Schaefer: Amir Khan Wants Big Fights, Forget Prescott

by Robert Morales

Oscar De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, recently mentioned to a reporter from the Daily Star that a rematch between super lightweight champion Amir Khan and Breidis Prescott is "definitely doable. It would be about revenge and there's nothing sweeter than revenge."

When that was brought to the attention of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer on Tuesday, he said he doesn't understand why his boss even mentioned Khan-Prescott II since Khan - coming off a thrilling victory over Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas - no longer needs to prove his chin is not made of glass. Prescott handed Khan his only loss with a first-round knockout in September 2008.

"I think all this no-chin bulls**t has been eliminated," Schaefer said to BoxingScene.com. "I think Amir showed what he's all about. I think he showed that maybe he has the best chin in the business."

Khan took a vicious beating from Maidana in the 10th round. It was rather stunning that Khan never went down. 

"He withstood all the bombs Maidana threw," Schaefer said. "If there were such an award, he would be eligible for the 'Granite Chin of the Year Award.' So there is no need to go and fight Breidis Prescott."

It's not as if Prescott has set the world on fire since defeating Khan. He is 3-2 with two of the victories coming against fighters - Jason Davis and Harrison Cuello - with respective records of 11-6-1 and 19-12-3 going in.

"There is no reason to go that way," Schaefer said. "I think we move forward to bigger and better things."

Schaefer said he wants Khan to fight in early April in England and in July back in the U.S.

"He made it clear to me he wants to have a significant fight in the U.K. and then a mega fight in the U.S., which could be the winner of (Timothy) Bradley-(Devon) Alexander," he said. 

Schaefer said one of the names being mentioned for the April fight is Lamont Peterson, who fought a 10-round draw with Victor Ortiz on the Khan-Maidana undercard.