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Khan refuses to give up on Mayweather clash

Amir Khan would prefer to face Floyd Mayweather at Wembley stadium © Getty Images

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Amir Khan is refusing to give up hope of fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr next summer.

The 27-year-old was expected to face Mayweather in May before the unbeaten American instead chose to face Marcos Maidana, who was defeated by Khan in 2010.

Mayweather will defend his WBC welterweight and light-middleweight titles against Maidana again on Saturday and should he claim consecutive wins over the Argentine then Khan would be in line as one of his next potential opponents, a challenge which the Brit is desperate for.

"It's a fight that many want to see happen just because our styles would make a very interesting clash," Khan said." If I keep winning then I think it's a fight that could definitely happen in the future. Floyd has said the same thing to me in the past.

"I don't want to put a timescale on it but I got into this sport to fight the best and at the moment Floyd is ahead of everyone so it would be great to test myself against him."

Khan said Maidana's performance against Mayweather in May proved a varied strategy is needed to beat the undefeated champion.

However, the Briton added: "Speed is one of the key components in beating Floyd - speed of hand and speed of foot, even speed of mind. It's not the only thing but it's very important, as is having a good jab and being able to answer the questions he poses.

"You can't be one dimensional against Floyd because over and over in his career he has shown that he makes changes to whatever style his opponent comes with. Yet, when you look at it up until Maidana, the people who have troubled him the most have been people with speed and good movement - those are things I possess."

Khan was due to attend the Mayweather-Maidana bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas but visa problems prevented him entering the United States.

Khan also had visa issues in 2010 when he was forced to train in Vancouver rather than at Freddie Roach's Los Angeles-based boxing gym but reports suggested he was challenging the decision this time.

"Maidana made it a very rough and rugged fight and showed Floyd no respect," Khan said. "That was his gameplan, to go in there and treat him like he was a nobody and in a way it definitely worked for him because he gave Floyd a tough fight especially in the early half of the fight.

"Floyd is going to be smart, box from the outside and maybe leave Maidana chasing his shadow."

Khan accepted that the prospects of facing Mayweather at Wembley are slim and, if that fight fails to materialise, he could face Kell Brook, another of Mayweather's touted opponents.

Promoter Eddie Hearn said discussions over the all-British Khan-Brook bout were "going well".

Khan said: "I would love to bring a fight of that scale [against Mayweather] back home but I think it would be very difficult.

"Floyd tends to have all his fights at the MGM Grand. To fight Floyd at Wembley would be an unbelievable experience but, at the end of the day, Floyd is in the position where he decides who and where he wants to fight."

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