By William Mackay: Amir Khan sees his July 14th opponent WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia as very similar to his recent conqueror IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, a fighter who took care of Khan by beating him by a 12 round decision last December.

Khan doesn’t like that he got beaten, and he’s blamed the loss on a number of things without taking much responsibility for flat out not having the skills needed to win.

Khan told Sky Sports News “It’s [the Garcia fight] is a great match-up with the WBC title on the line…The hearing is in the next two weeks, and then the governing bodies will make their decision [about whether to strip Peterson of his WBA and IBF titles and either give them back to Khan or have them vacant for the Khan-Garcia fight]. He has a quite similar style to Peterson. Garcia is a come-forward fighter…I’ll have to be smart, hit, move and try to be one step ahead of him all the time.”

So in other words, Khan plans on running from Garcia just like he ran from Marcos Maidana and Peterson last December. This should make for really interesting television. If Khan is going to run like he’s done in the past, then you can expect Khan to add shoving, holding, and pulling down on Garcia’s head as part of the regimen.

I don’t see Garcia as anything like Peterson. He’s not nearly as good as him, and if Khan can’t beat Garcia then there’s something seriously wrong him that needs fixing and quick.

Peterson and Khan should have fought last weekend but Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone, and that effectively wiped out the fight.

I think Garcia has a chance in this fight if he can stay close to Khan and not let him throw his quick combinations and run away like he often does.