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Prescott upset bid

Colombian confident he can knock Khan out

Last updated: 28th August 2008

Prescott: confident

I don't think I can knock him out - I know I can.

KHAN v PRESCOTT
Live on Sky Box Office & HD
9pm, Saturday, September 6
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Breidis Prescott is coming to knock Amir Khan out.

The unknown Colombian says he has the power to produce a major upset when the pair meet, live on Sky Box Office on September 6.

Prescott boasts a perfect 19-0 professional record and at 6ft 1in, is taller than the British sensation, himself undefeated in 18 paid contests.

And he believes he has the tools to shock Khan and send him to his first defeat.

"I don't think I can knock him out - I know I can," he told Craig Slater, in the first of three Sky Sports News exclusives.

"If I catch him out with my uppercut or my left hook, he's going to go.

"I can't wait for this fight. I won't lose the opportunity because if I win this I can get a world title fight and all that it means. It would change my life."

And life for Prescott is tough.

Born and bred on the mean streets of Barranquilla, the 25-year-old has only boxed outside his homeland twice before.

He sleeps in a small room above his gym and although former WBO light-welterweight champion Ricardo Torres and world title hopefuls Cesar Canchilla and Daniel Reyes all share his stable, it is a far cry from Khan's own hi-tech facilities.

But, says Prescott, that makes him even more determined to produce the fight of his life at the MEN Arena.

"Here I can focus solely on my sport," he said.

"There are no luxuries here but the effort we are putting in here and the sacrifices we make means we are all the more hungry to succeed.

"Many champions have passed through. Ricardo Torres, who is a great Colombian fighter, has passed through here and used this gym as well.

"This is a place where great fighters are made."