Amir could do worse than Brad

AMIR KHAN needs to restart his career in Britain and the perfect fight for him is against Bradley Skeete.

The former light-welterweight world champion is in danger of becoming boxing’s forgotten man. Khan, 30, has not fought since he was knocked out by Saul Alvarez in May 2016 and, despite being a top fighter, his value is dwindling.

The Bolton boxer was a hit in America but, after a devastating defeat and almost 18 months out of the ring, those Stateside see him as a fighter on the slide.

American TV companies are not going to put up big money for him and promoters over there will only see him as an opponent for their star men.

Currently Khan (below) is in no man’s land as he has not fought in the UK since his 2013 win over Julio Diaz and he has only been in a British ring twice since 2009.

He needs to come home and rebuild his career and what better way to start than by taking on Londoner Skeete?

I met Khan at the Boxing Writers’ Club dinner at the Savoy on Monday night and mentioned a clash with the British welterweight champion, so hopefully we will hear back soon.

Skeete is ranked No.3 in the WBO rankings so if – and it is a big if – Khan wins he would be back in world title contention. But it is also a great fight for Skeete who could announce himself on the world scene by delivering another blow to Khan’s career.

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is mandated to fight Canadian David Lemieux so we are trying to do a deal for that fight later this year.

If the Canadian fighter’s team want it in Montreal then they better put up a lot of money because Saunders is the champion. Meanwhile, tonight two fighters I promoted face each other when WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves takes on Jamie Cox at Wembley Arena.

Cox was a really good, young prospect who had a lot of problems, a lot of them his own doing.

The Swindon scrapper can punch but if he can’t get on top of someone, he starts committing fouls which ends up in disqualification.

He has youth on his side and if he hits Groves clean he could go over.