Amir Khan never got the fight he long craved with Manny Pacquiao but he has now spoken about a fight between the Filipino legend and Conor Benn.
Benn is soon to rematch Chris Eubank Jr having lost the first fight over 12 rounds. It was a hard fought battle after more than two years of build up and saw Benn put on his best performance yet, despite being the naturally smaller man who had moved up to weights.
He will have to do the same again in November, and win lose or draw, former world champion Khan told Betway he’d be keen to see the Brit take on Pacquiao.
“I think a fight with Conor Benn would be interesting. If Conor goes into the rematch against Chris Eubank Jr and wins or loses, the fight would be a fantastic fight for him against Manny Pacquiao. That’d be huge in the UK — people would be buzzing to see Pacquiao vs Benn. A lot of people in the UK want to see Manny fight there. He’s such a big name around the world, so we would love to see him fight here.
“Conor Benn is building right now to become the next big thing in boxing, and hopefully he wins the fight against Eubank Jr in the rematch, and then it has to happen with Manny Pacquiao. If he doesn’t win, I still think it is a good fight for him to do. That fight could bring massive attention.
“They are both powerful, strong, and I want to see it. Manny is older now, and he is not like his old self and won’t be as sharp or as hard as he once was. These young up-and-coming fighters should up their game a little bit more and take the risk, take the big names and try to win against the biggest names out there.”
Pacquiao is now 46 years old and returned to action back in July when he fought to a draw with Mario Barrios after almost four years away from the sport.
The former eight weight world champion has said he will not rematch Barrios and is instead keen on another world title. Initially that looked likely to come against Rolly Romero but Romero has since been ordered to defend his WBA welterweight title against Shakhram Giyasov.
