By Edward Chaykovsky
Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) has responded to Floyd Mayweather's recent comments regarding a potential fight between the two of them.
While being pressed for a reason as to why he selected Andre Berto as his September 12th opponent - and why he picked Berto instead of Khan - Mayweather implied that Khan should fight, and beat, Danny Garcia.
Garcia stopped Khan in four rounds in 2012. Khan has tried to get a rematch with little success. Last Saturday, Garcia moved up to the welterweight division where Khan currently resides.
Khan views the statements as childish and feels Mayweather is picking an easy fight to close out his career.
"He’s just putting all these obstacles in front of me, because he knows that obviously I’m a big threat to him," Khan told Sky Sports. "Work it out. Look at my last few opponents and he’s fighting Berto, no disrespect to Berto, who is a friend of mine, but obviously there are levels in boxing. I think he’s just being a little childish and he knows that Amir Khan will give him a tough fight and he’s kind of avoiding it."
"If he’s not going to man up and fight me, then I’ll have to fight Manny Pacquiao or someone like that. Someone who would fight me. I think even though Mayweather is a great champion, I don’t think he will be remembered as a great fighter because if he’s not fighting the top guys then he’s waiting until they get old when he knows the guys in front of him would give him problems. He’s cherry picking his fights."
"All the very best to Floyd Mayweather, if the fight happens between me and Mayweather it happens."