayweather shot in the last three years. The fight never came off with Mayweather passing him over several times.
Mayweather had his final career bout last week when he decisioned Andre Berto over twelve rounds. Most people in the industry expect Mayweather to fight again next year.
“I’ve been waiting for that fight for a very long time, and he’s just not taking that fight. I’ve tried everything to make him take that fight. First he said: ‘Fight somebody in the 147lb [welterweight] category who’s decent, in the top 10.’ I fought three guys and beat them all," Khan told Kevin Mitchell of The Guardian.
"I looked really good against them and thought, ‘I’m going to get the fight.’ Then he said: ‘I’m going to do a poll.’ That was between me and a guy called Marcos Maidana. Maidana is a guy I’ve already beaten. I won the poll and still he fights the other guy.”
The paper asked Khan if he ever entertained the idea of doing reverse psychology by rejecting any notion of facing Mayweather - and the fighter laughed, because he feels Mayweather would feel a sense of relief.
“If I say that, he’ll be happy, he’ll be like, ‘Thank God he’s off my case.’ You know, I think he’s called it a day now. I don’t think he wants to fight again. I think he will retire before he even fights me,” Khan said.
