Prescott: Khan is hoping McCloskey will beat me because he knows I’ll destroy him

By Boxing News - 09/06/2011 - Comments

Image: Prescott: Khan is hoping McCloskey will beat me because he knows I'll destroy himBy William Mackay: Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) has a pretty good idea why WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan is picking Paul McCloskey to beat him this Saturday night in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout in Belfast, Northern, Ireland. Prescott thinks Khan doesn’t want to fight him again after blasted out in one round in 2008.

Prescott said “He’s [Khan] going to be running out of excuses soon. I read that he’s taking for McCloskey in this fight. More like he’s hoping and praying for McCloskey to in. He knows what I’ll do when I finally corner him.”

Prescott is probably 100% right about Khan. It’s really the only way to explain why Khan would be picking a fighter that he just easily beat and then dumped on afterwards, saying how McCloskey offered up nothing and was just looking to survive. If you compare how McCloskey fought against Khan to that of Prescott, who just walked right through Khan in knocking him out, there’s no comparison.

It just leaves you with the general impression that Khan doesn’t want the pressure from the boxing public to bear down on him to try and force him to fight Prescott again. Pressure or not pressure, Khan won’t be fighting Prescott again. He’s too dangerous, he hits too hard and he can wreck Khan’s hoped for cash out dream fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Khan is reportedly looking to fight Lamont Peterson next on December 10th. Peterson is the opposite of Prescott and is more known for his pure boxing ability, lack of power, his loud barking when punching, and his bad habit of slapping with his shots.

My prediction is that Khan will resist the public pressure to fight Prescott, and opt to fight Peterson, the lesser threat after Prescott takes care of McCloskey this Saturday night in Belfast. McCloskey won’t have the power or the speed to stand up against Prescott and will end up getting slaughtered like a hog in front of his loving Irish fans.



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