Haye thinks Salita may present problems for Khan
November 30th, 2009
By William Mackay: While few boxing fans are giving number #1 mandatory contender Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) much of a chance against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s), World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye isn’t one of them, saying in a news article from Sportinglife “Salita is a solid fighter and is very good. I know a few people who have seen him in the past saying he could be trouble.”
Salita will be looking to take Khan’s head off with every punch he throws, knowing that Khan has a problem with taking hard shots. Salita has pointed that out in the past weeks, saying that Khan is ‘Chinny,” meaning that he has problems taking hard shots. Khan was knocked out in the 1st round last year by the hard punching Colombian Breidis Prescott, who just happens to be fighting on the undercard on December 5th against Kevin Mitchell.
If Prescott looks good in taking out Mitchell in impressive fashion, there will be increased pressure for Khan to finally step up to the plate and try and avenge his knockout loss to Prescott. Thus far, Khan has resisted the urging from boxing fans to try and get revenge against Prescott.
By not dealing with Prescott, it seems to have left a lasting memory for many boxing fans and they don’t seem to be forgetting about the fight regardless of how many fights that Khan puts between him and Prescott. By putting Prescott on the undercard, it would seem to make things only worse. Mitchell is a good fighter, but many boxing people think he’s being led to a slaughter on December 5th.
However, if Mitchell does somehow beat Prescott, it still could make Khan look bad, because Mitchell is a super featherweight and stands only 5’8” compared to the 5’11” Prescott. Mitchell will be moving up in weight to take on the lightweight Prescott.
Khan recently captured the WBA light welterweight title in July with a 12 round decision over Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik. Khan changed his style of fighting under new trainer Freddie Roach, and elected to move for the full 12 rounds against Kotelnik, rarely standing to trade. It worked for Khan, because he only got hit when he would stop on rare occasions.
It’s hard to say how good Salita is, because he’s faced mostly B level fighters during his eight year pro career. However, in looking at video of him, Salita looks like he has decent power, a nice left hook and a right hand that could be problems for Khan if he gets hit too much.
Salita isn’t all that fast, but he’s about the same height as Khan. Salita is good at pressuring his opponents and cuts off the ring well. Khan will be forced to fight it out with him at some point because of Salita’s pressure style of fighting.
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winning and losing is part of game if khan lost to prescot then whats the big issue in that,look it manny pacquiao he was knocked down same like khan by a nobody in his earlier fights but it didn’t stopped him from becoming p4p king and if you people use ur brain then same can happen with khan.Freddi Roch said that Amir has got good speed and all those qualities which a boxing champion should have, just give Amir some time and see where he goes. I my self is British and I know that some people are racist to khan may be its because of his origin which is not fair but at the end of the day who is getting name from Khan victories or who will the answer is England because he is also british and he is proud of that. give this kid some time so that he can prove himself that he is the good for british boxing. Another thing is boxing is a one punch game also if khan lost in one round then why people forget how hashim rahman a nobody shocked british fans by knocking lewis out with just one blow.
,,that knock out was probly the best thing that could have happened to him!!!,because that inevitably made him decide to leave the uk and train under roach,and look at him now ,,the rate at which hes improving is very impressive,,,got a feeling alot of people are gonna be eating there hats regarding khan,,,,,hes gonna be too fast for salita,,,and i recon its gonna be aother one sided win,,,,
Funny Stuff by you guys lol.. “over hyped khan”, ” King Khan “. You guys are def supporing that unknown boxer SALITA. With regard to the prescot defeat, you should know that Khan Lost in Olympics final and then won from the same guy after Olympics?
Khan is a recognised super start now. And i know for anti-khan fans its hard to digest the Truth lol.
Its not easy to come back and win a world title for any boxer after a knock out defeat. So Salute to Khan’s confidence that you call over-hype? Stop posting rubbish and watch out how Salita is going to be knockd out..
Never under estimate KING KHAN.
This is Khans first time his opp. Wasn’t hand picked,this is his mandatory and this kid from brooklyn has been waiting 4 this shot 4 a long time,4 years 2 be exact!khan is over hyped and will be ko again!
unfortunately Khan might win this…
hes a pretend champ…. avoiding prescott
khan is very much over hyped i mean look at the papers they are calling him king khan. the sooner he gets sparked out the better.
its only on sky sports in uk
anybody know how i might be able to see this live in the states? seems none of the usuals (HBO, ESPN, PPV) have the broadcast.
As much as i think Khan is over hyped i think he will have to much for Salita in terms of speed and aggression.
yall must be havin a laugh like
ah come on lads, ther is no way the kosher kid is gona beat amir
C’mon Salita, time to knock A Mere Con.
well keep looking forward to it mate, cuz on the 5th of december u`ll be looking backwards for it, but it aint guna be happening. this star of david guy gunaa be seeing stars in the 4th round
Im looking forward to Salita hopefully landing a decent shot and sparking the over-hype Khan’t out.