Khan and Mitchell stun the world

By Richie Doyle: As a young gambling boxing fan I find myself gob smacked at what I witnessed Saturday night in Newcastle my bets consisted of two sizable bets one on Breidis Prescott to KO the smaller Kevin Mitchell and the other was on Dmitry Salita to beat an overrated Amir Khan and by god how wrong I was as I have to say I witnessed a night for British boxing to be proud of and never forget.

I’ll start with the young Kevin Mitchell who I so wrongly predicted would be knocked out. From the moment this man entered the ring he showed pure confidence and class as he stayed clear of Prescott in first three rounds just catching him on the counter with some smooth swift counter punches to the head and body , as the fight went on he grew in confidence and in my opinion controlled the bigger man while on some occasions taking the big shots Prescott had to offer and even calling for more.

Then moving into the late rounds he just frustrated Prescott leaving him bemused at times. Then the final round Mitchells corner called on him to stay well away from the Colombian who had humbled Khan just 15 months ago ,but Mitchell wanted to show the 10,000+ crowed just what he could do getting into the middle of the ring and trading big shots with Prescott and doing a little shake of the hips to show his dominance before taking unanimous decision. Great stuff from a man who was almost forced to quit two years ago through injury, can’t wait to see more of him in the future.

Now on to Khan a man who I felt was a bit flattered by his wins over Barrera and Kotelnik and a little over confident going into this fight with Salita a man with a pretty impressive record (30-0-1) and well used to appearing on the big stage as we had seen him on numerous undercards of big fights, however I saw my bet over in a mire 74 seconds with a devastating display by Khan. Now to say he’s completely changed me into a believer is a bit much as I didn’t get to see much of him ,but I will say that he’s left me gasping for more ,his power and hand speed was awesome and I hope to see more of the same as I feel Freddie Roach may have unleashed an unstoppable force on boxing young fast and powerful, all I can say is well done Amir now let’s bring on the big dogs.

I’m not a know all and like everybody I will get things wrong but the thing is to hold your hands up when you do and even though I’m out of pocket, I’m glad to see these two flying the flag for British boxing well done lads.

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