Khan: "Murray doesn't deserve a shot at me"

[RAZZ-MCFC]

Amir Khan has turned up the heat in his rivalry with John Murray – insisting the undefeated British and European lightweight champion doesn’t have the brains to step up to world-class level.

 

WBA light-welterweight king Khan adds Murray must prove he is worthy of sharing a ring with him by first defeating

Victor Ortiz before he would hand him a dream clash.

 

There is no love lost between the two Greater Manchester fighters, who look destined to go head-to-head in a mouth-watering Battle of Britain at some point.

 

But despite watching Murray blast away Andriy Kudriavtsev in nine rounds on Saturday, Khan is convinced he would make light work of the 25-year-old, who holds the longest unbeaten record in Britain with 30 straight wins.

 

“John Murray has to prove himself against better opponents,” said Khan. “I’d take that fight for a quick payday. It’s an easy fight. It would be a walk in the park.

 

“He’s dominant at the British and European level and he deserves that. But to fight at world class level you need more brains. He doesn’t have the X Factor.”

 

Infuriate

 

Khan’s words are sure to infuriate Murray and his diehard support, who delighted in hurling abuse at the 23-year-old

former Olympian, who was a pundit for Sky TV on Saturday.

 

Later that evening, the Bolton man’s car was keyed in the car park.

 

Khan makes the third defence of his WBA title against Marcos Maidana in December and says that would be an ideal opportunity for Murray to build his name to a world audience.

 

His promoter, Golden Boy, want Murray to face light-welterweight Ortiz on the undercard in Las Vegas as an eliminator for a Khan clash.

 

But with potential world title fights against the winner of Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis or Humberto Soto, it would take a mega payday to tempt Murray to abandon the lightweight division and step up.

 

Khan says he must if he has any hopes of the two getting in the ring.

 

“I don’t think he deserves his chance,” he said. “He’s not proven. I’ve not seen anything he’s done.

 

“We will offer him Victor Ortiz on the undercard of my fight with Maidana. If he beats Ortiz, I will fight him. He’s not earned his name yet. The undercard of an Amir Khan fight would be good for him if we could get that.

 

“Right now he would be an easy fight for me.

 

“John is a little older than me. He didn’t do anything when he was an amateur. With him there is a lot of hype, but I don’t see anything decent from him.

 

“I’ve had tougher sparring partners.

 

Desperate

 

“People keep putting his name to me, but it’s not a fight that would sell. No one wants it.

 

“We offered him the fight before, but he wanted too much money. I’m going on to bigger and better things – I’m not coming down to John Murray.”

 

Murray is desperate to take on Khan, but first has ambitions of unifying the lightweight division. And he is convinced he can become a world star in his own right.

 

“I’m a very exciting fighter,” he said. “I’m not looking to pinch points, I’m trying to take the guy’s head off and put a show on.

 

“I want to entertain. You see with my fans, the Barmy Army, they really get behind me.

 

“I want to take them to Vegas. They’ve been loyal to me. I’ve not had a lot of publicity, I’m not a household name, but they’ve followed me around little dinner shows and things like that.

 

“It’s getting bigger and bigger and now it’s starting to take off. I’m there now. I’ve proved I belong at world class level and when I get my world title chance I will bring it home.”

 

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this is exactly why i don't like the twat!

 

always needlessly running his mouth, that's clearly much, much bigger than his heart of his guts

 

at least Murray is willing to take on anyone and everyone, who's Khan willing to take on?

 

shot to bits fighters with little or no punching power

 

he's a joke

[Wheelchair]

Oh do shut your arse Khan. Who have you beaten? You called Kotelnik the worst world champion ever, and yet you fought him.

 

Tosser.

[Brick Top]

What did khan do to earn his world title shot exactly? Why does he always have to put his foot in it when he's doing ok?

[Wheelchair]

Because Amir has a very small brain and very little in the way of intelligence.

[brooklynbrawler]

Same bullsh*t yet again from Khan....

 

I always pray he'll shut his mouth and let his fists do the talking, but yet again, he is being a prized c*nt, and acting as if he is some sort of superstar who has warranted all he has been gifted so far in his career.

I hope Maidana knocks him the f*ck out...

Sick of this guy.

[davemurphy]

Man, he's got a natural gift for saying the wrong thing and pissing everybody off for no good reason, doesn't he? Okay, now which one of you guys in this Forum was the one that keyed his car in the car park? I'll bet it was Wheels, wasn't it? clap//

[iamasadlittleboy]

Keyed his car doesn't sound like Wheels he would have slashed his tyres....

[Wheelchair]

I would have put a spud up his exhaust or sugar in the petrol tank! mlol/