Dmitriy Salita claims he's got Amir Khan running scared.
The New Yorker says Khan's camp are full of bravado ahead of tomorrow's showdown because they are worried about the WBA lightwelterweight king's chances.
Salita described as "b******s" Khan's claim that he's had the best training camp ever and said he has had to take a back seat while Freddie Roach prepared Manny Pacquiao for his clash with Miguel Cotto.
"You can't dance at two different weddings," said the challenger at yesterday's head-to-head press conference at Newcastle's St James' Park.
"That's not my opinion, it's a fact. I'm just making observations anybody can see.
"Khan's whole camp has been aggressive and that's not Freddie's nature.
"That make me think the aggression is to make up for something that is lacking in the camp. I've been around forever and this kind of thing doesn't get to me. I've seen little things about their camp, which don't make sense - like the conditioning.
"He says he's had his best camp ever, but his conditioning coach was only there for the last month because he was in the Philippines with Pacquiao.
"Your hardcore conditioning core work needs to be there eight to 12 weeks before the fight, not the last month when you're just running."
Unbeaten Salita, 27, also accused Khan of disrespecting him by looking past him and said Roach is filling his man's head with "fairy tales".
"I hear all this post-Salita talk about coming to America and it gives me extra incentive," he said. "I've 100 per cent respect for Freddie Roach, but he has been talking this fight up a lot.
"Freddie is telling Amir fairy tales and it up to me to put Amir to sleep."
Roach, who was wearing a Newcastle shirt and sat just a few feet away from Salita, replied: "They're not fairy tales, they're the truth."
Salita was determined to wind Khan up going into their clash at the Metro Radio Arena and even made the bizarre claim his opponent has a glass jaw due to a pointed chin.
"I come from an old-school gym where back in the days before tapes you would look at a guy and make a decision," he said. "The stereotype was that guys with pointy chins were chinny."
Roach hit back at the bearded Salita, saying: "Does that means guys with beards can't fight? That's ridiculous."
Khan's camp also tried to unnerve Salita. with Frank Warren claiming he may have to shave his beard to comply with British boxing regulations. "The regulations here don't let anyone fight with beards, but it's up to the Board of Control," said Warren.
A bemused Salita replied: "If I have to trim it, I will."
Source: mirror.co.uk
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