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Mayweather's father pushing for Khan fight

ESPN staff
October 10, 2014
Floyd Mayweather Jr chose to fight Marcos Maidana - twice - instead of Amir Khan © Getty Images
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Floyd Mayweather Jr has vowed to put Amir Khan "on his backside" if they ever fight - to keep his dad happy.

Khan and Mayweather Jr traded verbal blows throughout the summer after the American chose to fight Marcos Maidana even though the Bolton fighter proved a clear winner in an online fans poll set up by 'Money' himself.

But Mayweather Jr said a fight with Khan could be now on the horizon beacause his father wants it to happen.

"My Dad is desperate for me to take [the Khan fight] he just wants me to shut the kid up and put him down," Mayweather told the Daily Mail.

"My Dad doesn't like fighters trash talking his son - but he knows as well as I do that if the fight happens - then I am going to punish him. If he thinks he can trash talk me and get away with it he needs to think again.

"He [Khan] is a good fighter - he has quick hands - but I am a far more intelligent fighter than him - and I could already tell you how I would beat him.

"My Dad wants the fight, I want to put him on his backside, so hopefully we can make it happen.

"I have always said that nobody has any right just to get a fight with me. I am nobody's payday, I am nobody's meal ticket. I take fights that I believe will test me, and will put on a good show for the fans.

"I ain't ever taken a fight just because somebody has been running off their mouth. If Khan gets his fight - it will be because I think he deserves a shot."

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