Khan talks of Hatton and Marquez fights
June 26th, 2009
By Liam Santiago: British boxing star Amir Khan (20-1, 15ko’s) will attempt to silence his critics on July 18th at the M.E.N arena, where he will meet Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13ko’s), in his first world title bout. Every boxer that laces up a pair of gloves will have their critics, but Amir seems to have more than just a few. Does he really deserve this level of criticism, especially from boxing fans in his own country? Khan speaks to me on what the future holds for him.
Speaking to me over the internet, Khan said He is considering a huge bout with Ricky Hatton after the Kotelnik fight, assuming he beats Kotelnik. Then, assuming he beats Hatton, which might not be as easy, Khan says he wants to set up a huge summer fight with Mexican warrior, Juan Manuel Marquez, ranked 2nd in the pound for pound ratings behind Manny Pacquiao. Yes, these are very ambitious claims to make, but under new trainer Freddie Roache, Khan is looking untouchable. As Khan has said himself, his shock knock-out defeat to Briedis Prescott came as a blessing in disguise, with the result of Khan deciding to let Freddie Roache take him under his wing. Roache has totally changed Khan as a fighter. He no longer sees the need to charge in like a wild bull, instead he uses his exceptionally fast footwork to hit and move. Khan’s chin issues have had the same positive effect that Wladimair Klitschko’s have had. Knowing he could easily get knocked out with one swift shot, Khan does not allow his opponent the chance to test his chin. However, eventually, at some point will get caught flush, and when he does it could very likely be night over for Amir.
If Khan beats Kotelnik and aranges the fight with Hatton, it will be by no means easy. Hatton is not ‘shot’. He lost to the two best pound for pound fighters in the world, one might, arguably, be one of the greatest fighters of all time. The big question is, does Khan have the power to do what Pacquiao did to Hatton? Probably not. Khan has never faced an opponent like Hatton that smothers you, throwing that level of pressure at you. But if Khan can keep hitting and moving, in and out, he has a good chance. It will seem very optimistic, and even stupid to many boxing fans that Khan is even thinking about fights this far ahead, but what’s wrong with self-belief and confidence. He has every talent to back up his claims. But, for now he must concentrate on Kotelnik, a fight that Khan cannot afford to lose.
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British people are desperate to see world camp.Hatton is an average boxer,Calzaghe is retired and only involved in his last two real fights which all knew they passed best.Iam an american and i like kahn, he is fast and got great in and out moves.Exciting to watch nt like floyd mayweather.Go on Amir.
Dont understand y everybody camparing hatton with khan.But I agree with Zee comment.Amir khan is talented and the fatest I have ever seen and with Freddie Roach he can surely win.All he has to do is to listen Roach.
U wish robert.Hatton had no chance against pacquiao.Hatton is rubbish.I feel sorry for Manchanster people, they flew twice to states u get embarassed and wasted their money in this recession.Hatton is old and may well retire soon but young Amir has fresh blood and could all the way to legend.
Khan all the way.This kid will surprise every1 and will become world camp.All haters are just their time and will be proven wrong soon.
Khan has no heart. Even when Hatton was knocked down twice in the first round with Pacman he kept gettin up and if he cud have he would have gone all the way. Khan wouldnt stand a chance.
Amir your a good fighter with speed thats why you
have do pick on poor Ricky Hatton be course you no
hes shot so go for it. But stay away from witter
be course you will get hurt he has to much power peace.
sharpy, hatton was great about 5 years ago! he looked dodgy in nearly every 1 of his fights in the us! blatentley lost to collazo, was pants against lazcano (in the uk) and got merked by mmj and pac man! he did well against the older boys, urango and tszyu with his great stamina and punch resistence AT THE TIME! now i dont wanna take anything away from ricky hatton cos he WAS a brilliant fighter, crowd pleaser and would fight any1 which was great! but i jus think he has had his day and now is on the slide! still he is 1 of the top 10 best fighters ever to come out of the uk! ricky hatton is still a legend!
I dont know why evey body thinks he will lose to hatton, lets face it Amir he dose have a weak chin, but styles make fights as they say. This is a bad fight for hatton, i can see amir dancing around and hatton locking extreamly slow and if he out works him or even stops him, then Hattons surely done and i dont know why the number 2 in the world would fight Amir when he could still fight almost anyone.
great article.i think khan is a good fighter and is a future world champion.as many boxers hav proved u can cum bak from a loss.we will see how good khan is in his fight with kotelnik.ppl would love to see hatton v khan.hatton is not shot.ppl need to stop hatin him and giv him a chance.
khan is a joke. he is just another over-hyped british flop. why does he think he can beat marquez when he nearly got killed by the little known prescott??? he is and always will be a glass-chinned tosser who cant fight to save his life.
hatton would ko him, and for jmm, dont be silly khan.
Stay away from hatton although if somehow you get by hatton (highly unlikely) i would bet my house that marquez knocks you out within 3 rounds. Stop getting ahead of yourself and build up your career slowly otherwise it will be over and we will have another fraudly harrison.
Nothing wrong being ambitious, especially if you possess special talent. Idiots like Oli are acting as if he’s calling out Marquez, when in fact Khan’s just simply saying he’d like to be fighting the likes of Marquez in the near future. Besides, we haven’t even got a transcript of this ‘internet chat’ with Khan, so we don’t know exactly what he said in regard to his future opponents.
The fact is, he’s shown an interest to fight a dangerous and a fantastic fighter in Hatton; therefore he warrants a little respect for wanting to take on a extremely high risk bout. But no, instead people want to see him in with Murray? Pffftt get real! The Murray’s and the Thaxton’s are no where near in the league of Khan, why waste effort in facing them when he could be in with the likes of Hatton, Ortiz etc
OLI,
Khan did face a young warrior his size in Bredis Prescott. He was promptly flattened. I agree with you 100%. Khan should stick to carrying water for the real fighters, like Margarito.
Oli what are you going on about you muppet, if kahn beats kotelnik he will be lww wba champ and then if he beats hatton who is the num 2 lww in the world then he will be a very big draw.
I feel hatton is done but on paper it will be a very good victory, kahn has to be clever and box hatton.
Kotelnik isnt a very big puncher at all so i can see kahn winning with his speed and skills but kotelnik is a tricky customer. Kahn is a much better fighter than gavin rees who kotelnik beat to win the belt.
Personally, I would love for khan to beat Kotelnik, and Ortiz to beat Maidana. If both were to win, the next obvious fight would be between Ortiz vs. Khan. I would pay to see that.
I agree with ben! khan has great skills but has a lot to prove after a dodgy start to hs pro career!
I also think khan would do hatton simply because hatton has lost his punch resistance!
One thing that is often overlooked about Amir Khan….
He has only ever fought one person his own size as a pro. That was Prescott. We saw what happened there.
I am a semi-khan fan. I hope he is very successful, but he is yet to answer his critics.
We will all be watching his next fight very closely. Bring the title home khan!
stfu oli ur the fkn prat,khan is talking about his future as he sees it,what u think is totally irrelevent,why cant khan not talk about hatton or marquez ?they aint that unbeatable ,both are hard fights 4 khan at this stage but its obvious the boy has the balls to want to beat the best,how is he a prat for saying this?you may hate him u trash but youll be either going to see him or ull be shelling out 15 notes,nice one all the way to khans bank !khan is the next world superstar get used to it now!!!!
OH MY GOD HES DOING IT AGAIN!!! THIS LITTLE PRATT JUST CANNOT STOP HIMSELF!!!
Yet again this nobody whos beat nobody and who holds the worst chin in all boxing is talking about things he will neva be able to do. MARQUEZ???? For christ sake who does he think he is? THE DAY KHAN FACES A WORLD CLASS YOUNG WARRIOR HIS OWN SIZE IT WIL BE THE END OF HIS CAREER.
His mouth writes checks his fists cant cash and that is why nearly all of britain hates the guy