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Khan mocks Mayweather's excuses on Pacquiao

ESPN staff
October 17, 2011
Amir Khan: 'Floyd Mayweather tries to control situations' © Getty Images
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Amir Khan believes Floyd Mayweather Jnr is searching for excuses in order to avoid taking on Manny Pacquiao for the crown of pound-for-pound king.

Talks between Mayweather and Pacquiao have previously collapsed over the timing of blood tests before the bout, but recently the Pacquiao camp have started to make conciliatory noises on the subject, suggesting their man would be willing to agree to his rival's demands.

But Khan, who has designs on facing Mayweather next year after stepping up to welterweight, claims that if Pacquiao did give his consent, the unbeaten American would just find a new way of dodging the battle.

"The thing is, if Manny says: 'Yeah, I'll fight, let's do the test', then it will be something else. 'Oh, the purse split ain't fair', 'Oh, the gloves', 'Oh, the ring's too small', so I feel there's always an excuse," Khan told fighthype.com.

"Mayweather tries to control the situation how he wants it, that's why if the fight with us came to England, he wouldn't like that. There will be no seven-star hotel in Vegas. He's not going to have the luxury of his own mansion, his own gym, so I'd have that advantage. If they leave it any longer, people will get fed up and not care."

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