? Twenty-four-year-old hopes to retire within four years
? Khan plans one more fight before meeting Mayweather
Amir Khan believes he is on course to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr in 12 months but the WBA world light welterweight champion plans to retire in four years.
Having last week successfully defended the title for the third time against WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana the options are now good for Khan.
Khan has been tipped to meet Mayweather, possibly as early as his next contest, but may prefer to unify the light-welterweight world titles before stepping up one division to take on the American at welterweight.
Khan told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's a possibility in the future. A lot of people say I want to fight Mayweather next. I want to fight Mayweather in 12 months. It gives me time to mature and to get more experience. "Hopefully around April I want to get one more fight in before I unify the division."
Khan then plans to take on Mayweather and would like the contest to be on home soil. "Before the end of 2011 or even in England at the beginning of 2012," he said of a possible fight with Mayweather.
"The interest would be huge in England. I want to bring the biggest fights over here. To get a Mayweather to fight in England would be a huge success."
Khan recently turned 24 and his plan is to retire in four years. "Boxing is a short career. I'm looking at probably 28, retiring at around that time," he said.
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