By Lem Satterfield
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has his hands full on December 11 when he defends his title against Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. Khan (23-1, 17 KOs) refuses to look beyond the upcoming fight with Maidana (29-1, 27 KOs), but it's no secret that Golden Boy Promotions wants to match him against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the fall of 2011.
Khan likes his chances in a Mayweather. If he wasn't confident of winning, he tells FanHouse that he probably wouldn't pursue the fight.
"Floyd Mayweather is a great fighter, as everyone knows. He's one of the best fighters pound for pound in the world, alongside Manny Pacquiao. I wake up in the morning and my ambition is to fight the best in the world. That's what drives me and gives me the motivation. If I couldn't beat him, I wouldn't want to fight him. That's the reason I want to fight him, it's a great challenging fight," Khan said.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .
