Who's next for Amir "King" Khan?

After dismantling former 5 time world champion Zab Judah via a 5th Round TKO and bagging the WBA Super World light welterweight title and IBF light welterweight title after, who's next for Amir Khan?

Amir Khan, with a current record of 26W-1L, is definitely climbing the stares of stardom and is slowly showing the world that he is just a hypemachine.

Who's next for Amir Khan? 
Definitely not yet Pacquiao or Mayweather.

I definitely think he has a slight chance (with slight, I mean a puncher's chance) against Pacquiao or Mayweather but we are talking about two of the best welterweights (maybe best boxers) on the planet today. You can't just directly beg for a match against these guys by just defeating a faded Zab Judah.

First, he needs to have a rematch with Breidis Prescott! Breidis Prescott who? Prescott is the first guy who defeated Amir Khan. No, let me rephrase it. Prescott is the first guy who embarassed Amir Khan with a first round "face first" TKO in his hometown in Manchester, UK. Prescott did not

At that time, Prescott and Khan had an almost identical record, both undefeated at 18-0 (Khan) and 19-0 (Prescott). Yes, Prescott had an impressive record but some may claim that these fights were mostly against lesser opponents, but that argument also applies to Khan. Before the Prescott fight, Khan has never fought outside the United Kingdom and he was mostly against "white" guys (not a racist comment). Prescott on the other hand has fought only twice outside of Colombia (in Panama and the United States) before they met. So both fighters, I should say were "protected".

After the fight, Khan went on a 8-win tear, defeating some good opposition in a faded Marco Antonio Barrera, Andriy Kotelnik, Dimitriy Salita, Marcos Maidana, Paul McCloskey, Paulie Malignani and Zab Judah. On the other hand, Prescott went on a 4-wins (a DQ, TKO, UD, UD) 2-losses (both decisions, SD and UD).

Amir Khan vs Breidis Prescott's first meeting. Amir Khan via first round TKO

Prescott's win against Khan may have been a fluke with how their careers turned after the fight. It could also be due to the promoters and trainers backing each fighters that is why Khan got the better piece of fortune after the fight.

Prescott is slated to fight Paul McCloskey in Northern Ireland this September 10, 2011, and whether Prescott wins or loses, I want Amir Khan to have a rematch with Prescott. Period.

You may ask, "Isn't it a waste of time for Amir Khan to fight Prescott if he loses against McCloskey"? Maybe. But, his loss to Prescott will forever hunt him. If Prescott loses to McCloskey, then he should just take the fight, consider it a tune-up and dismantle Prescott just like he was embarassed on their first meeting.

Prescott needs Khan to prove that the first win was not a fluke while Khan needs Prescott to prove that his first loss was a fluke. Breidis Prescott vs. Amir Khan rematch will really make sense.

Next, you have a long list of contenders and champions that he can fight that could lead him to a fight with Pacquiao and/or Mayweather like Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Victor Ortiz, Andre Berto, Joshua Clottey and others.