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Salita: God will help me win fight against Khan

World welterweight title will be the answer to my prayers, says Salita

October 29, 2009 14:34
Mutual respect: Dmitry Salita and Amir Khan.   Salita came to Britain for a brief promotional tour before returning to his Pennsylvania training camp

ByAnonymous, Anonymous

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Dmitriy Salita believes he will take the WBA light-welterweight title from Amir Khan with the help of prayer.

Salita, an Orthodox Jew who puts his tefillin on every morning before training, said: “I’m going there to win. I 100 per cent pray for success in the ring. One day you can be champion of the world, the next you’re beaten up by some amateur.

“Everything comes from God. He gives you free choice. He loves us to sweat. The purpose of man is to do well and work hard. God has given me the ability to do this.” He is currently based at a training camp in Pennsylvania, where he has been all week, after returning from a 24-hour publicity tour to England in which he and Amir Khan, devout Jew and Muslim, spoke in respectful tones about one another.

“I’m going in there to win but I have respect for him. I have respect for every individual,” added Salita.