I saw a thread about this on the British forum, but there hasn't been all that much lately on the General. I'm pretty bummed that I won't have any way of seeing this fight, which will tell us a lot about the British prospect. What do you guys think? Sorry if I missed something big on this already posted, but I didn't catch it in a forum search.
Kotelnik is technically sound, has good technique, some pop (remember, not much is required to hurt Khan), and has already beaten a better fighter than Khan in Maidana. It could take a couple rounds to get his timing down and adjust to the speed, but I think he'll collect himself well and wear Khan down with accurate punches. Mid/Late TKO for Kotelnik.
I am making the trip to the M.E.N to watch and a few people i am going with are saying that Khan has it due to Roach being in his corner. This isn't going to stop the exprience of Kotelnik however. I think it will be a close one, but Kotelnik in <6.
I bet Kotelnik +180 and took the over 9.5 -240. (bad price as I see it at -220 now) Maidana couldn't knock Kotelnik out. Why would anyone think that Khan, moving up in weight class, will? Khan may run and win on points but I don't think he can do it for the entire fight. I don't think that Khan's been past 8 rounds more then twice. I see it Kotelnik with a late TKO. (well at least my wallet would like to see that...)
I know Skysports are showing this from 9pm UK time, but does anyone have any idea what sort of time the Khan fight should be on by? I'm having a few guys around for the fight and one of them is working till about 11pm.