Khan doesn’t believe Prescott wants to fight him

By Boxing News - 02/04/2011 - Comments

By William Mackay: For some strange reason, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) fails to see that his former conqueror Breidis Prescott (23-2, 19 KO’s) wants to fight him. Khan doesn’t believe it despite all the press releases sent out to the media from Prescott’s handlers. It’s hard to understand why Prescott wouldn’t want to fight Khan, because he already beat him with ease in a 1st round knockout in 2008.

Prescott would get a huge payday if he fought Khan again and it would help resurrect Prescott’s sagging career. Prescott has lost two out of his last four fights, although both losses came against good fighters. After Khan was beaten by Prescott in 2008, Khan was matched very carefully for a long time before he was finally put in with decent competition.

Khan had this to say on his twitter about Prescott: “Prescott isn’t calling me out. Some fool put it on a chat forum and everyone went along with it, and if I did fight him, I’d beat him. It’s a step back. He’s lost two out of his last four [fights]. Let him build up his rankings then I’ll take [him]. When I knock him out, I don’t want no excuses [that] he was on a losing streak.”

The problem is that by the time Prescott gets his rankings up, Khan will likely have moved out of the light welterweight division to the welterweight division to chase Floyd Mayweather Jr. Prescott will then be an afterthought . It’s pretty clear that Khan wants no part of Prescott and will continue to dodge him for the remainder of his career.

Khan is reportedly looking to fight light-hitting light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson on April 16th, if HBO and Sky agree to him as an opponent and if Khan can make a big enough offer to net him. It’s a pretty much meaningless fight because Peterson has no fan base in the United States and he was already spanked by Timothy Bradley in a one-sided 12 round decision in 2009. Peterson recently got a gift 10 round draw with Victor Ortiz in a fight where Peterson was bloodied, battered and knocked down two times. I had Ortiz winning by four rounds and I was being generous to Peterson on two of the rounds that I gave him. This is a poor opponent compared to Prescott, but for Khan it’s a good one because Peterson has no punching power and won’t dent Khan’s glass chin.



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