Boxing Champ Wants Conor McGregor As First MMA Fight

Former two-time world welterweight champion Amir Khan is among the few truly elite to come out of England in the modern boxing era. He held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles after a successful amateur career that saw the young Bolton star win an Olympic silver medal, and currently is the WBC silver welterweight champion. Where his story crosses over in to the world of MMA starts in Asia, with SFL (Super Fight League), the MMA promotion co-owned by Khan. The organization has had some success in the East, and although yet to break through on the Western scene, is proving to be a lucrative crusade for ‘King’ Khan.

Currently scheduled to face fellow young boxing phenom Saul Alvarez next Saturday (May 7, 2016), Amir Khan has another chance at wolrd title glory, this time in the form of ‘Canelo’s’ WBC, Ring and linear middleweight titles. The clash is a highly anticipated battle of hard hitting and fast handed world beaters, but the subject of mixed martial arts is still very relevant for Khan, even during his current fight week.

Speaking with Boxingscene.com, Amir Khan explains his future plans, which include a potential MMA debut, and also how he already trains MMA for his boxing bouts:

“”I already have a stake in Super Fight League, which is a promotion in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai too. We are also making it over to America now too, and putting on shows over there. Bellator and the UFC are probably the two biggest shows over there, but we’re probably third.””

“You never know what’s going to happen in the future, I’d never say no to getting in to MMA. My speed would be perfect, it’s hit and move, and I can kick hard. I’ve already done MMA training, It’s good for preparing for a guy like Canelo, who likes to put the pressure on.”

The questions then turned to the ever hot topic of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, to which Amir Khan had quite an interesting reply…

‘King’ Khan discusses Conor McGregor, stating he’d feel ready to fight in MMA against professionals at any time:

“I’ve always been a UFC fan and I like Conor McGregor. But if I was to fight the champion around 147 pounds, I’d fancy my chances, Conor McGregor or whoever.”

“I was at the last SFL fight show in Dubai, watching the guys in my weight class closely. Even though I have no experience of MMA, I feel like I could have stepped in and done the business.”

With due respect to Khan, ‘doing the business’ against SFL contenders in his weight class is one thing, fighting a UFC champion is another. Do you feel Khan might be making a steady transition in to the world of MMA? If so , surely he’ll be on the UFC’s hit list.