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Mayweather has promised to fight me if I crush Collazo, reveals Khan
3-24-2014
Amir Khan's dream fight with Floyd Mayweather is on.
Khan, who announced on Monday that he will fight Luis Collazo in Las Vegas in May, was beginning to despair of getting in the ring with Mayweather until the world's best pound-for-pound boxer began a call to him with the words: 'Hey champ'.
By the time the call ended, Khan was in no doubt that a clinical job on Collazo would land him a date that looked to have eluded him when Mayweather pulled out of a showdown with him at the end of last year.
fter confirming his May 3 meeting with Collazo at the Las Vegas MGM Grand — on the undercard for Mayweather’s bout with Marcos Maidana — Khan said: ‘A couple of weeks ago, Floyd came on the phone and said, “Hey champ, how are you doing?”
‘That was a great opening line, and it showed he is a respectful guy away from the camera. He then said, “The fight didn’t happen, but don’t be disappointed. You are one of the names I want to fight, and I know you are a big star. The fight will happen.”
‘He said he’s got three fights left in his career and that I would be one of them.
‘It could happen in a year, but I’m not going to chase it. I’ve made that mistake before. But it is an incentive to do a proper job on Collazo.’
The fight against Collazo will be Khan’s first since stepping up to welterweight. ‘He will be tough,’ said Khan. ‘I could have picked an easier fight, but we want a challenge to show we are serious.’
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