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. anyone hear that fury can win the irish titles too?

    From neilsenti55, on Mon 6 Jul 3:22PM
  2. And Tyson Fury IS the real deal in the Heavyweights. I­ just hope people don't keep trying to duck him as­ they have done so far. Good luck in beating John­ McDermott. I know you can do it. And give him Williams­ and Skelton next should he win.

    From The Xentertainer, on Mon 6 Jul 2:37PM
  3. Actually Mr Senti, my remark was boxing­ based...you've slagged off Khan and people of a­ different ethnic background for months and then,­ unexpectedly start backing Khan. All I've said in­ the last 2 weeks is Khan should fight Murray because I­ believe it would be a good fight and everyone (bar Mr­ Torrance) says 'What the hell!? What are you on?­ Murray doesn't deserve it'. Maybe he­ doesn't but it would still make a great fight. Khan­ will defeat Kotelnik easily and it wasn't Warren­ who chose Prescott. Khan's former Columbian trainer­ suggested Prescott to Warren. If Frank expected a tough­ test he'd never have let the fight take place. I­ expect Froch v Taylor II to be The Cobra's nect­ fight because no-one else wants to fight him. Except­ B.Hop (who I would avoid, as the fight would be­ boring). Come on Khan!!! And as for Hatton v­ Khan...Ricky would be a fool to take it on. He­ won't beat Khan, and if he does...so what? He­ doesn't better his record and it won't make him­ a P4P No.1. Ricky....please retire. Pacquiao won't­ fight you again, Mayweather Jr now knows your past your­ best and Marquez or Khan wouldn't improve your­ status. Besides, I think they'll beat you nowadays.­ Having lost to the best in your generation, give up­ gracefully. Anyone agree?

    From The Xentertainer, on Mon 6 Jul 2:33PM
  4. Khan will get knocked out properly this time..!!

    From e=mc squared, on Mon 6 Jul 1:49PM
  5. Cotto wasn't had fed, he's fought a string of­ quality boxers. Khan hasn't got this title shot­ because his ranking. This fight is voluntary defence­ and Warren was able to offer enough Kothlink enough­ money for him to take the fight. We'll see how far­ he's come along under Roach once he's fought a­ decent opponent - not Osin Fagan (a bum) or Barrerra­ (his glory days are long gone).

    From Tai P, on Mon 6 Jul 12:33PM
  6. Of course he has been hand fed, as most star boxers­ are. I think Warren felt he was ready to be let off the­ leash with the Prescott fight, but got it spectaculaly­ wrong. After that fight, it should have been Bredis who­ got the title shot, not Amir. If they boxed again, Amir­ wouldn't further his career if he won, but it would­ finish him if he lost, and I'm not sure if he could­ keep away from that left hook for the entire fight.­ Let's face it, his legs went after a jab, just­ before the knockdown. But I think he looks a better­ fighter now at lightwelter, with Roach, and he will win­ a world title. However, I will always doubt his chin.

    From Lance, on Mon 6 Jul 11:39AM
  7. Surely Khan needs to fight Prescott before he gets a­ shot at a belt. I imagine Presscot don't have a­ belt shot.

    I will be behind Khan for the fight­ however do feel he is being hand fed his fighters

    From trevellyan82, on Mon 6 Jul 10:35AM
  8. ye khans got more skill than kotelnik, but remember,­ hes never been down in his career and he beat that­ maidana fella who just knocked victor out. so he must­ be pretty gud, if hes not then whys he a world champ.­ Still think Khan will win if he boxes sensibly.

    From neilsenti55, on Mon 6 Jul 9:42AM
  9. I agree with you Jack, you could also mention Naseem­ Hamed in that list.

    From Tai P, on Mon 6 Jul 9:34AM
  10. it's no efoort at all neil

    From jack torrance, on Mon 6 Jul 8:15AM
  11. Hi Lance I honestly think it'll be a walk through­ for Khan in 5 or 6,saw Kotelnick against a game but­ small and limited Gavin Reese,he just hasn't got­ the size or skills to worry Khan.You're­ right,Warren is probably the best boxing business brain­ out there, his slip ups are rare (Prescott) and some­ how he usually manages to convince the public that the­ match ups are good,though they often prove to be poor .­ .thinking the bulk of Ricky and Joe's early fights­ here.

    From jack torrance, on Mon 6 Jul 8:14AM
  12. Warren is very astute neil. He has proved he is expert­ at taking the right match at the right time for his­ fighters, and I can't think this bout will be any­ different. Khan on points.

    From Lance, on Mon 6 Jul 7:52AM
  13. And xentertainer, why start all this up again, you said­ you wanted everyone to talk about boxing and nothing­ else and here you are starting the whole thing going­ again?

    From neilsenti55, on Mon 6 Jul 6:23AM
  14. Lance, how do you think Khan will manage with Kotelnik.­ I think it'll be tough but he will edge it.

    From neilsenti55, on Sun 5 Jul 8:10PM
  15. jack, how sad. you have gone through every single­ comment i have made and made the efoort to put the­ thumbs down on every one. get a life man.lol

    From neilsenti55, on Sun 5 Jul 4:26PM
  16. 0 comment

    From jack torrance, on Sun 5 Jul 7:50AM
  17. Jack, if im correct you were the only one making racist­ remarks, I can find it if you want. And you dont reply­ to me because I dont talk to you, fool.

    From neilsenti55, on Sat 4 Jul 10:48PM
  18. good stuff as usual exentertainer , yeah I noticed­ neilsenti seems to have lost the page a bit,he's­ been banging on about the frankly ridiculous BNP for­ months then all of a sudden he's a Khan lover? not­ long ago he was calling him a "@#$% b­ astard" I don't reply to his comments find him­ and sirstevejones quite vile.Anyway back to­ boxing,I'm going to the Tony Jeffrie's bill in­ Sunderland next week,watched him in training last week­ and was very impressed with how snappy his combinations­ were and don't think I've ever seen anyone take­ a medicine ball to the gut as hard as that.Then a week­ later David Dolan is on SKY (friend of a friend) so­ looking forward to cheering him on,then a week later­ it's the Khan bill so plenty to look forward to­ over the next 3 weeks eh.

    From jack torrance, on Sat 4 Jul 8:07PM
  19. Froch v Abraham is one I would definitely get excited­ about. 2 undefeated guys slugging it out to be the­ best. Froch would win by KO but if he went to Germany­ he would have to! Pavlik won't call out Hopkins­ because B.Hop said he won't fight Pavlik again. The­ only downside to fighting Woods is...what is there to­ gain? If it's Bute, it's a Title. If it's­ Abraham, it's a chance to establish himself as the­ best. If it's B.Hop he fights and defeats, it's­ about reputation building. If he fights Pascal again­ he'd have to move up in weight. Maybe a two weight­ title sounds nice but there's no credibility for­ such a risk. The next three fights have to be Abraham,­ Pavlik, Kessler. But if Froch really wants the chance­ to claim to be as good as Calzaghe, he'll need to­ have the balls to fight Kessler. If Kessler is­ available. I'm Froch's biggest fan on here but­ the lack of news on his next opponent is worrying.­ There are a few good fights around but nothing's­ being said. And I have said before...I DO like Khan. I­ haven't seen his recent fights lately so can't­ comment on how good he is BUT I think Thaxton has the­ kind of power that could floor Khan. But I want Khan to­ beat Kotelnik and then fight Junior Witter if not­ Hatton! HANG ON NEILSENTI? Are you defending Amir Khan?­ After all your BNP remarks? Amazing. Changed your­ politics? Has anyone else noticed that?

    From The Xentertainer, on Sat 4 Jul 7:16PM
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    In all fairness, untill abraham fights someone half­ decent I couldnt care less about him.

    From neilsenti55, on Sat 4 Jul 7:02PM
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