Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Amir Khan believes that a bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr for a substantial purse will happen in the next “six to nine months” and that a clash that could become the richest fight in history would take place in the US – probably in Las Vegas.

Khan, who is the WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion, said he is “99%” certain to fight Lamont Peterson next on 10 December, probably in New York or Washington. Asked if Khan-Mayweather could happen after that bout he said: “It can. And listen I’m ready to fight [him]. I can see a lot of things in my armoury that would beat Floyd – he will take a lot of shots and he will get beat. Floyd Mayweather is beatable – I think definitely he’s beatable. The fight will happen definitely – it’ll happen within the next nine months – six to nine months.

“Because of the money [involved] it could never be here [the UK], there’s too much money, so much money in America. America is 50 times bigger than England so imagine how much popularity we’ll get fighting over there.”

Khan said that as he and Mayweather have similar styles the contest could be a technical showdown. “The two styles? I’ve got a slick style, fast hands, he’s also got good hands, we’ve both got power, I think it’ll be more of a technical game, thinking about it: who lands the right shots at the right time,” he said.

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