Amir Khan on Potential Fight with Conor McGregor: ‘It Would be Massive’

Don’t let the brutal knockout loss to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in May fool you: Amir Khan is a legitimate world championship-level boxer and he wants to fight Conor McGregor. But not in a boxing match like all-time great Floyd Mayweather Jr. teased the world a few months back. No, “King” Khan said he’ll take on the polarizing Irish superstar inside the Octagon, in the UFC, in an MMA match. Khan recently was interviewed by FloCombat.com and he revealed that he is willing to do what rival Mayweather refused, and that is to step foot inside the Octagon and take on “Notorious” in an MMA-rules bout. “I’m a little different in that sense, where I would get into a cage and I would fight in MMA rules, so that’s the difference between me and Mayweather,” Khan told Flocombat.com. …

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