Breidis Prescott will destroy Kevin Mitchell on Saturday
December 1st, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: British former super featherweight contender Kevin Mitchell (29-0, 22 KO’s) is making a huge mistake in taking on Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott (21-1, 18 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the World Boxing Association light welterweight clash between champion Amir Khan and challenger Dmitriy Salita at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear.
I almost feel sorry for Mitchell, because he’s going to have his backside handed to him by Prescott in this fight. Mitchell, 25, with his style of fighting in which he goes right after his opponents trying to slug with them, is tailor made for a fighter like Prescott. I see Mitchell as being nothing more than a sacrificial lamb for Prescott. Mitchell doesn’t have a prayer in this fight, not with his style of fighting.
However, Mitchell should have been eased into the new weight class a little more slowly against a less dangerous fighter than Prescott. You can see this is a big gamble being taken by Mitchell’s management in the hopes of getting a big win, which would increase Mitchell’s stature almost immediately given that the fight is taking place on the undercard of the Khan-Salita title fight. What’s more likely to take place is Mitchell being totally destroyed and humiliated in front of a large British audience. Mitchell can’t fight Amir Khan’s battles for him. If they want someone to beat Prescott, it’s going to take someone a lot better than Mitchell or Khan to get the job done.
The only hope that I can see coming out of this fight is that Mitchell at least looks competitive for a few rounds before he’s nailed into the turf by the hard hitting Prescott, because that’s about all I can good about this fight. Mitchell is the equivalent of Joe Frazier going up against a George Foreman-like Prescott. He basically no chance. Like Frazier, Mitchell will make the mistake of trying to go right at Prescott and will be asking for trouble almost immediately. It isn’t that Mitchell doesn’t have good power of his own, it’s that he doesn’t have anything close to the same kind of power that Prescott has.
Also, Mitchell is considerably shorter than Prescott at 5’8” compared to 5’11”, and has much shorter arms than the Colombian as well. Even if Mitchell has been working on staying in the outside and fighting at aq distance, I can’t saee him doing well with that style. His arms are much too short for him to find any success on the outside against the long-armed Prescott. And at close range, Mitchell will be at the mercy of Prescott’s huge hooks and uppercuts.
Prescott mowed down Amir Khan last year in a 1st round knockout in September, a fight in which Khan foolishly tried to slug with Prescott in the opening seconds of the round and was dropped by a series of left hooks. Now Mitchell may be a good super featherweight, but I don’t place him in the same class of Khan. I see Khan as being much better than Mitchell. Never the less, Mitchell is counting on beating Prescott on Saturday night, getting a title shot against the WBO title holder.
Following that, if successful, Mitchell is hoping to fight Khan. The chances of that happening are slim and none in my view. The more likely scenario is Prescott drilling Mitchell into the canvas and then afterwards a badly beaten and embarrassed Mitchell having to re-examine his ideas about fighting as a lightweight. Personally, I think Mitchell is too short, too weak, and too wide open defensively for the lightweight division.
For that matter, I don’t see Mitchell as championship material as a super featherweight either. I do think Mitchell is a good fighter and capable of remaining a contender at either super featherweight or lightweight, but not nearly good enough to beat the champions or the dangerous sluggers in either of the divisions.
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HAHA eat your words gilfoid you have shown yourself to be a joke yet again
well done mitchell lad
go scotty boy your analysis was bang on. i think you owe mitchel an apology for being a total numpty who clearly knows nothing about the sport the lad is accelerating his popularity in.
Haha how wrong you are! Awful journalism if you can call it that
“What’s more likely to take place is Mitchell being totally destroyed and humiliated in front of a large British audience.”
The painful truth – and I’m a true Brit and a bit of a Mitchell fan.
Good article.
Why do we have this in the world? Why do people quite clearly hate other nations? It’s pathetic. Scott, it’s about time you grew up, your grammar is pretty good, but I just can’t imagine you being an adult. People like you make me ashamed to be a human. You disgust me.
The outcome of this fight will depend on the quality of Mitchell’s defence. If Mitchell keeps it tight, makes Prescott miss with his sweeping shots and counter punches with authority I believe that he will win on points or by late stoppage.
If Mitchell get’s wreckless in the early rounds then I see Prescott winning.
Needless to say Brit fighter = Gilfraud prediction they will lose – surprise, surprise.
there are questions to be answered with mitchell stepping up in weight, but ability wise he is streets ahead of prescott. you have obviously not seen mitchell fight very much have you?
scot ur a WANKER!
I’m fed to the back teeth of you Scott
Another silly article… so not a bit of respect to Kevin for taking up the challenge then?
Interesting … is this another ‘bash the brits’ rant or is Scotty boy actually saying something ?
Uhmn, now I do think that Mitchel is a little jumped up at times, but he is a genuine talent, no doubt. I do agree, however, that this really is a dangerous dive into the deep blue, and not only because of coming up in weight. On the contrary to Scotty, I think the move up in weight will benefit Mitchel somewhat, making hiom a touch faster than Bredis ( very important if Mitchel is to get inside and make his shots count agauinst Bredis.
Bredis can be wobbled and is no ‘iron man’ … yes, he is a lethal puncher, but I am sure that Mitchell’s people were fully aware of this fact before they took the fact – this, in turn, means that they have put together what they believe are the effective game plans to beat the guy.
I think if Mitchell can control his agrresive style and has the ability to take the odd shot here and there, he will win this … possibly by stopping Bredis and making a real announcment about his arrival in the division. However, to stop Bredis, he needs to respect the fact that bredis is constantly dangerous as long as he is on his feet !
mitchell will win, he’s a slugger yes but can box very well also. Scott it was a well written article but i think you over estimate prescott.I cant see him winning on points and i can see him getting outworked by mitchell. Mitchell has not looked good of late but he has all the skills he needs to beat prescott.
i dont really rate mitchell but thefact scott has backed prescott i would bet my house on mitchell because lets face it when was the lasttime scott got a prediction right??????????????? froch v dirrell, haye v valuel, pac v cotto all wrong need i continue?
mitchell has took a risk by taking this fight but then who else at this weight that is british would? exactly wat i thought no one to many boxers including khan especially are being brought through the ranks wit a silver spoon. they need to fight real ppl an that is exactly wat mitchell done a few fights back against johannson even tho i dont see carl at prescotts level he is still a banger an a good well schooled fighter. after two rounds if it does go that far my money would be on mitchell prescotts big wild swings i can see being avoided by mitchell an he will then take full advantage of the open chin that prescott provides this will be a war not a first or second round knockout mitchell has a chin unlike tinchin khan cant wait for the fight going to be a cracker
gemser if hes such a banger y e lose last time out. bangers dont always ko their opponents, u know nothing
mitchell has a better defence than khan and a lot better chin. scott u proberly never heard of mitchell b4 this fight, but had 2 put him down because e british. ur a joke
scott dillford = ultimate wanker
i dnt fink it will be that easy for prescott.mitchel has hell of a chin,i followed alot of his fight agaist sum prity big bangers and hes never realy been flinched,so any1 with his chin and power will always have a chance.
Another biased and pointless article by Scott whats his face (boring zzzzzzz). I think Prescott has explosive power for the first few rounds but as he proved in his last fight he cant carry it through to the later rounds. I think if Mitchell is able to move and make Prescott miss it will wear him out and Mitchell could get the win
another biased and pointless article by Scott whats his face (boring zzzzzzz). Looking at Prescott he has explosive power but only for a few rounds and he showed in his last fight he cant carry it through to the later rounds. If Mitchell moves and makes Prescott miss it will wear him down and Mitchell could get the win.
right im technically british and do support british fighters, hope mitchell wins, cant see it thou but i hate scotts articles as he posts the same ones purely to bash and wind up if he wrote other articles and wasnt so clearly inflamitory its like bloody perez with pacman
mitchell has balls and big balls. both murray and Thaxton ducked prescott after what he did to khan. this fight is an eliminator to fight khan next, and who ever wins is going to be fighting Khan next.
the thing is mitchell would probably get knocked out,as this has been his real test to date…but if mitchell can stay tucked away from prescott’s wild punches and stay on the outside then maybe he got a chance.but my money is on prescott by K.O
i am english and you are obviously biased but prescott will win by knock out
come on scott. don’t you feel abit inadequate with all this brit bashing. im british and i would support most british fighters against anyone, but im not stupid and i wouldn’t make excuses for them if they lost or tell anyone i think they’re better than they are. tyson was american and i’ll be one of the first to tell you he was easily the best heavyweight of the last 30 years in his prime. lennox lewis a close second. i’ll also say that if dirrell stood and traded with froch he would of had a very good chance of winning. amir khan himself is vastly overated more so by himself than any of the public.
if i was going to do an article on this subject i would of stated that mitchell leaves himself quite open and tends to take alot of shots. this might be his downfall against a big puncher at a weight he’s just stepped upto.
you can obviously write so why not do it properly and have people respect you rather than disrespect you.
I read the subject of the article and had a guess who had written it – guess what I was right. More anti-British/European articles from the same biased writer.
I would agree Mitchell is taking a very big risk going for Prescott in his first fight at the weight but he hasn’t had the same marketing afforded to Khan due to his Olympics background. So he isn’t likely to get an opportunity against a faded and smaller aging superstar to put him in contention for a world title.
He has to beat a dangerous slugger who has made a name for himself against Khan but he has been beaten and I wouldn’t rule Mitchell out. Regardless he should be credited for taking on this challenge – it’s what boxing should be about not ‘cherry picked’ opposition.
Too short for a lightweight? There was me thinking we have two welterweights in Cotto and Mayweather at around 5′8 which is around average at that weight. Apart from Margarito and Williams who are exceptionally tall. By the same token I would say Khan and Prescott were/are very tall lightweights.
Hoping Mitchell wins for Britain just like Carl Froch did against Dirrell (I know that one wrankles you a bit).
This is a great article and a great analysis! Hey Dennis, are you paying attention?