khan confirms he will be on Floyd's undercard and that broner refused to fight him

says he is ready to be on Floyd Mayweather's undercard in Las Vegas, but is unsure about his potential opponent. Mayweather, considered the world's best pound-for-pound boxer, fights 30-year-old Argentine Marcos Maidana in May. Briton Khan, 27, thought he was in line for the welterweight unification bout, only for Mayweather to choose Maidana. "I think it might be a good idea to fight on his undercard as chief support," Khan told BBC Radio 5 Live. Continue reading the main story “ We put the fight to Adrien Broner - they don't want it- so what do we do? Boxing's a funny business. ” Amir Khan Former world champion boxer "Being in front of his face is kind of good because Floyd will always see me, plus he knows that he should have been fighting me instead of Maidana." After winning a fans' poll to decide Mayweather's next opponent, Khan signed a deal in December that he hoped would lead to a showdown with the 10-time world champion, who holds world titles at welterweight and light-middleweight. However, Mayweather opted to take on Maidana, who Khan beat unanimously on points in 2010. Mayweather then told Khan he would agree to a fight if he defeated 24-year-old American Adrien Broner on the undercard of his Maidana bout - but Khan says Broner has rejected the match-up. Although it remains unclear who Khan's opponent at the MGM Arena would be, the 2004 Olympic silver medallist is confident ahead of what would be a first fight since his victory over Julio Diaz in April 2013 - and a bout with Mayweather remains the long-term ambition. "We put the fight to Broner - they don't want it - so what do we do? Boxing's a funny business. "It's not been confirmed fully just yet who we're going to fight. "Floyd Mayweather is probably the best fighter in our era but as he's getting older I think he's trying to avoid the guys who have hand speed and are quick and explosive. Maidana, I've already beaten him. "I'm still young, hungry and whoever it is on 3 May - which I think will be fight day for me - will be in lot of trouble because I've been out of the ring for such a long time."

Comments (20)

heh Floyd shorts Amir on a fight yet Amir agrees to fight on his undercard Floyd is a master manipulator Don't forget Haymon just had a little talk with Khan also. TMT and GB straightened their lil biatch out. She was starting to come out of pocket. God I hope he doesn't get the Floyd fight next, I can already hear the post fight interview. Khan, "All credit to Floyd, he beat an elite fighter like me very easy, he must be TBE. ":dead:

12y ago

LoadedWraps

Why won't you just go away Khan? :lol1: Floyd would put you to sleep, Maidana would too in a rematch, heck you would probably go life and death with Broner. Glorified journeyman.

12y ago

Isaac_Hunt

Khan's ring rust is going to be a factor in his next fight. If he fights a good fighter next he is asking for trouble,his last 4 fights have not been good performances and hanging around for Mayweather has done him no good. I get the feeling he has had his day and it is all downhill since Peterson.

12y ago

SoulByThePound

Maidana's only credible wins are Broner (Overhyped) and Victor Ortiz (The guy who got KTFO by Khan in Amateurs ) :lol1::lol1::lol1: The amateurs? What does the ams have to do with pro ranks?

12y ago

Joey_Torreo

heh Floyd shorts Amir on a fight yet Amir agrees to fight on his undercard Floyd is a master manipulator Haha Floyd made Kahn his ***** already and they haven't even fought lol

12y ago

Da_Machine

British Khan fans are ****ing delusional. Ive never seen a spin factor as hard as what's going on in this thread. Keep convincing yourselves guys. Khan had his run, it's over now. Nothing to be ashamed of, because he beat some good names.

12y ago

Uklad

You're like a level 12 khantard. Amir should sign a glove for you. And you can get a hump from El Chinno Maidana after he'll get spanked by Mayweather come May3rd :lol1: Goodluck Chinno tard.

12y ago

Southpawology

Khan has lost only 2 fights in his career. Peterson (Cheaterson) one was a Robbery. His resume consists of Wins over Kotelnik,Malignaggi,Julio Diaz,Barerra,Maidana,Zab Judah, I'd count Peterson too. All are World Champs in their career. If you tell me Maidana has better resume than this then God Bless you. Maidana's only credible wins are Broner (Overhyped) and Victor Ortiz (The guy who got KTFO by Khan in Amateurs ) :lol1::lol1::lol1: Correct me if I'm wrong: Didn't Maidana lose all the rounds on all 3 judges cards against Alexander? (lol) and also lost to Khan and Kotelnik (Khan's leftover) and has been dropped more times than Khan in his career? You're like a level 12 khantard. Amir should sign a glove for you.

12y ago

Uklad

Khan-Guerrero can't be made, Guerrero has a law suit filed against Goldon Boy Promotions.

12y ago

arraamis

He's being a bit dishonest here. They disagreed on weight so technically they both turned it down. There you go tipping the apple-cart of truth ..... These guys on NSB can't handle the truth!!!! :lol1:

12y ago

Jim_Tom

You refused to fight Guererro just like Broner refused to fight you. Fight Keith Thurman and you will get all the respect. I think Khan will fight Collazo and embarassingly get knocked the **** out.

12y ago

sugarsmosley

maidana has been down 5 tmes, omar de leon, in marcos 7th pro fight, 3 times against ortiz and 1 against khan, that's it. and 3 out of 5 were against ortiz. go easy on em dean.... some khan fans have the same mindset as khan himself. It's not fair!

12y ago

Dean_Razorback

I don't wanna argue but out of 9, 5 were against Garcia and Prescott combined where he couldn't get up from the first KD. Also both times he ended up on his feet. I seriously believe that Garcia punch could've knocked anyone Flush out also Maidana has been dropped more than 5 times in his career recheck your stats. maidana has been down 5 tmes, omar de leon, in marcos 7th pro fight, 3 times against ortiz and 1 against khan, that's it. and 3 out of 5 were against ortiz.

12y ago

BigZigga

He's being a bit dishonest here. They disagreed on weight so technically they both turned it down.

12y ago

Uklad

khan fought kotelnik after maidana, not before, khan has been Knocked down more times than maidana (9 times if i'm not wrong, maidana 5 times), and khan has been KO'd twice (one in less than a minute) whereas maidana has never been stopped and has always managed to beat the count. I don't wanna argue but out of 9, 5 were against Garcia and Prescott combined where he couldn't get up from the first KD. Also both times he ended up on his feet. I seriously believe that Garcia punch could've knocked anyone Flush out also Maidana has been dropped more than 5 times in his career recheck your stats.

12y ago

Xi_

Khan-Peterson wasn't a great fight that he arguably won? he dropped Lamont twice in the early rounds, got credit for one, and had two points taken from him which was criticized by everyone, where are Berto and Guerrero now? and Broner is a skilled offensive fighter, with below average defense he got hit by Reese, and Paulie consistently, i fully expected him to get hit by Maidana and was interested to see if he could take the punch he couldn't good win by Maidana by lets be honest its because of the hype Broner had that people are calling it the upset of the year, Broner went from 135 to 147 in 2 fights, was he really going to be a killer making a weight jump that big idk? and you're really reaching by saying he ducked Alexander, Floyd fights in either May or September, Khan can't fight in September because he would be fasting that month, if he fought Devon in December and got injured he wouldn't have gotten a fight with Floyd until maybe 2015 if he got it at all, it was the most likely fight to happen until Maidana got all the hype, he was making a career decision, not ducking Alexander buddy everyone knows khan ducked alexander......there was absolutely nothing stopping that fight from happening except khan's own self entitlement which came back to back him in the ass....thats why the boxing world happy he didn't get the floyd fight. all of the major polls reflect that.

12y ago

MrP4P

I truly dont feel bad for Khan not getting the fight. Leading up to the "Khan-Alexander" fight for the better part of two months all Khan talked about was how ready he was for the fight and that it was ready to go, yet Team Alexander kept saying over and over and over how the fight WASNT signed and Alexander was preparing in the gym thinking the fight was sealed. Then when it happens to Khan with Mayweather he starts to cry he was misled. Meh

12y ago

Stanly_Ketchel

12y ago

arraamis

I wanna see collazo ice khan and make him do the stanky leg on PPV. That alone is worth the PPV $$$ Agreed!!!!:lol1:

12y ago

buckfangs

excuses.......khan either lost those fights or looked like utter crap winning them. guerrero-berto was fight of the year material against two game fighters with guerrero coming out on top, maidana was the fooking underdog against broner, so lets not forget that. khan-diaz was suppose to be a soft touch for khan and khan still managed to almost lose lmao. you're bringing up shawn porter being a champion who drew with diaz, well what about the fighter porter beat to get the belt? why did khan duck alexander? and don't blame gbp/floyd either because floyd is not in control of who khan fights and gbp works for khan and not the other way around....khan is overrated....point blank period. Khan-Peterson wasn't a great fight that he arguably won? he dropped Lamont twice in the early rounds, got credit for one, and had two points taken from him which was criticized by everyone, where are Berto and Guerrero now? and Broner is a skilled offensive fighter, with below average defense he got hit by Reese, and Paulie consistently, i fully expected him to get hit by Maidana and was interested to see if he could take the punch he couldn't good win by Maidana by lets be honest its because of the hype Broner had that people are calling it the upset of the year, Broner went from 135 to 147 in 2 fights, was he really going to be a killer making a weight jump that big idk? and you're really reaching by saying he ducked Alexander, Floyd fights in either May or September, Khan can't fight in September because he would be fasting that month, if he fought Devon in December and got injured he wouldn't have gotten a fight with Floyd until maybe 2015 if he got it at all, it was the most likely fight to happen until Maidana got all the hype, he was making a career decision, not ducking Alexander buddy

12y ago