By Mark Vester
Trainer Freddie Roach says WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is ready to take on all comers at 140-pounds. Roach, speaking with The Telegraph, fired off at the camp of Michael Katsidis who claimed Amir was ducking their fight. Roach stated what BoxingScene.com had reported numerous times, it was going to cost too much money to get Katsidis in the ring for July 31. Former champion Joel Casamayor has agreed to face Khan on the date.
Amir Khan's trainer Freddie Roach has hit back at claims from Michael Katsidis' camp that the WBA light-welterweight champion was ducking a potential bout as it represented too much of a risk.
"I hear they were talking to Katsidis but he wanted too much money," Roach said. "Amir will back in the gym soon. He has to be. He fought a great fight in New York against Paulie Malignaggi. If he does take the fight on July 31, he needs to get back over here and get in the gym this week. My view is that Amir is ready for anyone right now."
Roach then had some choice words for the fighters regarded as the best in Khan's weight division - Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander.
"Who is Devon Alexander anyway? We've seen him on TV, I've seen him once and I didn't see anything special," Roach said. "The other guy, Bradley, one of my young boxers Jose Benavidez [age 18] sparred with him and had no trouble and he struggled in a recent fight, but looked good in his last fight."
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