By Mark Vester
 
WBA junior welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik is confident of beating Amir Khan when they fight on June 27 at the O2 Arena in London. He says the UK star is lacking in the experience department and promoter Frank Warren is pushing him too fast.
 
"Khan is a good and ambitious fighter," said Kotelnik. "Like me he won a silver medal at the Olympics and we were beaten by the great Mario Kindelan. But that is where the similarity ends. He is too young and inexperienced and may be he has been pushed too much. I am the world champion and I will show my class against this child. May be he should watch the fight against Gavin Rees and he will have second thoughts about facing me," Kotelnik said.
 
Khan is moving up in weight but believes that he will do a number on Kotelnik to capture the title.
 
"I am confident I can do a job on him," said Khan. "I'll let my fists do the talking. I have got fast feet and fast hands and if I box him cleverly, I think I can make it an easy night and a night I can become world champion. The Olympics have been the biggest thing for me up until now - but this would be bigger. When I was a kid I always wanted to be a world champion. I watched Muhammad Ali, Prince Naseem Hamed and Ricky Hatton win world titles and I wanted to achieve what they achieved."

"There have been times when I have boxed with my heart and just gone in there and had a fight, but I'm using my brain more now. I am a greater boxer and I have got good skills and a good reach, so I will try and use that to my advantage. I'm a bit tight at lightweight, I'm not killing myself to make 135 but it's tough. It will be a lot easier to get to 140.
 
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