De La Hoya: If No Pacquiao, I'll Push Mayweather-Khan
Posted by: Edward Chaykovsky on 12/8/2014 .
By Edward Chaykovsky
If Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, is unable to lock up a deal for a Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao super fight in 2015, then Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is going to do everything possible to make a fight between Mayweather and British superstar Amir Khan.
Khan faces former two-division champion Devon Alexander this coming Saturday in the headline bout of a Golden Boy promoted tripleheader at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. If Khan wins the fight, then is a the likely Plan B candidate to get a crack at the pound-for-pound king.
“One thing for sure is that as Amir Khan's promoter, I'm going to push as hard as I can to get that Mayweather fight, because that's what he deserves. I truly feel that if a Manny Pacquiao fight doesn't happen next year for Floyd, then he has no choice but to fight Amir Khan, especially if Amir Khan has a spectacular performance. I mean, the public are demanding it. The fans are demanding it and that's how we have to push it. I truly feel that Amir Khan fighting a Mayweather, Amir Khan's style can give a lot of trouble to Mayweather," De La Hoya said.
oscar is talking about khan/mayweather now
so much for pacquiao vs mayweather