By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) says that Breidis Prescott has slipped off his radar due to Prescott’s point losses to Miguel Vazquez and Kevin Mitchell. However, Prescott owns a 1st round knockout win over Khan in 2008, and is the better known in the United States compared to the other fighters – Lamont Peterson and Paul McCloskey – that Khan has been throwing around for his next fight on April 16th.

Prescott would be the ideal opponent given that he’s known both in the UK and the U.S. due to his win over Khan. If Khan is looking for the most recognizable opponent for his next fight, he can’t go wrong with Prescott. If Khan wants to be taken seriously in the U.S., he needs to step it up and at least try and avenge his loss to Prescott. Khan’s recent victory over Marcos Maidana proved to be pretty hollow for him, because it failed to answer question’s about him having a weak chin, and it also showed that Khan was afraid to stand and trade with Maidana for more than a second before running again.

It was literally like watching a chicken with it’s head cut off. And with the referee Joe Cortez stepping in to break the action (the one-sided action) when Khan was getting pummeled against the ropes in the last three rounds of the fight, it looked like Cortez saved Khan from an almost certain knockout. If anything, Khan’s win over Maidana left more questions than before.

One way for Khan to start answering those questions about him having a weak chin is to fight Prescott and prove that he can beat him. Some people say that Khan only likes to fight opponents that are shorter than him, and with the 5’11” Prescott being an inch taller and having much longer arms, Khan can’t simply stand on the outside and peck away with his jab like he can against his shorter opponents.

Khan also can’t run around the ring against Prescott, because his long arms and his ability to cut off the ring would limit those moves. In other words, for Khan to beat Prescott, he would have to actually fight him. The punch and clinch technique and the old hard shove to the chest, which is what he did against Maidana, won’t work against Prescott. Khan would have to stand and trade, and I don’t think he wants to do that.