By Mark Vester
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan claims to have his entire focus on mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Khan defends the title against Salita on Saturday in Newcastle. The media has been blasting Khan over his multiple comments where he talks about future fights with Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez and several others. Many are under the impression that Khan is not taking Salita serious enough - and spends too much of his time thinking about future fights.
Khan says the media chatter is not true. He is focused only on Salita. He says the media asks him about potential opponents and then uses his own comments against him.
"My total focus is on Salita. People have been mentioning other names to me, asking 'what do you think of this guy?' But I've got a guy in front of me who wants to beat me and I need to win that fight. If I lose the fight there will be no point in talking about other fights. I need to beat this guy first and then sit down with my team and see where we go from there," Khan said. "It's a big fight for me, defending my WBA title. It's my first defence and it is true what people say — it's tougher to keep hold of a title than win it."
"I don't want to be one of those fighters who wins it in one fight and loses in the second fight. I want to keep hold of my title. It will be a tough fight and a good fight for the fans because they have not had a big boxing show there for a long time. But I'm ready for it — I feel nice and sharp and I know I can take this guy out."
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