Former world champion Amir Khan is looking ahead to bigger things in the new year.

Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) had a mixed year in 2019.

He started off the year with a welterweight title fight, against WBO world champion Terence Crawford at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Khan went down in the first round and was stopped after six, when the Bolton boxer was unable to continue after a low blow.

Khan returned in July, in Jeddah, when he stopped late replacement Billy Dib in four rounds.

Khan is now going to review his options for 2020.

“I am in a position where I can fight the top fighters that bring a lot of money to the table and I am very lucky to be in that position,” Khan told The Bolton News.

“I can go to America, or go back to Saudi Arabia and do a fight there or I do a big fight in the UK.”

One of the biggest fights for Khan, is a domestic showdown with his UK rival Kell Brook.

Brook, inactive since December 2018, will return to the ring in February when he faces once-beaten Mark DeLuca in a junior middleweight bout. Brook had a much tougher than expected decision win over Michael Zerafa in his last outing.

The two boxers have traded words for years, but Khan and Brook have never been close to a deal to face each other. In 2018, fans became very hopeful that a deal would come together when Khan signed a multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn, who also handles the career of Brook. When the moment came to make the fight, Khan went in the direction of facing Crawford.

2020 would be a make or break year to make the Khan vs. Brook showdown.