Khan: “After losing to Prescott I fear nothing and no man”
October 23rd, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan sounds fearless as he approaches his December 5th bout against number #1 challenger Dmitri Salita, saying “After losing to Prescott I fear nothing and no man,” according to The Sun. Did you see that? Khan fears no man. Oh, I think the light welterweight division is in trouble now.
I’d be happy if Khan at least fought some talented fighters instead of the old codgers and light hitting fighters like Andriy Kotelnik. Khan may say he fears no man, but I sure wish he would prove it by facing a fighter with power and talent instead of light punchers Khan has been facing since he was blown out of the water in a 1st round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott last year.
Khan: Those 54 seconds most definitely changed me from a boy to a man,” Amir said referring to his 1st round knockout defeat to Prescott. Wow, that sounds inspiring. I sure wish that Khan had shown his metamorphosis in the ring by fighting a dangerous fighter like Maidana. Heck, I’d settle right now for Khan facing recently defeated Victor Ortiz. But beating a 31-year-old Kotelnik isn’t my idea of showing that you’ve changed from boy to man.
That’s like me saying I’ve changed from a boy to a man because I got a D in Calculus. And then I turn around and take a bunch of art classes and do well. How can Khan even say that he’s turned into a man when he’s still not facing the dangerous light welterweights like Maidana, Bradley, Alexander or Ortiz?
Now, I could see Khan getting excited about his development if he had beaten one of those aforementioned fighters instead of the likes of Oisin Fagan, a 35-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera and the light hitting Kotelnik. That seems to me that Khan has been selectively matched against beatable fighters.
Barrera may have been a good fighter at point in his career, but by the time that Khan fought him Barrera had seen his best days in the rear view mirror by at least three to five years ago. And Barrera was a super bantamweight in his prime and moving up to the lightweight division, he wasn’t the same fighter he used to be earlier in his career at the lighter weight.
Khan, 22, will be facing Salita, his number #1 challenger, at the Metro Radio Arena, in Newcastle on December 5th. Khan should win this fight, but what comes next will show whether he means it about turning into a man. if Khan takes on a soft opponent, which I fully expect him to do, then I see no real change in him. The dude needs to man up and take a murderous puncher for a change. Heck, give a rematch with Prescott and prove that the loss was a fluke. I could care less if Prescott is a lightweight. Fight him anyway.
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THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, I COULD’VE SWORE THAT KOTELNIK BEAT MADAINA AND KHAN SCHOOLED KOTELNIK THATS WAT I CAN REMEMBER U BUMB.
WOW SO MANY RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE WHO HATE KHAN…
must be doing something good..
SO MANY PEOPLE BUY TICKETS 2 WATCH KHAN FIGHT..keep hating and spend that money people..
FACT IS PEOPLE, KHAN GETS SO MUCH PUBLICITY..
THATS EITHER GOOD OR BAD, BUT ITS ALL PUBLICITY…
and soon boxing fans were going to lose the support as UFC IS TAKING OVER..a real shame..
bet he fears me !
he fears no man apart from immediately avoiding the lightweight top ten after Barerra
Khan has changed a great deal since his loss, where as valero and maidana are just one hit wonders especially valero.
well fight him again them like all real champs do!!!
Do you have anything reasonable to say about a boxer from outside the US?
Fortunately Freddie Roach has a different view, but then he knows something about boxing.
But dam, those trunks are nice and glittery!
“light punchers Khan has been facing”
I guess this is the way roach manages his fighters, good bidness, bad for the sport, and only good for one half of the “fans”.
I mean who will he fight after he destroys this garbage salita? because it WONT be bradley, holt, maidana, witter, campbell, peterson, alexander, mallignaggi or probly not even urango. so who? how long can they get money for old rope?
Talk is cheap when your fighting nobodies like salita. Clearly his team ARE afraid because they dont seem to have any faith in his ability to face the very best. Take bradley for instance he is only 24 yet look what he has done and the competition he has faced so far compared to khan who is billed as a bigger future superstar. How long can people keep waiting and saying ‘hes only young he will get better’ if you hold a belt you ought to be able to face ANYONE on the world scene and khan cannot, isnt and wont be doing that and so how can you say he is a real champion and he deserves his title? To me he is a laughing stock and a paper champion and so far nothing he has done deserves much recognition. As presccot said he is a pampered baby who will be found out when the time eventually comes. Whether all this is khans fault or his managments fault im not sure but he doesnt help himself by running his mouth like he does when he clearly has no real right to at this point
whats with this desperation to have a rematch with Prescott?
Its not like its haunting him that much, since then hes won a world title. And Prescott still fights at Lightweight, Khan has now moved up a weight.
It would be nice to put that devastating loss straight by havin a rematch but its certainly not neccessery and its clearly not affected him has hes only got better since.
GET A RE-MATCH WITH HIM (Prescott) then Mr Khan????????, but “The Way” Mr Prescott defeated Mr Khan….i doubt Mr Kahn wants that
i hope khan does fight prescott but people always forget how young khan is y is everybody rushing him. he will fight prescott im sure! khan is 10 yrs younger than mayweather! mayweather is a true cherry picker, give khan another 5 yrs b4 u call him a cherry picker
listen to yourselves, why you lot attacking him so much khan is not even in his prime yet. and if he does happen to fight prescott again im pretty sure he will beat him under the guidance of freddy roach, that fight was a fluke no doubt about it he just got hit with a lucky shot to the temple of his head. all of you make me sick if you think he is so rubbish then why dont you fight him, give the guy a break. at least he is a world champion;of course he’s gonna fight some next rubbish opponents who hasn’t every boxer has, more then several times in their career big champs like mike tyson, evander holyfield, rocky marciano, muhammed ali, joe calzaghe etc. have fought rubbish boxers or old timers joe calzaghe vs an old roy jones jr and bernard hopkinsand many other wastemans that we havent heard of, M. ali vs zora folley?cleveland williams?- look at every boxers career and check the boxers that they fought, one khan is in his prime watch he will destroy boxers with his lightning speed and developed power and i am sure his chin will go from soft to hard oh and lets see any of you become boxers and always fight no. 1 contenders and the best for every fight you have- every boxer start from fight rubbish boxers to supreme champs.
reply to stuko-u say maidana is very beatabel,i agree prescott is very beatabel to,but the both have a punch,and khan will avoid them,so how can u rate khan if he avoid any fighter with a punch?i agree that khan would stand a chance against any top lightwelter,like campbel,bradley,alexander,malagnagie,diaz.because they al dont have 1 punch ko power,but as soon as khan fights the maidana,prescott,valero and torres’s off this world he will definatley get kod,cos u cant grow a gd chin and 1 of them would surley land sufin big over the 12 rounds and take khan out.
For once I agree with scott. Khan is full of crap if he was a man he would avenge his loss to prescott. As for fearing no man this is probably true as if prescott can put him to sleep in 54 seconds, Khan knows that the likes of bradley will put him to sleep before he even knows whats happened so he wont feel a thing. At the MOBO awards khan came out with “for my living I usually knock people out”. No Khan you usually beat up super feather weights and when you meet someone who isnt hand picked your going to get knocked out just like against prescott. Khan is the new audry harrison!!
Pacquiao was knocked out back then when he was as age of khan now. Pacquiao ang Khan become sparring partners. That’s a very good education. Think he learned from that.
I have to give you credit for writing about someone other than carl froch, now if you could move past this British obsession of yours you’d be making real progress
regardless of who khan beats up with his blinding speed, we will always say to him,
“rematch with prescot” i agree, as so long amir doesnt fight presscot he will have monsters on his back of his entire career.
valero -> khan would be carnage, and would leave you feeling something like after watching one of those execution videos.
Tom – Valero cant get big fights because hes has problems with getting a licence in america because of his head injury. He was due to fight a few months back and his visa got rejected. Valero would be more than willing to get into the ring with Khan, Valero is Khans worst nightmare because he doesnt respect speed and is a knock out artist.
As soon as Khan starts knocking out the boxers who actually pose a threat and are not just paper champions or old farts looking for a pay day, then I will start giving him respect….Honest.
u bum this very beatable maidana up but he was a punch away from losing to ortiz and also lost to kotelnik who khan schooled!!!
i agree, lets see khan take on one of the big names, i never liked this ‘i changed from a boy to a man’ it makes me cringe…he was a little boy back then, still playing with his lego set when he got knocked out he awoke to find hairs on his chest the next day, it’s ridiculouse and just another excuse.
All these haters are making khan stronger, U keep sayin khan hasnt fought so and so, but they havnt approached khan either. As for the light hitting kotelinik fight, he gained a title. nows the next step, fight madatories and unify the division, which he undoubtly will do. as for you scott, u keep wrttting hate filled biased articles.
Amir Khan will never be a real champion unless he fights and beats Breidis Prescott easily unlike his efforts last year
i am british but i realy dont like khan,and i dnt why so many people in britain are acting as if he is the saviour of our boxing,the only way i will show khan respect,is if he fights maidana next,but khan will never fight him,cos hes a harder hitter than prescot and the fight would be over even quicker,i would even respect khan if he gives recantly defeated prescot a rematch,but that fight will never happen,my gues is,is in khans nxt fight after salit,he will go after an easy vaulantry defence,or go for alexanders wbc,or 1 of the softer champs at lightweight,so he can vacate his wba title to avoid maidana
i can imagine kahn in 8 years next fights would be cherry picking and then he´ll get the oportunity to get the top fighters all tired just as manny paqciao ha ha ha ha
omg i think im gonna be attakced by the paquio trolls…
give the guy a break.
People forget Khan is 22 Pacquiao is 30 can you imagine Khan in 8 years time?
I think he will get knocked out a few times during his career and disagree he should fight marcos maidana who could of easily lost to victor ortiz
Prescott will always beat Khan, hence why they wont fight him. Why is Khan ranked above Prescott when he CANT beat him?
If im honest i think kahn turned pro far too young but he wanted it all.The next few years (3-4) will be the defining points to see if kahn can really produce the goods,hes still only a kid yet and also a kid went it comes to heart.He should of turned pro now imo when his body has had time to mature.Kahn has talent and boxing skills in abundance and im sure in the next few years freddie roach will fine tune his skills to fit the pro ranks indefinately just takes time.