Kotelnik convinced of Khan victory

Eurosport - Thu, 02 Jul 11:13:00 2009

Andreas Kotelnik is in no doubt at all that there will only be one winner when he defends his WBA junior-welterweight crown against Amir Khan on July 18 at the MEN Arena in Manchester.

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The 31-year-old Ukrainian, who is currently based in Germany preparing for the bout, said: "I am the world champion, this is my job, I have been doing it for 24 years and I have no doubt I will win."

"I don"t want to say too much, I just want to say, "Hey, I"ll see you in the ring.

"I won my title in Cardiff against Gavin Rees - that was my target and now I have to defend my title over there".

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  1. Boxing is a brutalgame inside the ring but outside­ Boxers are lot smarter and shrewd businessmen these­ days. Hand picking fights has nothing to do with been­ a boxing inferior fighters its all about raising your­ profile,creating interest, maintaining a unbeaten­ record and to make more money in the long term. Of­ course once you reach a certain level you need to raise­ the bar and fight at a higher level for glory and­ money. Khans team is doing just that. They are­ building him him slowly to test his limits and­ capabilites as a fighter and see how far he can reach. ­ Every fighter has his limitations so why try to reach­ the moon when you can conquer whats near you??? I am­ confident Khan will beat this Kotelink guy either by­ points or a late stoppage. However, it wont be a easy­ night. This is unlike any other fight, this is for a­ world title fight and both will comeprepared and will­ have loads of nerves to conquer. If Khan can box­ smartashe did in Barrera fight he will be victorious­ and be the next British World Champion at light­ Welterweight at the age of 22!! Go Khan, do the­ business

    From P, on Thu 16 Jul 12:49PM
  2. khan has been blown up in the press ,he is a good­ domestic boxer who needs hand picked opponents who are­ past there best or non punchers.To many titles ,to much­ hype,not much tallent.

    From johnjhandley, on Thu 16 Jul 8:45AM
  3. Haye is a better fighter than tyson fury all we know­ about Fury is thats he's big and strong. He­ don't seem a very technical boxer everyone he has­ been up against has just backed off him

    From trevellyan82, on Thu 9 Jul 8:28AM
  4. Yea i saw that I hope Froch wins however my money would­ be on Kessler

    From trevellyan82, on Thu 9 Jul 8:25AM
  5. And did anyone hear about the new super tourney. its a­ tournament of 6 supermiddleweights. (a bit like prize­ fighter). Froch, Kessler, dissel, ward, taylor and­ abraham.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 7 Jul 7:00PM
  6. exenteratiner. Good dream fights, id love to see witter­ vs murray, what a classic. Do you no whats happened­ with Kesslers promoters? I wasnt trying to say Murray­ was a bad fighter. But what gets me mad is Khan gets so­ much abuse, AND I MEAN REAL TOUGH ABUSE, for not­ fighting the best in the world after only 22 fights.­ Wheras Murray is still fighting lawton etc yet people­ dont say a word about it. People get jelous of khan and­ that leads to hatred.

    MY dream fights:( sorry for­ copying you a bit xentertainer!)

    1. Witter vs­ Murray
    2. Kessler vs Froch
    3.Wladimir Klitshcko vs­ Vitali Klishko (i no it wont happen)
    4.Prescott vs­ Murray
    5. CALZAGHE VS FROCH (APPERENTLY CALZAGHE IS­ TRAINING EVERY DAY, I HEARD!)

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 7 Jul 6:19PM
  7. p.s Roach has gone down on paper as saying he'd­ like Khan to fight Eric Morales after Kotelnick . . you­ heard it here first ha ha

    From jack torrance, on Tue 7 Jul 3:04PM
  8. Hi exentertainer but still an entertainer eh that's­ quite a wish list.Starting to get excited about Friday­ night,Tony Jeffries in Sunderland,can't wait.­ Breidis Prescott is penciled in to fight Miguel Vazquez­ at lightweight over 10 rounds on a Las Vegas bill 17th­ July.

    From jack torrance, on Tue 7 Jul 2:54PM
  9. AMENDMENT....

    I had this amazing dream where I was a­ promoter and­ have just received the go-ahead for all­ these bouts to­ take place at Wembley, on December­ 26th....

    Junior Witter v­ John Murray
    Amir Khan v­ Ricky Hatton
    Tyson Fury v David Price
    David Haye v­ Wladimir­ Klitschko
    Carl Froch v Kessler/Abraham (yet­ to be­ finalised!)

    I'm calling it Boxing Day!

    From The Xentertainer, on Tue 7 Jul 2:46PM
  10. I had this amazing dream where I was a promoter and­ have just received the go-ahead for all these bouts to­ take place at Wembley, on December 26th....

    Witter v­ Murray
    Khan v Hatton
    Fury v Skelton
    Haye v Wladimir­ Klitschko
    Froch v Kessler/Abraham (yet to be­ finalised!)

    I'm calling it Boxing Day!

    From The Xentertainer, on Tue 7 Jul 2:43PM
  11. Murray may be into his 26th fight and not achieved a­ world title shot yet but that doesn't make him a­ bad fighter. Unproven maybe, but not a bad fighter.­ Besides, nothing says he still couldn't beat­ Prescott. And when and who is Prescott fighting next?­ Anyone know?

    From The Xentertainer, on Tue 7 Jul 2:39PM
  12. I BELIEVE THAT KOTENIK WILL RETAIN HIS BELT AGAINST­ KHAN.
    HOW CAN ALL THESE FOOLS SAY THAT KOTLELNIK IS AN­ EASY FIGHT .
    THIS GUY HAS NEVER BEEN STOPPED AND HE HAS­ ALWAYS DONE ENOUGH TO RETAIN HIS TITLE .
    YOU ONLY HAVE­ TO LOOK AT ALL OF HIS FIGHTS AND SEE THAT KOTELNIK IS­ NO MUG AND THAT HE GETS BETTER IN THE MIDDLE TO LATER­ ROUNDS.
    I HOPE THAT KOTLINK WINS AS KHAN DOES NOT­ DESERVE HIS CHANCE AS HE HAS NOT GONE THROUGH A­ LEGITIMATE ROUTE TO FIGHT FOR A WORLD TITLE LIKE OTHER­ BOXERS HAVE HAD TO. WHAT MAKES KHAN ANY DIFFERENT ?

    From universalimpex2000, on Tue 7 Jul 1:39PM
  13. murray wud never fight prescott. 26 fights n still­ fighting a british 7th ranked shi tty fighter. not­ good. take a leaf outof khans book mate.

    From neilsenti55, on Tue 7 Jul 10:40AM
  14. Prescott vs Murray is a good shout actually, I­ hadn't thought of that one. Hard 1 for me to call­ cos all I have seen of Prescott is 54 seconds of him­ smashing Khan about but judging by his record I imagine­ he would beat Murray by KO in the later middle rounds.

    From Luke W, on Tue 7 Jul 9:16AM
  15. Sorry Luke W, I didn't meat to overlook yourself.­ Glad you think the same. How about Prescott v Murray?

    From The Xentertainer, on Tue 7 Jul 3:38AM
  16. khan has fought nothing but punch bags till he met­ prescott and hell get battered again in his next fight

    From deesydave, on Mon 6 Jul 4:54PM
  17. David Price is just as good if not better than Tyson­ Fury

    From Luke W, on Mon 6 Jul 4:28PM
  18. Xentertainer, I agree with everything you have said­ there except for 1 thing! I also said Khan vs Murray­ wouild be good and Murray deserves it, I think that­ would be a grerat fight that Khan wins after 7 or 8­ good rounds

    From Luke W, on Mon 6 Jul 4:27PM
  19. Tyson Fury hasn't had a crediable fighter yet. He­ has not yet been put under pressure by a worthy­ challenger. He's got promise. There is no one­ apart from Hay who appears to be above average.

    Khan­ could win his next contest if he boxes, keeps his­ defence tight and moves. Good luck to him whether or­ not he deserves a crack at the title.

    From t.cook794, on Mon 6 Jul 4:13PM
  20. Does anyone on here ever go on BOXINGNEWS24, they have ­ a lot more news and more often and you can comment like­ here.

    From neilsenti55, on Mon 6 Jul 4:05PM
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