Mayweather looms over Khan, Algieri match-up

NEW YORK: Britain’s former world champion Amir Khan is aiming to punch his ticket to a bout with Floyd Mayweather on Friday with a victory over Chris Algieri in a non-title welterweight fight.
Khan, the former unified light-welterweight world champion who headlines a card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, is reckoned to have the inside track on a fight with unbeaten pound-for-pound king Mayweather.
Although he’s been chasing Mayweather for years, Khan insisted he won’t look past Algieri.
“Winning this fight is everything to me. I’m not looking past Chris because I’ve made that mistake in the past,” Khan said this month.