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British Scene Weekend Recap: Gone in 80 seconds - Khan Retains Title
by The Boxing Bulletin on Dec 7, 2009 6:48 AM EST
in British Scene Recaps
Dave Oakes recaps Saturday's Sky Boxing Office show featuring Amir Khan vs Dmitriy Salita and Kevin Mitchell vs Breidis Prescott.
Amir Khan made a spectacular first defence of his title on Saturday night, blowing away the over-hyped and over-protected Dmitriy Salita inside eighty seconds.
Salita was went down heavily from just the second punch landed, Khan touched him with a left hook before the following straight right sent the New Yorker down heavily. Khan followed up the knockdown with a non-stop bombardment of punches that had Salita, who now resembled a frightened rabbit, stumbling backwards into the corner, where he tried to bury himself into the canvas, the referee correctly ruled it as a knockdown, as it was only the ropes that were keeping the cowering Salita off the canvas.
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