Boxing fans awoke this morning to news coming out of the UK, courtesy of the Daily Mail, that Amir Khan had signed to fight Floyd Mayweather in May. However Team Khan was quick to make the following official statement.
“Team Khan would like to dispel recent reports that Amir Khan has pulled out of a potential match-up against Devon Alexander on December 7th, taking up a fight against Floyd Mayweather in May of next year instead.
Contrary to this story, Amir Khan is currently in training camp in San Francisco with the aim of fighting again in December against Alexander once an agreement can be reached.”
Stephen Espinosa, head of sport for Showtime TV had this to say on the potential encounter, “Floyd has seen off the tough, heavy punchers. “It remains to be seen what he will do against extreme speed and I like the Khan fight very much.”
