By Edward Chaykovsky

Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19KOs) is very clear with his position - Danny Garcia (32-0, 18KOs) can either fight him of vacate the WBC welterweight title.

Khan was knocked out by Garcia in four rounds back in 2012. Khan was dominating the fight until he was caught by a huge counter hook in the third round and he never recovered.

Khan retained his mandatory position after moving up by eight pounds to challenge then WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez at 155 in May. The British star started well and seemed to be ahead after five rounds, but a single big shot in the sixth put him down and out.

Garcia captured the vacant belt back in January with a twelve round unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero.

Khan wants to return in the fall and Garcia is slated to come back on October 15th - which is too soon for the Bolton boxer. Garcia's opponent is unknown. The frontrunner is no longer clear after negotiations have stalled with former champion Andre Berto.

Khan says he underwent surgery to correct an issue with his right hand that was bothering him for a very long time. He says the right hand will be better than ever and much stronger for the rematch with Garcia.

According to the World Boxing Council, the fight between Khan and Garcia will get ordered before the year is out. Garcia, for whatever reason, has not been very receptive to a second fight with Khan, but his back will be against the wall if the sanctioning body issues their order.

"Garcia is number one on my list," Khan told Daily Mail. "I’m his mandatory [challenger] therefore he can’t avoid me unless he vacates [his title] and obviously I want revenge from the first fight. I’m older and more mature now and I’m taking the sport more seriously. If we fought again it would be a different story."