By Scott Gilfoid: I got a few chuckles reading the latest boxing news quotes on Amir Khan at The Guardian where Khan says “What happened to me against [Breidis] Prescott didn’t make Prescott a better fighter than me. It was a little mistake I made.” A little mistake? Yeah, I guess you could call being knocked damn near unconscious a little mistake, but the way that Prescott had Khan flopping around on the canvas like a fish out of water, I think Khan might be in denial.

No, I’m afraid getting blasted apart in one brutal round doesn’t qualify in my book as being a better fighter than a slugger like Prescott. If you’re better than Prescott, then why haven’t you tried to get a rematch and prove that you’re the better fighter, Amir? Since all I have to go by is Khan being knocked around the ring like a rag doll against Prescott, I would have to say that Prescott is the better fighter. Prescott may have lost to a tough defensive wizard in Miguel Vazquez, who beat Prescott by a narrow 10-round split decision in July, but I don’t see Khan facing Vazquez.

Since Khan was mowed down by Prescott last year, Khan hasn’t exactly taken on the toughest opponents you’d ever see. Let’s look at his record for a second. Khan has faced and beaten the following fighters since his one round destruction at the hands of Prescott: Oisin Fagan, Marco Antonio Barrera and Andriy Kotelnik. I never hear of Fagan until Khan fought him, and after watching a half minute of action, I could see why I had never heard of him. He looked terrible, like a handpicked opponent for Khan to look good against.

And I certainly don’t see the fight against an old past his prime Barrera as the kind of opponent that would impress me. Khan didn’t even fight a full fight with Barrera, because Barrera was pretty much handicapped after the 2nd round when he had a huge cut open up on his forehead. The blood dripped into his eyes constantly making it hard for him to see.

Somehow, the bout was allowed to continue to the 5th round, just enough for it to go to decision. How perfect. Barrera had only recently moved up in weight and looked slow, small and old. And the Kotelnik fight, in my view, was a case of Khan going after a paper champion. I would have been impressed had Khan taken on WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, but that wasn’t who Khan went after for some reason.

Khan still seems interested in fighting Ricky Hatton, saying “I will leave it to the promoters, but it is a fight that could happen in the future with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, the likes of Ricky Hatton.” I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were Khan waiting for Hatton to fight him, because I don’t see it ever happening. Hatton, if he does fight again, will be looking for a more established fighter to go after rather than a wet by the ears Khan. But it sounds like Khan is really itching to fight Hatton. Other than him and Manny Pacquiao, who probably won’t fight khan either, there’s not a whole of options for Khan to have a big money fight against.