Amir Khan denied reports that he has already finalized a showdown with Chris Algieri and revealed that he is also interested in facing Adrien Broner in his next fight.
Khan, a former super lightweight world champion, clarified that the rumored fight with Algieri on May 30 is not yet final. He said that Algieri is just one of his options after failing to get a shot against reigning World Boxing Council middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, who is planning to defend his title on June 6 in New York.
"Algieri has not been confirmed. He is one of the guys that we're looking at," Khan told BoxingScene. "Because basically I wanted the Miguel Cotto fight, but now he's with Roc Nation and he already has a date on June 6th. I can't fight in June because of Ramadan. I can't fight and then go straight into Ramadan."
With the showdown against Algieri still left hanging in the balance, Khan admitted that he also talked to Broner about a possible showdown. Through a photo posted on Instagram last month, Broner called Khan out for a fight, which will be easy to arrange because both fighters are under influential adviser Al Haymon.
"No disrespect to Virgil hunter he is a great coach and I got endless love for him but me and Amir khan can fight at the end of this month," Broner wrote on Instagram. "I haven't taken any punishment I'm back in the gym and ready to make a fool out of anybody."
Khan, who is coming off a unanimous decision win against Devon Alexander in December last year, said that Broner agreed that a fight between them could be made.
However, the Briton superstar expressed doubt about the willingness of Broner to face him because the latter is reportedly asking for a catchweight lower than the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.
Khan insisted that if Broner really wants to face him in what could be an interesting pay-per-view fight, the 25-year-old former world welterweight champion should agree to face him at 147. The Bolton, England native admitted that it will be hard for him to fight at 145 or 144 pounds again after moving up to the welterweight division.
"He said he was up for it, but then what made me realize that maybe he's not is when he said 'I can't do the fight at 147, let's do it at 144 or 145.' I thought that's strange, because he's calling me out and saying 147, then why not stick to 147," Khan said. "I can't go down to 145 or 144. I'm a 147 fighter."
