One of the most burning questions in professional sport is who will be Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s next opponent.

It reflects the extent to which the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world now dominates professional boxing. Indeed the hype, excitement and anticipation surrounding a Mayweather fight easily dwarves every other fight at any weight in the sport.

One of the names being touted as the next opponent to try and hand the current pound-for-pound champion his first ever professional defeat is Britain’s own Amir Khan, based on the Bolton former world champion’s undoubted hand speed and aggression, which various commentators feel would give Mayweather the sort of test he’s lacked in recent fights.