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Jon Thaxton will get his wish and fight Amir Khan - providing he can overcome Dave Stewart.
The winner of the British lightweight champions title defence has been made the mandatory challenger to the vaunted Commonwealth champion and Olympic silver medallist.
Victory would see Thaxton's dream come true at the end of a week in wich Britain's two premier lightweights have traded open insults.
Khan accused the Norwich man of being "too old, too slow and too predictable", while the 33-year-old claimed the Commonwealth champion is too scared to fight him.
But Thaxton's promoter Mick Hennessy has confirmed that Friday night's winner will be next in line to face Khan.
Determined
"We have had this fight made as a final eliminator for the Commonwealth title," he said promoter Mick Hennessy.
"Dave has already fought and won an eliminator for the Commonwealth title."
Thaxton though is determined it will be him who moves on to bigger and better things. Stewart will be the second challenger to the British belt he won last December, after 14 years as pro.
He says injury meant he was not at his best for his first defence - a seventh-round stoppage of Scott Lawton in March - but has promised that will not happen this time around.
"I have absolute belief in myself that I will be taking that belt back home," he told Sky Sports News.
"I've trained so hard. No stone has been left unturned."
Jon Thaxton will get his wish and fight Amir Khan - providing he can overcome Dave Stewart.
The winner of the British lightweight champions title defence has been made the mandatory challenger to the vaunted Commonwealth champion and Olympic silver medallist.
Victory would see Thaxton's dream come true at the end of a week in wich Britain's two premier lightweights have traded open insults.
Khan accused the Norwich man of being "too old, too slow and too predictable", while the 33-year-old claimed the Commonwealth champion is too scared to fight him.
But Thaxton's promoter Mick Hennessy has confirmed that Friday night's winner will be next in line to face Khan.
Determined
"We have had this fight made as a final eliminator for the Commonwealth title," he said promoter Mick Hennessy.
"Dave has already fought and won an eliminator for the Commonwealth title."
Thaxton though is determined it will be him who moves on to bigger and better things. Stewart will be the second challenger to the British belt he won last December, after 14 years as pro.
He says injury meant he was not at his best for his first defence - a seventh-round stoppage of Scott Lawton in March - but has promised that will not happen this time around.
"I have absolute belief in myself that I will be taking that belt back home," he told Sky Sports News.
"I've trained so hard. No stone has been left unturned."
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