Britain’s Amir Khan has declared that his observance of the
Muslim festival of Ramadan would not prevent him from fighting Floyd Mayweather
in September, AFP reports.
After preserving his unbeaten record with a point’s victory
over Manny Pacquiao in their long awaited mega-fight last weekend, Mayweather
said that his final bout will take place in Las Vegas in September.
Ramadan, during which Muslins are
obliged to fast, is due to end on July 17 this year and Khan believes
That would give him enough time to fully prepare for an
encounter with the American pound-for-pound master.
“I’m not ruling out fighting in September because it’s possible
that it could happen,” Khan told journalists during a conference call to
promote his May 29 fight against Chris Algieri in New York.
“Mayweather only fights in mid-September and Ramadan will be
a little earlier this year, which helps.
It gives me enough time to get the training done. So it can
happen in September.”
Both Khan and Algieri are former light-welterweight world
champions and the 28-year-old Briton, who has a 33-3 record, says it would be
wrong to look beyond the former kickboxer (20-1).
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