Amir Khan: “I think Floyd Mayweather will avoid me like he’s avoiding Manny Pacquiao"

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CIANI: Amir, being that you’ve mentioned Floyd so often as a possible future opponent, I’m wondering, do you think somebody like Victor Ortiz is hungry enough and skilled enough to pull the upset against Floyd and were you at all surprised that Floyd actually chose him as his comeback opponent?

KHAN: Well we know Floyd likes to take the easy route and he never wants to fight anyone dangerous. I think fighting Victor Ortiz, I mean Victor in his last fight against Berto had a good performance. He was knocked down a few times and got back up, but the one before that against Peterson was kind of a bad performance. I think he sees flaws in that fight and he knows he can beat him. That’s the reason Floyd’s taking that fight. Floyd handpicks his fights a lot. He’s been doing that all of his career, and he’s done well with it as well. That’s just him. Someone like myself next year who will be dangerous, I think Floyd Mayweather will avoid me like he’s avoiding Manny Pacquiao and other fighters out there. I mean he never takes on dangerous fighters like myself, by taking on a Maidana and Bradley. He likes to go in and take the easy route and fight the easy names that he knows he can beat. At the end of the day you have to remember Victor Ortiz fought on my under cards twice. Maidana is the guy who beat him, and then he goes Victor Ortiz is the biggest challenge out there for him, which in my eyes there are bigger names out there who I know can take Mayweather and give him a tougher fight than Victor. At the end of the day Victor’s a great guy and a great champion, and he’s got a lot of respect from me. I’m good friends with him, but I think Mayweather is just taking an easy route.

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Thoughts?

 

Khan is not ready for Floyd.