By Abbas Dadhiwala: Having seen the recent announcement that Amir Khan has lined up Breidis Prescott, it makes me think that Khan is a victim of his own success. After disposing of Michael Gomez in five thrilling rounds in June, the Boy from Bolton should have been hoping for better opposition than Prescott. The Colombian does come with an impressive knockout record, however, but with the recent announcement that Khan has signed a multi million pound deal with Sky, Prescott will not have been the caliber of opponent Khan or Sky would have wanted.

John Murray should have been the targeted by Frank Warren and Asif Vali (Khan’s manager) as only then would we be able to assess how good Khan really is. Murray previously defeated Lee Meager in his last fight and looked very good in the process but he hasn’t faced the quality of opponents that Khan has faced, which includes Gomez, Graham Earl and Gairy St Clair. Murray has a decent knockout record and has won all his 25 fights. Against Meager, he looked majestic landed with most of the power punches thrown and I bet Meager was wishing he hadn’t taken the fight as his face was a mess. The referee was right to stop the fight when he did. Murray has twice boxed in the US and looked good in the process. Khan has to defeat the likes of Murray before he can challenge for any world titles, and as Khan is now with Sky, I am sure a fight is near than it has ever been as both boxers are with the same TV Company.

Derrick Gainer refused the fight on the grounds that Roy Jones was fighting in September and he wanted to be in his corner, but when the Calzaghe- Roy Jones fight was delayed, he should have been chomping at the bit to face Khan, but he may not have wonted to let Khan beat him. He would be right in thinking that, as Khan would have too much speed and power for Gainer to handle.

Julio Diaz, Romanov and John Fewkes were three good fighters in the frame, but all rejected the chance to face the former Olympic Silver Medallist from Athens. Fewkes rejected due to money issues with him valuing himself more than the £30,000 Sports Network were offering.

For Khan’s next fight, I would like to fight either John Murray or David Diaz, and then move on from them and fight top level fighters starting with Katsidis, then Diaz or Nate Campbell. All three are very beatable as Khan has all the tools to dismantle these three fighters. The problems will be posed by fighters like Marquez, Pacquaio and Casamayor.

I hope Frank and Asif Vali decide to move Khan up a notch in his next fight. If they are able to get him a good fight remains to be seen but the British Public are not mugs and will want Amir Khan facing better quality opposition.