Sorry but which elite fighters did fight their defining fights when the other guy was at his best?
Didn't Floyd Mayweather wait until Sugar Shane was almost 40?
What about Calzaghe and Roy Jones and B Hop?
Or Lennx Lewis and Tyson and Holyfield?
How often does it happen that a young pretender faces the true champ in his prime? Very very very rarely, because even if the challenger is bold enough to want it, the champ will avoid him to get some easier defences.
Khan is just being honest. Plus he's Manny's team mate and friend, it's just courtesy to say that if he wants to fight him to also add that he would time it when he's slight past his best. If he said he wanted Manny and could beat him now that would cause friction in the Roach camp don't you think?
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