Khan: Pacquiao Mistake, Fought at Mayweather's Pace
May 3, 2015 • 4:20 AM ET
British star Amir Khan, who returns in a few weeks against former champion Chris Algieri at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, wants to face WBC/WBO/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the next twelve months.
Khan was ringside at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, watching the Mayweather secure a twelve round unanimous decision to gain the 48th win of his career with scorecards of 118-110 116-112 116-112.
Khan congratulated Mayweather on his victory and took to Twitter to say: "Well done @FloydMayweather great performance #EasyWork."
The Bolton fighter added on BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme:
"(Mayweather) took Manny's best shot and he just had to come back. It was a classy fight. The mistake Manny made was drop to Mayweather's pace. To fight Mayweather you have to stick to your own pace, and that's something a young fighter would do."
