British fighter Amir Khan, known for his fast hands and glass chin, has pulled out of his December fight with Devon Alexander in order to fight boxing's pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza has been making noise for weeks about the fireworks potential of a Khan-Mayweather matchup. "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," Espinoza said.
Espinoza has also spoken recently about Mayweather's remaining four Showtime fights as a conquest of territories, beginning with England.
"The first one to knock down is the UK, because that's the one that's easy to transition to," Espinoza said. "The Money Team, Mayweather Promotions, [promoting] his own fights, potentially. And once we get that base established in the UK, then pick another territory and continue."
Sources say the fight will take place in Las Vegas, but the possible allure of a bout in England may be too great to ignore.
Mayweather has fought off several large challengers billed as capable of bullying him in the ring and devastating him with his power, such as Miguel Cotto, Robert Guerrero, and most recently, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.As far as fast hands go, Mayweather normally holds the advantage in that category; against Khan, that may not be the case.
Khan, though, has shown to be lacking defensively, and was knocked out in spectacular fashion by Danny Garcia last year. Some felt that Garcia, who defeated the favored Lucas Matthysse on the Mayweather-Alvarez undercard, was the next in line to hit the Mayweather lottery.
According to reports, Khan is expected to earn no less than $6 million in this bout which is expected to generate $200 million. After pay-per-view sales and gate revenue are calculated, Khan could walk away from the matchup with $12 million.
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