By Mark Vester
According to WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, a rematch with Breidis Prescott would be an easy. In 2008, Prescott handed Khan his first and only loss by way of a 54-second first round knockout. Since the loss, Khan moved up a division and rebuit his career with victories over Andreas Kotelnik, Marco Antonio Barrera, Marcos Maidana and Paulie Malignaggi.
Prescott recently issued a public challenge, taunting Khan to accept the rematch. Of course, since beating Khan, Prescott himself has lost twice, and those defeats take away some of the needed luster for a rematch. Khan has a good laugh at the taunts. The second time around, Khan doesn't see the fight going three rounds.
"Prescott does not hit as hard as Maidana. He is as big a puncher as boxing has had for a long time. His record says it all. Maidana is a big puncher but I dealt with his power and that was a big step up for me,” Khan told Bolton News.
“The reason I went down against Prescott and not Maidana is the weight. I used to lose 12 lbs in a week compared to six pounds now. I was carrying too much muscle. I used to kill myself making the weight and the last five pounds were very difficult. I think it would be an easy fight against Prescott now. I would knock him out inside three rounds.”