Miami (via Colombia) power puncher Breidis Prescott (25-4, 18 KOs) says he has mixed emotions about no longer being the only fighter to ever put Amir Khan to sleep.
While Prescott did it to Khan in 2008 in less than one round, Danny Garcia was able
to join the exclusive club last Saturday when he laid out the now-former champion
in four rounds.
Prescott is currently in hard training for his upcoming junior-welterweight battle
against Francisco “Gato” Figueroa (20-4-1, 13 KOs) of Bronx, New York in the main
event of Warriors Boxing’s “Miami Warfare II” event at the MACC at the Doubletree
Hotel in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, August 18.
“In a way, I enjoyed the notoriety of being the only fighter to ever knock him out,”
explained Prescott, “but it was also pretty clear he was never going to face me
again. I chased him for years offering him the chance to redeem himself and he was
always too frightened to take it. Now that there’s a new guy at the top of the
division,
maybe he’ll have a little more courage to take the tough fights against guys like
me.”
Before actively pursuing a match between the two “Khanquerors”, himself and Garcia,
Prescott must first get by a very talented Figueroa in a fight that is not a mere
tune-up.
“He’s a good fighter,” said Prescott of Figueroa, “but he can’t take my power. No
one can when I’m feeling as good as I am now.”
Prescott says seeing Khan again get stretched in a fight has given him new motivation:
“I need a new claim to fame! I’m going to have to knock out somebody else at the
top of the division. I like being the first to knock someone out. I’m the power
punching pioneer!”
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In the eight-round super featherweight co-main event that night will be Miami (via
Cuba) power puncher Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (16-0, 11 KOs) facing Mexico’s
Alejandro Rodriguez (14-6, 7 KOs).
Also scheduled for action will be a host of local and international prospects and
contenders including super middleweight Roberto J. Acevedo 5-0 (4 KOs) of Bayamón,
Puerto Rico, who will fight a four-rounder vs. TBA; Zenica, Bosnia’s light heavyweight
up-and-comer Radivoje Kalajdzic (6-0, 4 KOs), who will fight a six-rounder vs. TBA;
light heavyweight bomber Vilier Quinonez 3-0 (2 KOs) of Cienfuegos, Cuba, who will
fight a six-rounder vs. TBA; undefeated light heavyweight Yunieski Gonzalez (8-0,
5 KOs) of Havana, Cuba, who will fight a six-rounder vs. TBA; and middleweight Leosvy
Mayedo (2-0, 2 KOs) of Miami, who will fight a four-rounder vs. TBA.
TICKETS:
Tickets are priced at $75 ringside/$30 general admission. A limited number of VIP
tables are also available. Please call (954) 985-1155 to purchase tickets.
On fight night, doors open 7:30 and the action starts 8:00. The MACC at the Doubletree
Hotel is located at 711 NW 72nd Avenue in Miami.
