Amir Khan/Photo by Paul Thomas, Associated Press

Amir Khan of England had his hands full this past Friday with Chris Algieri, who fought his heart out against Khan in the welterweight main event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. From the sound of it, Khan knew Algieri would not be a walk in the park for him. Khan said as much after he earned a unanimous decision by scores of 115-113, 117-111 and 117-111.

“Chris gave it his all tonight,” Khan said. “This is the best Algieri we’ve seen in a long time, and if he’d have fought Manny (Pacquiao) that way, he might have won.”

Pacquiao won a very lopsided decision over Algieri in November in Macau, China.

Khan has been pining for a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He intimated he had to put that out of his head while dealing with Algieri.

“Everyone knows I want Floyd next after all the talk about it, but when you wait and hope for something for this long, it can set you back,” said Khan, who is 31-3 with 19 knockouts. “I don’t want to overlook any other fighters, including Chris.”