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Brendan Schaub is not a fan of WBC middleweight championship challenger Amir Khan’s aspirations to one day compete inside the Octagon.

During a recent episode of Schaub’s The Fighter And The Kid podcast the former UFC heavyweight responded to Khan’s claims that MMA fighters like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor could not handle his power.

“Especially Khan being a lighter guy, he’s not going to be a knockout guy. I don’t even know where to begin on this…

“He’s that boxer saying ‘I don’t need a ground game; I could walk into the Octagon.’… “

Schaub doesn’t share the belief that Khan could be as successful in the world of MMA as he is in boxing. In fact, he believes a low-level amateur fighter could make quick work of the Olympic boxer:

“I’ll tell you this right now, you could take a low-level amateur at 155 pounds, lower level.

“You could take a guy a guy who didn’t even make it into The Ultimate Fighter house and he would mop the floor with Amir Khan. Mop the floor.”

According to Schaub, the recipe to defeat Khan inside the cage is a simple one:

“All he would have to do is cover up, get inside and get an underhook and he would go for a ride.”

Khan is currently scheduled to make a step up in weight in order to meet Mexican boxing superstar and reigning WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Former two-time world welterweight champion Amir Khan is among the few truly elite to come out of England in the modern boxing era. He held the unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles after a successful amateur career that saw the young Bolton star win an Olympic silver medal, and currently is the WBC silver welterweight champion. Where his story crosses over in to the world of MMA starts in Asia, with SFL (Super Fight League), the MMA promotion co-owned by Khan. The organization has had some success in the East, and although yet to break through on the Western scene, is proving to be a lucrative crusade for ‘King’ Khan.

Currently scheduled to face fellow young boxing phenom Saul Alvarez next Saturday (May 7, 2016), Amir Khan has another chance at wolrd title glory, this time in the form of ‘Canelo’s’ WBC, Ring and linear middleweight titles. The clash is a highly anticipated battle of hard hitting and fast handed world beaters, but the subject of mixed martial arts is still very relevant for Khan, even during his current fight week.

Speaking with Boxingscene.com, Amir Khan explains his future plans, which include a potential MMA debut, and also how he already trains MMA for his boxing bouts:

“I already have a stake in Super Fight League, which is a promotion in India, and we have a lot of shows in Dubai too. We are also making it over to America now too, and putting on shows over there. Bellator and the UFC are probably the two biggest shows over there, but we’re probably third.”

“You never know what’s going to happen in the future, I’d never say no to getting in to MMA. My speed would be perfect, it’s hit and move, and I can kick hard. I’ve already done MMA training, It’s good for preparing for a guy like Canelo, who likes to put the pressure on.”

The questions then turned to the ever hot topic of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, to which Amir Khan had quite an interesting reply…

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