Boyle Sports<\/a> about the prospect of facing Pacquiao in Wales.<\/p>\n\u201cBut there is interest elsewhere, with other people and other promotional companies, in making the fight happen. I\u2019d love to take that fight. I would say yes to it. It\u2019s not something I would say no to. But not on the AJ-Fury undercard. I don\u2019t expect Manny to be on the AJ undercard at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t want to steal the show,\u201d the 39-year-old continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cNationally, AJ-Fury is a massive fight, but internationally, Amir Khan-Pacquiao is a massive fight, a bigger fight. But I think it\u2019s their night. I wouldn\u2019t even want to fight on the same show because it\u2019s their night and their big fight. They deserve it more than anyone. AJ-Fury, what a fight it is. It\u2019s a fight we\u2019ve all been waiting for. Let them have that time. That\u2019s their time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Khan, 34-6 (21 KOs), has not fought since losing to Kell Brook in February 2022. He retired three months later, only for it to emerge that he had tested positive for a banned substance following his sixth-round stoppage defeat. His subsequent suspension expired in 2024.<\/p>\n
Even before the loss to Brook, it was clear that the former junior welterweight champion’s best days were behind him.<\/p>\n
Pacquiao, 47, is also well past his peak, though he returned in July 2025 to hold then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios to a draw over 12 rounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been approached. I\u2019ve had contracts. I\u2019ve had lawyers involved and there are talks of Pacquiao and myself,\u201d Khan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s see where it goes. If it happens, it happens. It would be big and very interesting. Location-wise, there are a few places they\u2019re looking at as well, America and the Middle East. If it did come, I wouldn\u2019t say no to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a perfect fight. Manny is not a young spring chicken like he was before. I\u2019m not either, so I think it makes a decent fight. If it comes, it comes. But there definitely have been talks. My dad called me not long ago and asked whether I would be interested. He sent me some agreements and the name on there was Manny Pacquiao.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf me and Manny Pacquiao fought, my fights have always been offensive. I\u2019m an offensive fighter, not a careful fighter. Manny Pacquiao is a similar fighter to me, where he\u2019s all guns blazing, comes forward, throws a lot of punches, high work rate, power, speed, you name it. Arguably, two of the fastest fighters in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amir Khan believes a fight with Manny Pacquiao would have greater international appeal than the upcoming heavyweight showdown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[24190,2560,6102,10078,6100,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-amir-khan","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxingscene","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}