Khan hits back at Kotelnik

Khan: Confident

I'm going to give him a boxing lesson. I am confident that I am going to be the teacher and show him what boxing is all about.

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Amir Khan has promised to teach Andreas Kotelnik what boxing is all about when they meet on July 18 at the MEN Arena.

The 22-year-old Khan has hit back at the Ukrainian from his LA gym after the WBA light-welterweight champion claimed he was a little boy who was going to take a beating.

"If he's going around saying that I am a kid then I will let my fists do the talking," Khan told frankwarren.tv.

"He's going to be in for a shock. If he thinks it is going to be an easy fight for him then he has got something else coming."

Focus

Khan claims that Kotelnik's trash talk has only pushed him to focus and train harder.

He added: "It will be exciting but at the end of the day it will be me with the belt around my waist and we will see who the child is then.

"I'm going to give him a boxing lesson. I am confident that I am going to be the teacher and show him what boxing is all about."

However, despite Kotelnik's suggestions that he will repeat Breidis Prescott's first-round KO victory from September last year, Khan is adamant that it will the Ukrainian visiting the canvas.

"The fight against Breidis Prescott, it just happened, it was just a mistake," said Khan.

"My defence has really come on now. I don't think that Andreas Kotelnik can get a shot on me I'll be so sharp.

"I'm not going to be too big-headed, but I don't think he has ever been in with someone like me. Moving to 140 pounds has made me stronger, fitter and more explosive. I hit harder.

"I'm going to be the first guy to knock him out."