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Amir Khan claims that Juan Manuel Marquez ducked him in the past
Amir Khan claims that Juan Manuel Marquez ducked him in the past
BY Chris Robinson, Las Vegas Boxing Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-la...alerts_article
Earlier today, WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan entertained the media during a conference call ahead of his upcoming December 10th bout. Khan is getting ready for a defense of his titles in Washington, D.C. against hometown favorite and proven contender Lamont Peterson and will then likely be eyeing a move up to the welterweight division afterwards.
During the conference call, Khan seemed to be bombarded with several questions relating to the fight being held in D.C. and whether he felt he would be able to win over the pro-Peterson crowd. But along the way the British star was also able to address his recent run-in with fellow champion Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas, discuss whether or not he feels he has gotten the credit he deserves for his accomplishments, and also reveal that he once pushed for a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, only to be turned down.
Below are a few highlights from Khan…
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Training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles with Freddie Roach…
“Training has gone brilliantly. I'm happy with the way things have gone. Sparring has gone good. We've had some tough, tough sparring partners who've been very strong and not taken a step back. They've probably been tougher than fighting Lamont on Saturday, hopefully, because the sparring partners have been a big help in this camp. Also pad work with Freddie and also strength work with Alex Ariza, it went really well. I'm in probably one of the best conditions I've ever been in for a fight. And I think this camp has been one of the best camps working alongside the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Cesar Chavez Jr., and Linares.
Winning over the crowd in D.C….
“Yes, I think we can. I've got a style that people love, and when they see me in real life, they see the speed, they see the power, they see the explosive style. I'm sure they will take a liking in my style and hopefully they can start following me. I was there not long ago in Washington, D.C., and you see that they are big boxing fans over there and they've not had a big boxing fight there for such a long time. So we just want to bring boxing back to the capital and put on a good performance for them.”
Thoughts on Peterson’s comments that he would try to emulate the style of Juan Manuel Marquez, who recently gave Amir’s stable mate Manny Pacquiao a life-and-death battle in Las Vegas…
“I've not heard nothing about that, but we also offered the fight to Marquez a long time ago and he refused that fight. I think styles makes fights, and I think with my style you can put out Marquez and put Amir, I think we all know what the decision will be. But with Lamont, we'll see. I've done up my homework, and we're going to stick to the game plan and I'm going to stick to instructions from my corner. But he can go ahead and think what he wants in the fight because it will be a different story when he's in there alone.”
Fighting away from home…
“I mean, that's one thing about me. All my life I've been fighting away from home. I train away from home and I've kind of got used to it. I win fans over and that's what I love doing. I mean the best fight in the world I've done-you look at Manny Pacquiao, he lives in the Philippines but he chooses to come to America and train and also fight away from and fight in different states. I want to do the same thing that he is doing.”
Doing it the way it should be done…
“There are people who probably don't see what I'm doing. I'm doing basically the way it should be done. The best fighters should face the best fighters in the world and I'm doing that. I wanted to fight Bradley; he turned it down. We took on Maidana; we beat him. We took on Zab Judah, who also was another threat in that division, and we took him out. That's the reason they've put me to number one in the world because they call me the best fighter in that division because I'm one fighter who loves taking the risks and fighting the best out there.”
Confronting Tim Bradley in Las Vegas during the November 12th Pacquiao-Marquez III event…
“I saw him after his win and he was walking towards me. I mean, he wouldn't look at me. He knew I was there and I said something to him, something like you ought to grow some balls and get in a fight against me and he just didn't look at me again. I mean, he must have heard me because his team behind him; I think it was his father or his trainer was there and they didn't like that. At the end of the day, he sat quiet and he just went ahead out there, and I didn't want to make myself look ****** because I really think I'm a bigger draw in the division. But I just wanted to make him realize and make him know that I'm not scared, and I'm the one who wants to fight. And he needs to man up and take the fight.”
Whether he will move up in weight after this fight…
“It just depends how things go after this fight. I was thinking of moving up to 147, but if that one fight is still there for me then it's worth me staying at this division. But, if not, then I'll move up to 147. It's not because I have trouble making the weight. I can still make 140 easy, it's just the challenges are not there. I just need new motivation and I want to face new fighters and be amongst different names. That's what's going to drive me. We'll just see what happens after this fight. Bradley might man up and he might take the fight. But if not, then we'll be moving up to 147.”
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BY Chris Robinson, Las Vegas Boxing Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/boxing-in-la...alerts_article
Earlier today, WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion Amir Khan entertained the media during a conference call ahead of his upcoming December 10th bout. Khan is getting ready for a defense of his titles in Washington, D.C. against hometown favorite and proven contender Lamont Peterson and will then likely be eyeing a move up to the welterweight division afterwards.
During the conference call, Khan seemed to be bombarded with several questions relating to the fight being held in D.C. and whether he felt he would be able to win over the pro-Peterson crowd. But along the way the British star was also able to address his recent run-in with fellow champion Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas, discuss whether or not he feels he has gotten the credit he deserves for his accomplishments, and also reveal that he once pushed for a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, only to be turned down.
Below are a few highlights from Khan…
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Training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles with Freddie Roach…
“Training has gone brilliantly. I'm happy with the way things have gone. Sparring has gone good. We've had some tough, tough sparring partners who've been very strong and not taken a step back. They've probably been tougher than fighting Lamont on Saturday, hopefully, because the sparring partners have been a big help in this camp. Also pad work with Freddie and also strength work with Alex Ariza, it went really well. I'm in probably one of the best conditions I've ever been in for a fight. And I think this camp has been one of the best camps working alongside the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Cesar Chavez Jr., and Linares.
Winning over the crowd in D.C….
“Yes, I think we can. I've got a style that people love, and when they see me in real life, they see the speed, they see the power, they see the explosive style. I'm sure they will take a liking in my style and hopefully they can start following me. I was there not long ago in Washington, D.C., and you see that they are big boxing fans over there and they've not had a big boxing fight there for such a long time. So we just want to bring boxing back to the capital and put on a good performance for them.”
Thoughts on Peterson’s comments that he would try to emulate the style of Juan Manuel Marquez, who recently gave Amir’s stable mate Manny Pacquiao a life-and-death battle in Las Vegas…
“I've not heard nothing about that, but we also offered the fight to Marquez a long time ago and he refused that fight. I think styles makes fights, and I think with my style you can put out Marquez and put Amir, I think we all know what the decision will be. But with Lamont, we'll see. I've done up my homework, and we're going to stick to the game plan and I'm going to stick to instructions from my corner. But he can go ahead and think what he wants in the fight because it will be a different story when he's in there alone.”
Fighting away from home…
“I mean, that's one thing about me. All my life I've been fighting away from home. I train away from home and I've kind of got used to it. I win fans over and that's what I love doing. I mean the best fight in the world I've done-you look at Manny Pacquiao, he lives in the Philippines but he chooses to come to America and train and also fight away from and fight in different states. I want to do the same thing that he is doing.”
Doing it the way it should be done…
“There are people who probably don't see what I'm doing. I'm doing basically the way it should be done. The best fighters should face the best fighters in the world and I'm doing that. I wanted to fight Bradley; he turned it down. We took on Maidana; we beat him. We took on Zab Judah, who also was another threat in that division, and we took him out. That's the reason they've put me to number one in the world because they call me the best fighter in that division because I'm one fighter who loves taking the risks and fighting the best out there.”
Confronting Tim Bradley in Las Vegas during the November 12th Pacquiao-Marquez III event…
“I saw him after his win and he was walking towards me. I mean, he wouldn't look at me. He knew I was there and I said something to him, something like you ought to grow some balls and get in a fight against me and he just didn't look at me again. I mean, he must have heard me because his team behind him; I think it was his father or his trainer was there and they didn't like that. At the end of the day, he sat quiet and he just went ahead out there, and I didn't want to make myself look ****** because I really think I'm a bigger draw in the division. But I just wanted to make him realize and make him know that I'm not scared, and I'm the one who wants to fight. And he needs to man up and take the fight.”
Whether he will move up in weight after this fight…
“It just depends how things go after this fight. I was thinking of moving up to 147, but if that one fight is still there for me then it's worth me staying at this division. But, if not, then I'll move up to 147. It's not because I have trouble making the weight. I can still make 140 easy, it's just the challenges are not there. I just need new motivation and I want to face new fighters and be amongst different names. That's what's going to drive me. We'll just see what happens after this fight. Bradley might man up and he might take the fight. But if not, then we'll be moving up to 147.”
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