11:20am Wednesday 17th March 2010
by Liam Chronnell Jamie Moore wants to crash Amir Khan’s Garden party.
The Walkden star returns to action against Sergey Khomitski at Manchester’s MEN Arena on April 3.
It will be his first time back in the ring since losing his European light-middleweight title to Ryan Rhodes in November.
Following his shock defeat, Moore has moved up to middleweight for a 10-rounder on the undercard of David Haye’s world heavyweight dual with John Ruiz — but he is already looking beyond Belarusian Khomitski.
Khan defends his WBA light-welterweight crown against Pauli Maliginaggi at New York’s Madison Square Garden on May 15.
And Moore hopes to make his American debut on the same night as the Bolton superstar.
“I would love to go to America and fight at one of the world’s big venues,” he said.
“I want to make an impact over there and quickly, so I’ll fight anyone but they need to be a name like John Duddy or Peter Manfredo.
“Amir’s bill would be perfect. The Americans could see me in the flesh and it would be be on Sky Box Office so everyone over here will see it too.”
Moore, who had a fourth operation on his troublesome shoulder after the Rhodes defeat, has not ruled out a rematch with old foe Matthew Macklin.
Macklin was hospitalised after the pair’s brutal battle for the British light-middleweight title back in September 2006 in the domestic fight of the year.
And the 31-year-old admits a rematch could be on the cards. He said: “Macklin holds the European middleweight belt so, if I can’t fight on May 15, he’s my number one target.
“I’m not bothered about British titles – I’ve done all that – I’m looking for big fights now, especially at this stage of my career.
“I’m fighting Khomitski to help shake some of the rust off then I’ll be looking to move on to bigger and better things.”
Moore, meanwhile, insists he will have no problems moving up to middleweight.
“I should’ve done it two years ago,” he said. “I’ve been struggling to make the weight for a long time now and, regardless of what happen against Ryan Rhodes, I would’ve moved up.
“If I’d been badly beaten by Rhodes I might have considered retiring but I know the only reason I got beat was because I’d struggled with the weight and I had nothing in the tank.”
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