Was khan right to not demand Prescott rematch straight away?

[John Barron]

Demand a rematch straight away. It almost seems like you're implying he actually has demanded a rematch.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Khan would have taken an immediate rematch. Frank Warren knew it was the wrong way to go though. He didn't even pick Prescott in the first place, it was Khan's new trainer Jorge Rubio who suggested him as an opponent. No surprise that he was instantly fired.

The Prescott rematch could have been made and could have been huge had he not kept losing in damn near every fight after that.

[boliodogs]

Khan not only did not fight Prescott again right away, he avoided him completely in spite of Prescott calling him out constantly for years. He should have rematched Prescott within 18 months or so from his loss to Prescott. He gave the impression that he or his team were afraid to risk that fight. If Khan had KOed Prescott in a return fight it would have been a good win for him. Khan has yet to rematch anyone that beat him or rematch Maidana who lost to him but almost KOed him.

[edgarg]

Judging from what has happened to David Price was Khan right not to fight Prescott after he got knocked out?

I have no doubt khan would beat him now but getting back in straight after the first loss would have been risky and despite boxing fans saying otherwise I think he did the right thing, especially now you look at the David price situation.

Got to admire david price's courage but sometimes it's better to fix the flaws and improve your weaknesses than to avenge the loss. still think he's a good fighter but this double loss will haunt him for a long time.

Boxing fans didn't "say otherwise". The problem with Khan-Prescott 2 was that when Khan was going well and pulling down large undeserved paydays, he wouldn't consider Prescott at all. Prescott was begging for a return fight for a few years and Khan just ignored him. I think that the "family pride" was offended because Prescott had the effrontery not only to beat him, but KO him in such a way that people who want a laugh can still switch on to the fight on Youtube. And of course...... they were afraid that the same thing might happen again. Which is why they fed him light hitting opponents or those who were far too slow to catch him.

They didn't know anything about being "timed".

Just my opinion.

Sorry Bolio I see you got in first, but it just shows that we are both pretty smart......

[tyotfo]

Definitely, Prescott would KO him again.

[brettWall]

Khan may have looked like he's avoiding a rematch. What's ****** is demanding a rematch against a guy you already beat. Does he want the rematch to resuscitate his crappy career by beating Khan again? Let's say he did beat Khan again and Khan made another come back while Prescott kept losing his fights again. What then? Demand a Khan fight again?

[LacedUp]

U mean was he right in ducking prescott until this day?

It was good for him because he went on to do better things. Lucky he got fed soft punchers for a while afterwards instead of rematching Prescott

Maidana, Judah, Peterson, Garcia...

Soft punchers?

His team made the right decision at the time. It's not exactly Khan's fault that Prescott has become completely irrelevant in the mean time.

[bojangles1987]

Every time Prescott was in position to really pressure Khan into a rematch, he lost. I don't blame Khan one bit for never fighting a rematch and don't think for one second he ducked him.

Besides, it's not like Khan was fighting worse fighters than Prescott in the meantime. It's not a duck if you're fighting better fighters than someone who wants to fight you, especially if the guy you're "ducking" never wins the fights he needs to.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Every time Prescott was in position to really pressure Khan into a rematch, he lost. I don't blame Khan one bit for never fighting a rematch and don't think for one second he ducked him.

Besides, it's not like Khan was fighting worse fighters than Prescott in the meantime. It's not a duck if you're fighting better fighters than someone who wants to fight you, especially if the guy you're "ducking" never wins the fights he needs to.

That was an embarrassing defeat, the kind one has to avenge. What about when Prescott was robbed against McCloskey, or when he gave a really good account of himself against Alvarado? It wasn't worth it to fight him then? That's been one of my major turn offs with Amir Khan, the fact that it was Prescott dying for the rematch when that should have been Khan.

[bojangles1987]

That was an embarrassing defeat, the kind one has to avenge. What about when Prescott was robbed against McCloskey, or when he gave a really good account of himself against Alvarado? It wasn't worth it to fight him then? That's been one of my major turn offs with Amir Khan, the fact that it was Prescott dying for the rematch when that should have been Khan.

Fighters lose embarrassingly in their careers sometimes. It happens. Khan went on to bigger and better things, and fought better fighters. Prescott has had his chances, and lost them all.