Amir Khan would fight Canelo Alvarez again. But not at middleweight

Amir Khan

DESPITE suffering a devastating knockout against then WBC middleweight champion Saul โ€œCaneloโ€ Alvarez, Amir Khan maintained he would box the Mexican again, but only down in his division – welterweight.

โ€œI donโ€™t think Iโ€™ll be going up to that weight again,โ€ Khan told the Saima Ajram show. โ€œIโ€™m going to be real and Iโ€™m going to tell you thereโ€™s no point because Iโ€™m risking my life and my health. Iโ€™ve got a family. If he came down to my weight, Iโ€™d take the fight any day.”

Though Amir added, โ€œHe would never come to my weight, I donโ€™t think it will ever happen again.โ€

He seemed similarly unconvinced that he would take on his British rival Kell Brook. โ€œIโ€™ve fought the best fighters in the world and still am fighting the best fighters in the world, Iโ€™m still the number one position for the best world titles in the world as well. But the thing with Kell Brook, I just think thereโ€™s no point because heโ€™s not fighting the A-list fighters. Iโ€™m taking tough punishment fighting the best fighters in the world and Kell Brookโ€™s fighting the easy guys. He wants to fight me, he wants to make big money, he wants to make easy money fighting me. So Iโ€™m 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 Iโ€™ve fought then Iโ€™ll take the fight,โ€ Amir insisted. โ€œWhy should I give him that opportunity when he doesnโ€™t deserve it?โ€

Instead he is targeting a rematch with a man who hold a knockout win over him. โ€œIโ€™d like to fight Danny Garcia because he has the WBC world title,โ€ Khan explained. โ€œIโ€™m in the number one position for that title fight so Iโ€™d love to take that fight. If it happens, who knows? But thatโ€™s something Iโ€™m going to be chasing.โ€

Saima Ajramโ€™s show is on Sunday June 19, 4โ€“6pm on BBC Asian Network.

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