Mayweather tells Schaefer: I want Wembley fight

Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor

American fighter approves UK venue

Five-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather seems certain to box in the United Kingdom before retiring from the sport after admitting to Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer that a fight at Wembley Stadium in London is something that the WBC welterweight title challenger wants in the near future.

The 34 year-old meets belt holder Victor Ortiz next month in his first fight for sixteen months in Las Vegas and has been linked to a fight with WBA and IBF light-welterweight champion Amir Khan, 24, when the British fighter moves up to 147lbs next year.

Mayweather’s co-promoter Richard Schaefer, who also promotes Khan, outlined the WBN pound for pound number three fighter’s plans at the London press conference to promote the Las Vegans upcoming bout ‘Star Power’ and believes a fight with Khan could be possible for November 2012 at the venue.

"We are trying to locate a March date for Amir [when he moves up to 147lbs] to come and fight here in the UK," Schaefer said. "After that, all being well, he will fight Mayweather sometime after the summer.

“For that fight we'll be looking at the economics to see how we can stage it here.

“Mayweather has made it clear to me that he wants a big fight at Wembley Stadium. That would be massive," he added.

‘Money’ Mayweather is aiming to claim his ninth professional world title at the MGM Grand on September 17^th on HBO PPV.

The bout will also be broadcast live to the UK fans via Amir Khan’s new pay-per-view network Primetime with two more WBC title fights in Saul Alvarez v Alfonso Gomez and Erik Morales v Lucas Matthysse co-featuring.

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