Amir Khan is confident that he will finally land a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. if he scores a convincing victory against Devon Alexander in their upcoming fight.
Khan, who will face Alexander for the World Boxing Council Silver welterweight title on Dec. 13 in Las Vegas, said in an interview with BoxingScene that the Mayweather fight will be secured if he will run away with an impressive win.
"I feel like my style, with speed, power, hand and foot movement, would give someone like Floyd Mayweather problems," Khan said. "Floyd's a great fighter, but first we have to look good and shine against Alexander and then I think the fight with Floyd will be secured."
Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya also said in an interview that he is confident that the winner of the Khan-Alexander fight will be on top of the list of Mayweather's possible foes next year.
"The big prize is there for the winner and that is a fight against the Mayweathers of this world," De La Hoya said. "I sure do expect to get [the winner] the Floyd Mayweather fight. Amir's been wanting the major names in boxing for quite a while because he deserves it."
Khan, who holds a 29-3 record with 19 knockouts, almost got his dream bout earlier this year. He was considered as favorite to land a bout against Mayweather earlier this year, but the pound-for-pound king opted to face Marcos Maidana instead.
The 27-year-old Briton scored a lopsided decision win against Luis Collazo in May. And if he gets a chance against Mayweather next year, his former trainer, Freddie Roach, believes that the Bolton, England native has the tools to pull off an upset against Mayweather.
"I always thought Amir had the talent to maybe beat someone like Mayweather," Roach said of Khan. "I think it's a very good fight for Amir. I give him a very good chance to win that fight. He's fast, he's athletic. He's a pretty good puncher, not a great puncher. He has all the abilities in the world."
Roach, a Hall of Fame trainer, handled Khan's career from 2008 to 2012 before they parted ways after the former light welterweight champion took two straight defeats against Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia.
