By Robert Morales
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Schaefer recently talked about the possibility of a fight between super lightweight champion Amir Khan, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. He said that is a fight he really wants to make. It would only remain a plausible matchup if Khan gets by hard-hitting Marcos Maidana in December.
"At the end of the day it's going to be up to Mayweather and what he wants to do," Schaefer said to BoxingScene.com. "It's in that same sense of putting big fights together. If you have Amir Khan who is going to clean up the 140-pound division and be the last man standing there, with his speed and power I can imagine that is a fight fans want to see.
"And if the TV networks are going to support it, then of course that is going to be a fight I want to put together. Any big fight which can be made, I'm going to try and get made. That is the only way you can keep the momentum going in boxing and I do think we have the momentum. What you are going to see in November and December is the best fight lineup we have seen in 20 years."
Schaefer rattled off the matchups between Margarito and Pacquiao, Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez, Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis, Khan and Maidana, Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal, Vic Darchinyan and Abner Mares, Yonnhy Perez and Joseph Agbeko, Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch - all of which are slated for November and December.
That's not to mention Juan Manuel Lopez-Rafael Marquez, scheduled for Nov. 6. And to a lesser degree Zab-Judah-Lucas Matthysse that same night.
Of course, if Mayweather gets locked up because of his legal issues, considering him for a fight against Khan would be a moot point.
