De La Hoya: Khan Can Be One of The Best of All Time!
Posted by: Kevin Francis on 12/9/2014 .
By Kevin Francis, courtesy of The Daily Star
BOXING legend Oscar De La Hoya believes that Amir Khan can become one of the greatest fighters of all time.
He is also convinced that Khan has the ability to cause a major shock when he finally climbs into the ring with Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao.
Khan his hoping that victory over Devon Alexander in Las Vegas this weekend will secure a megabucks fight with either of the two boxing greats next year.
He knows that defeat in the defence of his WBC world silver welterweight belt will drop him back down among the also-rans.
But former six-weight world champion De La Hoya, the head of Khan's American promoters Golden Boy, is backing him to go all the way.
He said: "I really do feel that Amir Khan can be one of the top fighters of all time, I really do.
"He has the passion for the sport plus the discipline and the work ethic you need for this sport.
"He has the feet, the power and the leg movement. I truly feel that he has a lot of fight left in him.
"He is still learning and still growing. He is getting stronger and getting faster and he is more motivated than ever."
The prospect of fighting undefeated Mayweather, who holds three world titles, or WBO world welterweight champion Pacquiao is driving Khan on.
And De La Hoya believes that the 27-year-old from Bolton will be a match for either of them, saying: "He's smart and he believes in his own ability.
"He believes that he can knock anybody out. He can punch and if he hurts you he is going to finish you.
"Amir's style can give a lot of trouble to Mayweather and he could do the same to Pacquiao as well."
De La Hoya wants to see Khan fight one of them next year and said: "It rubs me up the wrong way that he hasn't fought either of them.
"He has been promised the likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao and it hasn't happened yet.
"After this fight against Devon Alexander, I would really love to put Amir in with the very best and that means either Mayweather or Pacquiao because that's what he deserves.
"The time is now for him. He deserves to be fighting Mayweather or Pacquiao. That's when we see the very best of Amir Khan.
"Amir is at the perfect moment in his career. The time is right for him and I will be pushing very hard for those fights."
oscar really pushing it here
khan struggled with collazo 
