Khan: Mayweather, Pacquiao Would Be Easier Than Canelo!

By Edward Chaykovsky

In the last twelve months, British star Amir Khan missed out on big fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

But Khan believes that he bagged the most dangerous fight of the three - a catch-weight bout against WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs)

The fight is scheduled for May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan (31-3, 19KOs) will rise by eight pounds to face Canelo at a catch-weight of 155.

Khan has been out of the ring since last May, when he won a twelve round unanimous decision over former WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri.

Canelo was in the ring back in November, when he picked up the biggest victory of his 25-year-old career with a twelve round decision over former four division world champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.

Khan is a very big underdog - mostly due to the size disparity. He is widely viewed as being the more skilled and quicker fighter, but most insiders believe Canelo's ability to rehydrate to a massive 170-plus on the night of the fight will be too much for the British boxer to overcome.

The odds don't seem to bother Khan.

“Canelo is known as a very dangerous guy that not a lot of people want to fight and a lot of people avoid so I’m the one guy that said ‘I’ll fight him’,” the Bolton-born boxer told Kick Off.

“I could have taken an easier route - if I did take a fight against Mayweather or Pacquiao I think it would have been an easier fight because of the weight. People are expecting me to walk in there and just get beat up but I don’t see it going that way.”