BRITISH star Amir Khan insists he can’t be complacent going into Saturday’s bout with Samuel Vargas in Birmingham.
โItโs been a tough training camp. Iโve spent round about ten weeks in Los Angeles and itโs the first time that me and Joe [Goosen, his trainer] have spent a full camp together. The last fight was a little bit of short training camp because of the change of trainers. Weโre going to be ready for this fight and Iโm glad the team on my left [Team Vargas] is talking and theyโre confident. Theyโre making the fight more exciting,” Khan said at Thursday’s press conference.
“Iโve trained very hard for this fight as I do for all of my fights. Iโve sparred with some really tough fighters and fighters that are probably better than my opponent. When I get in the ring Iโm going to give Birmingham a great fight and Iโm going to do what I do best. We never go into a fight looking for a knockout, we never go into a fight throwing big bombs. If it happens it happens, if I see an opening Iโm going to take it. Iโve been watching videos of Vargas, Iโve seen a few things in there but everyone if different in every fight.
“I know Iโve got everything it takes to win this fight. Iโm not seeing Vargas as another [Phil] Lo Greco. They might be from the same country but that doesnโt mean anything. Iโve trained like this is a world title fight because I know where this can take me.โ
For his part, Samuel Vargas insists he is well prepared. “Iโve had a great camp and I want to thank my team. I had a tremendous training camp and had a lot of rounds. I brought in sparring from Puerto Rico and the States as well as local sparring in Toronto. It was great,” he said.
“Thereโs no doubt in my mind that I will be victorious on Saturday night. I donโt care how I do it. I donโt care if itโs by knockout or if it goes the distance or if I break his ribs. I donโt care how it is, in my heart I think it, I dream it, I pray about it and Iโll win. I think Amir is an old man and heโs over the hill. I think heโs been damaged a lot and I know in my heart that when he goes to sleep he knows that if I touch him, heโs going to get hurt. If I clip him with something he will get hurt.โ