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I've been saying this from day one.........FINALLY this is getting some play!!!! bout time.........hope Khan is listening........
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Junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan remains on the hunt for an opponent for an April 16 fight in his native England. HBO will air it in the United States, and it will be a pay-per-view on Sky Box Office in the U.K.
For the past few weeks, since Khan's exciting unanimous decision win against Marcos Maidana last month, Khan's camp and Golden Boy have been discussing potential opponents -- even though there is a blatantly obvious one, whom Khan says he's not interested in.
I have heard a litany of names, including Lamont Peterson, who got a draw instead of the loss he deserved against Victor Ortiz on Khan's last undercard; Irishman Paul McCloskey, the European champion with a thin résumé who is utterly unknown in the United States; and England's John Murray, the European lightweight champion with a great record (30-0) who has beaten nobody and also is unknown to the American audience.
Funny, but the one name in which the Khan camp refuses to genuinely show interest is the one that makes the most sense: Colombian ****er Breidis Prescott. Maybe that's because he's the guy who knocked Khan stiff in 54 seconds in 2008 -- Khan's only defeat.
Why not fight Prescott again? Khan should want to tidy up that disaster and set the record straight by avenging his loss in what is supposed to be an "in-between fight" -- meaning a match with a slightly lesser opponent on the heels of the high-profile and tough fight with Maidana and before a potential summer blockbuster fight with the winner of next week's Devon Alexander-Timothy Bradley Jr. unification fight.
Prescott and his people are rightly pressing for the rematch. He figures that he beat Khan once, he can do it again.
"What does it tell you that he'd go around me, the man who beat him, to instead face a much lighter-hitting and unknown fighter he thinks he can beat?" Prescott said of Khan possibly facing McCloskey. "Obviously, Amir Khan and his team realize I would knock him out if we fought again."
Said Leon Margules, Prescott's co-promoter: "This could become a public relations disaster for Khan. Lamont Peterson priced himself out of a fight with Khan, so instead of looking for redemption against my guy, Khan's team is trying to sell a probable mismatch victory for their guy against McCloskey to the television networks. Fighting Peterson instead of Prescott was questionable. Fighting McCloskey is just an obvious admissio. They know they can't beat my guy."
Instead of looking to Prescott, Khan ridiculously claims that he has "slipped off his radar." The reality is that, after the way Prescott knocked him out, Prescott is probably never far from Khan's mind. Maybe that's the reason he seems to want nothing to do with him again.
Prescott (23-2, 19 KOs) has won his last two fights, is known to American fight fans because of his numerous appearances on ESPN2 and is surely known to fans in England after wiping the floor with Khan. And there is the built-in revenge storyline that would undoubtedly drive media attention and the television audience, especially on pay-per-view in England.
"Amir, I remain ready, willing and able to give you a rematch," Prescott said. "I won't price myself out of the fight. You'll have no trouble selling it to TV. Stop this running and do what the fans want you to do and what your legacy as a great fighter demands that you do: Fight me."
I couldn't agree more.
Khan should look no further than what countryman Lennox Lewis, the great former heavyweight champion, did:. When he got knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, he faced them again in rematches and turned the tables.
Khan should do the same thing. Then, and only then, can he let Prescott slip off his radar.
Your random thoughts ...
Junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan remains on the hunt for an opponent for an April 16 fight in his native England. HBO will air it in the United States, and it will be a pay-per-view on Sky Box Office in the U.K.
For the past few weeks, since Khan's exciting unanimous decision win against Marcos Maidana last month, Khan's camp and Golden Boy have been discussing potential opponents -- even though there is a blatantly obvious one, whom Khan says he's not interested in.
I have heard a litany of names, including Lamont Peterson, who got a draw instead of the loss he deserved against Victor Ortiz on Khan's last undercard; Irishman Paul McCloskey, the European champion with a thin résumé who is utterly unknown in the United States; and England's John Murray, the European lightweight champion with a great record (30-0) who has beaten nobody and also is unknown to the American audience.
Funny, but the one name in which the Khan camp refuses to genuinely show interest is the one that makes the most sense: Colombian ****er Breidis Prescott. Maybe that's because he's the guy who knocked Khan stiff in 54 seconds in 2008 -- Khan's only defeat.
Why not fight Prescott again? Khan should want to tidy up that disaster and set the record straight by avenging his loss in what is supposed to be an "in-between fight" -- meaning a match with a slightly lesser opponent on the heels of the high-profile and tough fight with Maidana and before a potential summer blockbuster fight with the winner of next week's Devon Alexander-Timothy Bradley Jr. unification fight.
Prescott and his people are rightly pressing for the rematch. He figures that he beat Khan once, he can do it again.
"What does it tell you that he'd go around me, the man who beat him, to instead face a much lighter-hitting and unknown fighter he thinks he can beat?" Prescott said of Khan possibly facing McCloskey. "Obviously, Amir Khan and his team realize I would knock him out if we fought again."
Said Leon Margules, Prescott's co-promoter: "This could become a public relations disaster for Khan. Lamont Peterson priced himself out of a fight with Khan, so instead of looking for redemption against my guy, Khan's team is trying to sell a probable mismatch victory for their guy against McCloskey to the television networks. Fighting Peterson instead of Prescott was questionable. Fighting McCloskey is just an obvious admissio. They know they can't beat my guy."
Instead of looking to Prescott, Khan ridiculously claims that he has "slipped off his radar." The reality is that, after the way Prescott knocked him out, Prescott is probably never far from Khan's mind. Maybe that's the reason he seems to want nothing to do with him again.
Prescott (23-2, 19 KOs) has won his last two fights, is known to American fight fans because of his numerous appearances on ESPN2 and is surely known to fans in England after wiping the floor with Khan. And there is the built-in revenge storyline that would undoubtedly drive media attention and the television audience, especially on pay-per-view in England.
"Amir, I remain ready, willing and able to give you a rematch," Prescott said. "I won't price myself out of the fight. You'll have no trouble selling it to TV. Stop this running and do what the fans want you to do and what your legacy as a great fighter demands that you do: Fight me."
I couldn't agree more.
Khan should look no further than what countryman Lennox Lewis, the great former heavyweight champion, did:. When he got knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, he faced them again in rematches and turned the tables.
Khan should do the same thing. Then, and only then, can he let Prescott slip off his radar.
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