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Amir Khan fires warning to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has told his rivals that he still has plenty of room for improvement in the future.
If Khan can find a way past Paul McCloskey on Saturday, he is eyeing a summer unification battle against Timothy Bradley - and if he wins that one, the next target is a 2012 showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Khan believes he is on course to snatch the title of pound-for-pound king from Mayweather if he can entice the American into the ring.
"There's not many other 24-year-olds who have achieved what I've achieved," Khan said. "That's what drives me - I've not even hit my peak yet, and I've done so much. It excites me what I've got in the future, because I've got some super fights - the likes of Floyd Mayweather, fighting for the pound-for-pound title, unifying the division against Bradley, so there's some huge fights for me out there."
Meanwhile, Ricky Hatton has insisted that Khan's resilient showing against Marcos Maidana - when he weathered a 10th-round crisis to win on points - proved he has the chin to compete at the highest level. Khan's ability to take a punch has been in doubt ever since he was knocked out inside a minute by Breidis Prescott in 2008.
"He's come back from defeat, and every time in coming back from defeat he's ticked off all the boxes," Hatton said. "He's proved his heart, proved his chin, proved his desire. Ability-wise he's improving like there's no tomorrow."
At least Manny's friend Khan knows who the true Pound for Pound champion is. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Like it or not kids.
If Khan can find a way past Paul McCloskey on Saturday, he is eyeing a summer unification battle against Timothy Bradley - and if he wins that one, the next target is a 2012 showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Khan believes he is on course to snatch the title of pound-for-pound king from Mayweather if he can entice the American into the ring.
"There's not many other 24-year-olds who have achieved what I've achieved," Khan said. "That's what drives me - I've not even hit my peak yet, and I've done so much. It excites me what I've got in the future, because I've got some super fights - the likes of Floyd Mayweather, fighting for the pound-for-pound title, unifying the division against Bradley, so there's some huge fights for me out there."
Meanwhile, Ricky Hatton has insisted that Khan's resilient showing against Marcos Maidana - when he weathered a 10th-round crisis to win on points - proved he has the chin to compete at the highest level. Khan's ability to take a punch has been in doubt ever since he was knocked out inside a minute by Breidis Prescott in 2008.
"He's come back from defeat, and every time in coming back from defeat he's ticked off all the boxes," Hatton said. "He's proved his heart, proved his chin, proved his desire. Ability-wise he's improving like there's no tomorrow."
At least Manny's friend Khan knows who the true Pound for Pound champion is. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Like it or not kids.
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