Katsidis' Manager Apologizes To Amir Khan, John Murray

[WelshDevilRob]

Katsidis' Manager Apologizes To Amir Khan, John Murray

 

By Brendon Smith

 

First of all I would like to apologize to John Murray for accusing him of losing his balls. I have seen you fight John and you showed that you have plenty in the ring. My point was you called Michael out publicly on more than one occasion and claimed Michael has not fought the best in England!

 

I gave your team an opportunity to make this fight, even though you have nothing we want. Since then i have not heard from your camp with any offer whatsoever. I can only suggest that the next time you issue a challenge and some one says yes, have a plan B. But really I am a little tired of the excuse that we asked for to much money.

 

The same goes for Amir Khan. I apologize to you about the losing your balls issue but please don't use the 'They want too much money' excuse either. It doesn't cut it as Michael will never need to justify his efforts to try and make the big fights. Just look where he has travelled to do so and not once has he not generated his own income. Once again my apologies.

 

Source:

www.boxingscene.com

[Faulks]

Amir Khan's trainer Freddie Roach has hit back at claims from Michael Katsidis' camp that the WBA light-welterweight champion was ducking a potential bout as it represented too much of a risk.

 

Katsidis' trainer Brendon Smith had suggested that Khan would not take on his man because his iron-fisted attack would leave the Brit too vulnerable to taking a knockout blow on his fragile chin.

 

Roach insists that the reason the Katsidis fight has not materialised is due to the Australian's financial demands. Instead of facing Katsidis, Khan is rumoured to be facing Joel Casamayor on July 31 in his first fight on British soil since defeating Paulie Malignaggi in New York last month.

 

With limited preparation time remaining ahead of that clash, Roach has urged Khan to return to the gym as soon as possible.

 

"I hear they were talking to [Michael] Katsidis but he wanted too much money," Roach told the Telegraph. "Amir will back in the gym soon. He has to be. He fought a great fight in New York against Paulie Malignaggi.

 

"If he does take the fight on July 31, he needs to get back over here and get in the gym this week. My view is that Amir is ready for anyone right now."

 

Roach also launched a scathing attack on Khan's main rivals in the light-welterweight division - Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander.

 

"Who is Devon Alexander anyway? We've seen him on TV, I've seen him once and I didn't see anything special," he said. "The other guy - [Timothy] Bradley - one of my young boxers Jose Benavidez [aged 18] sparred with him and had no trouble and he struggled in a recent fight, but looked good in his last fight."

[Wheelchair]

Trainers and managers should keep their oversized trash-spouting gobs shut. People watch the sport for the boxers, trainers etc are just boring as they never say anything other than how great their fighters are, and how useless others are.

 

Just shut up.

[Faulks]

Roll out the bed the wrong side this morning Wheels? mlol/

[Wheelchair]

No, I just can't stand trainers who mouth off all the time. Roach in particular is becoming a real fruitcake it seems.

[LondonRingRules]

No, I just can't stand trainers who mouth off all the time. Roach in particular is becoming a real fruitcake it seems.

 

----------- Makin' uncle Rog look like the sainted Mayweather, is he?

 

Thank Ali for all the trash talk. Yet when Manny or Cotto fight for example, it's a gentleman's press conference.

 

Figure someone has to have a backbone in the Khan camp, so why not Freddie who's arrived at the exact point in time where he can say just about anything he wants when he wants.

[Wheelchair]

Makin' uncle Rog look like the sainted Mayweather, is he?

 

Hardly, he's one of the biggest idiots out there.

[brooklynbrawler]

No, I just can't stand trainers who mouth off all the time. Roach in particular is becoming a real fruitcake it seems.

 

Trainers are fast becoming the mouthpieces for plenty of fighters right now.

They're generating the controversy or the exposure, that would probably see their fighters becoming unpopular or tiresome or even up in court, and still getting the job done as far as getting a potential opponent worked up enough to make a fight.

 

Everyone from Mayweather to Pacquiao to Haye to Khan has done it of late...

[Wheelchair]

It got a to stupid level at the Pacquiao - Hatton fight, when Buffer introduced the fighters in the ring and mentioned the names of their trainers.

 

That's just plain ridiculous, where's it gonna stop? Naming the man with the spit-bucket? It's ONLY the fighters that should be introduced to the crowd, not the damn trainers FFS.