By Lem Satterfield
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is in Las Vegas to watch this Saturday's rematch between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay. If Marquez comes out with the win, he is likely to face Khan on December 11 on HBO.
Recently Khan challenged the man most recognize as the best fighter in the junior welterweight division, WBO champion Timothy Bradley. Khan studied Bradley's recent welterweight debut against Carlos Abregu. After watching that fight, the British champion became convinced that he would put a serious hurt on Bradley if they met in the ring.
"After seeing Timothy Bradley fight, I think that he's made for my style. He's short, and I think that he's made for me to hit him. He's not as strong as me. I think that I would be the first guy to beat him up and knock him out," Khan said.
Khan felt Abregu, who is not that fast, caught Bradley with a lot of punches. Bradley pulled off a one-sided twelve round decision. Because of the way Abregu was able to land - Khan, who is a lot faster than Abregu, believes he would catch Bradley with punches all night long.
[Abregu] was catching him so many times. And that guy's not even the best. If he was fighting Amir Khan it would be a whole different story. I could say that right now I'm the best in the division," Khan said.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
