It’s to believe but World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan may already be the best fighter in the light welterweight division after only three fights at that weight class. It’s hard to believe because Khan looked so horrible in getting knocked out in the 1st round by the very average Breidis Prescott two years ago in 2008. Khan hasn’t anything to avenge that defeat, but he’s done a good job of winning his fights since then, albeit against non lethal punchers. Khan has looked great in beating Andriy Kotelnik, Dmitri Salita and Paulie Malignaggi. The win over Kotelnik, which seemed like not that big of a deal when Khan beat him last year by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision in July 2009, is now looking really good now that Kotelnik recently looked so good in losing a 12 round decision to IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander last Saturday night. Many boxing fans felt that Kotelnik should have won the fight, including this writer. Kotelnik was dominating Alexander for the last six rounds of the fight and appeared to do more than enough to get the decision. However, it’s pretty easy to see why Kotelnik lost. He was fighting in Alexander’s home town, and it’s never easy to win fights in another fighters’ home turf. But Kotelnik will be back. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/08/could-amir-khan-be-the-best-of-the-light-welterweights/
