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Amir Khan has told Floyd Mayweather he will never be a global star - unless he fights him.
Khan, who today announced he will face Luis Collazo on May 3, says Mayweather phoned to promise him they will fight after snubbing him for Marcos Maidana.
And the former WBA and IBF light-welterweight champ claims the American will never crack the lucrative Asian market without him.
Khan said: “If Mayweather wants to be a global star, *especially hitting an area he’s never hit before like Dubai UAE, Pakistan, India, then he has to take that fight with me.
“In India the population is a billion plus, Pakistan 300 million. So if Mayweather wants to target these areas, he has to fight someone who is known in these areas.
“He rang me just after the Maidana fight was announced and said the fight didn’t happen, but not to be disappointed, it wasn’t meant to be this time.
“He said we both know it is going to make us a lot of money in the future, so as long as I keep winning, the fight will happen.”
Khan, who today announced he will face Luis Collazo on May 3, says Mayweather phoned to promise him they will fight after snubbing him for Marcos Maidana.
And the former WBA and IBF light-welterweight champ claims the American will never crack the lucrative Asian market without him.
Khan said: “If Mayweather wants to be a global star, *especially hitting an area he’s never hit before like Dubai UAE, Pakistan, India, then he has to take that fight with me.
“In India the population is a billion plus, Pakistan 300 million. So if Mayweather wants to target these areas, he has to fight someone who is known in these areas.
“He rang me just after the Maidana fight was announced and said the fight didn’t happen, but not to be disappointed, it wasn’t meant to be this time.
“He said we both know it is going to make us a lot of money in the future, so as long as I keep winning, the fight will happen.”
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