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Britain's former Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan has set his sights on becoming one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world within the next two years.
Khan enhanced his glowing credentials by beating veteran Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera in March and will have his first crack at a world title when he takes on Andreas Kotelnik of Ukraine for the WBA world light-welterweight belt in June.
"I think I have improved by a big 20 percent probably over the last 12 months," Khan, 22, told Reuters.
"I have especially improved my defence and my patience. Now I am staying nice and cool in fights, watching everything that is going on and following the right shots at the right time."
Khan has clearly benefited since linking up with American trainer Freddie Roach, the mastermind behind Filipino Manny Pacquiao's stunning second-round knockout of Britain's Ricky Hatton in an IBO light welterweight title bout on Saturday.
"I've got the best team behind me," said Khan, the lightweight silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Games. "I've got Freddie Roach and the Wild Card gym.
"I think I've done my time now and I'm going to win this fight (against Kotelnik) hopefully and it will take me to bigger and better things.
"Freddie said to me that within two years, when I hit my peak at 24, he will have made me a machine. I will be a machine where no one will touch me and I will be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
"He has got a lot of confidence in me and I believe that as well. I have got my own self-belief."
Khan's victory in March over the seasoned Barrera, a former seven-times world champion at three different weights, has made him the favourite in the eyes of many for his June title bout in Britain with Germany-based Kotelnik.
"They view me like that because I think I've got the speed behind me and I've just beaten a great, great fighter," Khan said. "But you can't take anything away from Kotelnik because he's a great fighter.
"It's going to be a tough fight for me and it's not going to be as easy for me as the bookies have it. When someone has got a world title, he wants to keep hold of that. He doesn't want to give it away."
Bolton-born Khan said Kotelnik's main strengths were his timing, accuracy and defence.
"He's got great defence," he added. "He's very accurate and he controls his shots. Plus his fitness is very good."
Asked what Kotelnik had to fear most from him, Khan replied: "My speed. I don't think he will have ever faced or sparred with anyone as fast as me."
Khan enhanced his glowing credentials by beating veteran Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera in March and will have his first crack at a world title when he takes on Andreas Kotelnik of Ukraine for the WBA world light-welterweight belt in June.
"I think I have improved by a big 20 percent probably over the last 12 months," Khan, 22, told Reuters.
"I have especially improved my defence and my patience. Now I am staying nice and cool in fights, watching everything that is going on and following the right shots at the right time."
Khan has clearly benefited since linking up with American trainer Freddie Roach, the mastermind behind Filipino Manny Pacquiao's stunning second-round knockout of Britain's Ricky Hatton in an IBO light welterweight title bout on Saturday.
"I've got the best team behind me," said Khan, the lightweight silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Games. "I've got Freddie Roach and the Wild Card gym.
"I think I've done my time now and I'm going to win this fight (against Kotelnik) hopefully and it will take me to bigger and better things.
"Freddie said to me that within two years, when I hit my peak at 24, he will have made me a machine. I will be a machine where no one will touch me and I will be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
"He has got a lot of confidence in me and I believe that as well. I have got my own self-belief."
Khan's victory in March over the seasoned Barrera, a former seven-times world champion at three different weights, has made him the favourite in the eyes of many for his June title bout in Britain with Germany-based Kotelnik.
"They view me like that because I think I've got the speed behind me and I've just beaten a great, great fighter," Khan said. "But you can't take anything away from Kotelnik because he's a great fighter.
"It's going to be a tough fight for me and it's not going to be as easy for me as the bookies have it. When someone has got a world title, he wants to keep hold of that. He doesn't want to give it away."
Bolton-born Khan said Kotelnik's main strengths were his timing, accuracy and defence.
"He's got great defence," he added. "He's very accurate and he controls his shots. Plus his fitness is very good."
Asked what Kotelnik had to fear most from him, Khan replied: "My speed. I don't think he will have ever faced or sparred with anyone as fast as me."
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