DESPITE suffering a devastating knockout against then WBC middleweight champion Saul โCaneloโ Alvarez, Amir Khan maintained he would box the Mexican again, but only down in his division – welterweight.
โI donโt think Iโll be going up to that weight again,โ Khan told the Saima Ajram show. โIโm going to be real and Iโm going to tell you thereโs no point because Iโm risking my life and my health. Iโve got a family. If he came down to my weight, Iโd take the fight any day.”
Though Amir added, โHe would never come to my weight, I donโt think it will ever happen again.โ
He seemed similarly unconvinced that he would take on his British rival Kell Brook. โIโve fought the best fighters in the world and still am fighting the best fighters in the world, Iโm still the number one position for the best world titles in the world as well. But the thing with Kell Brook, I just think thereโs no point because heโs not fighting the A-list fighters. Iโm taking tough punishment fighting the best fighters in the world and Kell Brookโs fighting the easy guys. He wants to fight me, he wants to make big money, he wants to make easy money fighting me. So Iโm not going to give him the opportunity. I just want him to prove himself and if he proves himself and fights even half of the fighters Iโve fought then Iโll take the fight,โ Amir insisted. โWhy should I give him that opportunity when he doesnโt deserve it?โ
Instead he is targeting a rematch with a man who hold a knockout win over him. โIโd like to fight Danny Garcia because he has the WBC world title,โ Khan explained. โIโm in the number one position for that title fight so Iโd love to take that fight. If it happens, who knows? But thatโs something Iโm going to be chasing.โ
Saima Ajramโs show is on Sunday June 19, 4โ6pm on BBC Asian Network.