Sunday People

Khan wants Danny joy first

- By Tom Hopkinson

But tonight he will watch with interest to see if the Atlanta Falcons can work out how to shut Brady down like he did.

Umenyiora s a i d: “You’ve got to pressure the quarterbac­k. They have a good offensive line and Brady knows where the pressure’s coming from.

That’s because being behind would force Brady to pass more, opening up the game for Beasley, Freeney and the rest of the Falcons’ pass rushers.

Atlanta have scored more points than any team in the NFL this season, with quarterbac­k Matt Ryan directing an explosive offensive unit.

Brady has been the linch- pini of fh the Patriotsi forf 171 years, and makes a record seventh appearance in the Super Bowl tonight.

But another man has been with him throughout that time – head coach Bill Belichick – and Umenyiora says HE is the real key to everything the Patriots AMIR KHAN claims he would rather face Danny Garcia than Kell Brook, even though he admits the American would be a harder fight.

The 30-year-old (right) wants a worldtitle clash with either WBC welterweig­ht king Garcia or IBF title-holder Brook this year to realise his dream of becoming a two-weight world champ.

And Khan is drawn towards Garcia haveh achievedhi d sincei 2000.2000 At that point Belichick had won the Super Bowl twice as defensive coordinato­r of the Giants then had a bad time as head coach of the Cleveland Browns.

Umenyiora said: “Bill Belichick has coached offence, coached defence, because he is desperate to avenge his shattering loss to the American in July 2012, which ended his reign as lightwelte­rweight king.

Khan has shelved talks with Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn and said: “They’re both big fights, big-money fights, but the fight between me and Garcia is something that hurts me.

“I was beating him until I got hit with a big shot. I thought the fight was going to be a walk in coached special teams. He understand­s everything.

“He is just a genius, better at things than other people. As a player you can only do so much against New England because you’re not just playing against those players, you’re playing against him.” the park and I didn’t take it seriously. It was all one-sided, but then I made that one mistake.

“Since that fight, Garcia has improved and I give him credit. Garcia is a harder fight than Kell Brook and it’s just that unfinished business I have with him.”

Khan wants a tune-up fight in April or May in the UK before challengin­g either Garcia or Brook.

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LAND OF THE GIANTS Former New York Giant Osi Umenyiora tackles Patriots’ Tom Brady

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