Khan already eyeing Mayweather

Amir Khan defends his light-welterweight world titles against Lamont Peterson in Washington tonight, with one eye already on Floyd Mayweather’s pound-for-pound crown.

The fighter hopes to successfully defend his WBA and IBF belts against Peterson before leaving the 10-stone ranks as the division’s recognised number one.

From there, 25-year-old Khan plans to move up to the 10st 7lbs welterweight division where potential riches and recognition await.

Top of his list is a showdown with pound-for-pound kingpin Mayweather, but other high-profile names on his radar include Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto.

“I’ll probably move up to welterweight in my next fight because there’s nobody out there I can face at light-welter,” Khan told Press Association Sport.

“There are big names in the welterweight division and I can work my way towards those big super-fights against the likes of Floyd Mayweather and also Shane Mosley, who is in that division and I could probably face.

“There are some real super-fights for me in that division that people will want to see.”