Khan wants Prescott again

by SC on Mar 25, 2009 3:17 AM EDT in News Comment 10 comments

The Bolton News reports that Amir Khan wants a rematch with Breidis Prescott, the man that knocked him loopy last year in the first round:

“I won’t make the same mistake again,” Khan said. “I want to fight him again and it is a serious possibility. I have spoken to my promoter Frank Warren about it.”

They really should match up again, because both of their careers are still being defined by those 54 seconds of Prescott pummeling Khan. Prescott's name has gotten bigger than it probably deserves to, and Khan is going to be unable to convince doubters that he's really changed until he does something special.

Now don't get me wrong here, either. I don't think if they rematched and Khan beat Prescott it would be some amazing feat. He's so much more skilled than Prescott that if you ignore a couple important things, Khan should wipe the mat with Breidis. But his horrendous chin and bad head movement are hard to overcome, and it doesn't matter who he trains with. No matter how much confidence Freddie Roach can give him, or how much Roach can improve him from a couple of tactical standpoints, what happens when Prescott lands flush? We saw what happened last time.

Of course, we also haven't seen Prescott have to take anything from Khan. I'll say it again: I really like Amir Khan. He's an offensive dynamo and seems like a nice dude that works hard and really wants it. He's not Audley Harrison, no matter what happens in his career.

But if your chin is bad, your chin is bad, and Khan's is like a too-ripe plum.

It's an interesting fight, though, and Khan would surely like to get a win back from Prescott. Prescott probably has little fear of Khan all things considered, and also is unlikely to get a bigger fight any time soon.

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Will Warren Risk It?

Khan is showing real fighters pride wanting to get back in with the guy who destroyed him. Personally i dont think this will come off just yet, until Khan lands a belt maybe. But its the right match. Cant argue above if Amir uses those skills he should be able to outbox and outland Prescott…but when he is caught? Counting sheep. Lets be positive i think Khan wins on points if the fight was made next week.

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by dinkman on Mar 25, 2009 4:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd still pick Khan to win

Prescott is slow, and doesn’t punch as hard as people make him out. He faced a smaller fighter with a dodgy chin his last fight and wasn’t able to put him out of his misery, and he didn’t look particularly great in the process. Khan seemed to do a much better job of holding a high guard against Barrera, and Khan’s going to need to learn how to take or block a punch sooner rather than later. I doubt he’ll be able to fight at lightweight much longer anyway, and it’s not like people punch any less hard at 140.

If I was Frank Warren, however, I’d be trying to make a fight between Khan and Paulie Malignaggi.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Mar 25, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That would be interesting

Haven’t heard much from Paulie since his loss to Hatton except that he’s just in it for the money and doesn’t really want to be a boxer.

Could see Khan having problems with Paulie though.

by strike4A on Mar 25, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Paulie will give him problems.

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by Sickle on Mar 25, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think so

A light hitter who’s thought to be a good boxer, but who’s not as quick or powerful as Khan, should be someone ideal to showcase Khan against. Plus, then it addresses the issue that almost everyone that Khan has faced has been old, undersized or both.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Mar 25, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Khan’s workrate will see him through to a win against Paulie, should that fight ever materialize. Khan throws too much for a light-hitting, counterpunching “slickster” like Paulie. Khan’s kryptonite is an accurate heavy-hitter who can weather his storm.

by Matt Miller on Mar 25, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like most boxers’ kryptonite!

by strike4A on Mar 26, 2009 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt Warren will risk it.

He’ll probably want to moke some money off this kid for a few more fight. However, if it happens, I won’t be a first round KO. It will probably be more of a 5 or 6 KO for Prescott.

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by Sickle on Mar 25, 2009 12:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Malignaggi would be a really good match up for him

way prefer that to the risk of getting tagged again by Prescott

by BrianBrock on Mar 25, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The rematch could definitely happen

if they’re confident that Khan has learnt enough defensively from Roach to avoid getting clocked again. He showed real improvements against Barrera, and Prescott doesn’t look much like a savvy boxer who could overcome that.

As far as Warren goes, it would make sense to make the fight, as a convincing Khan victory would be a ghost laid to rest, and an important career statement, given that he wants Amir to fight for a world title soon. Plus, I think there would be a lot of UK interest in seeing Khan avenge his only loss/get humiliatingly exposed again (delete based on preference)

by thirdslip on Mar 25, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs