Career
In his early lightweight career he had a reputation as a fearsome puncher, winning 18 of his first 20 fights by knockout. In 2008, Prescott first became known on the world stage when he upset heavily favoured and then-undefeated Olympian Amir Khan, which gave rise to Prescott"s nickname of "The Khanqueror". As an amateur, Prescott represented Colombia at the 2003 Pan American Games, where he was stopped in the first round by Lucas Matthysse of Argentina.
Prescott made his professional debut on July 1, 2005, stopping Oscar Pineda in the first round.
On June 27, 2008, Prescott made his United States debut against Richar Abril. Their fight ended in a ten-round split decision for Prescott.
Prescott would make headlines on September 6, when he travelled to England to face 2004 Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan. 2009 was not as successful for Prescott, despite continuing to garner worldwide exposure to boxing audiences.
On February 20, he defeated Humberto Toledo after the latter was disqualified in the tenth and final round for biting Prescott on the shoulder.
On July 17, Miguel Vázquez handed Prescott his first professional loss by frustrating him with his highly awkward style, despite himself being knocked down in the first round. The bout was ruled a ten-round split decision in favour of Vázquez, but the lone scorecard for Prescott was seen as controversial. Prescott returned to winning ways in 2010 and early 2011, scoring three wins with ease, but on September 10, 2011, he lost a close twelve-round unanimous decision to Paul McCloskey in England.
This was followed by a dramatic loss on what would be Prescott"s biggest stage to date, as part of the undercard to Manny Pacquiao versus
Juan Manuel Marquez III on November 12, 2011. In what was described as a thriller, Prescott went to war with fellow power-puncher Mike Alvarado, outworking him in the first half of the fight.
However, in the tenth and final round, Prescott was knocked down and then hurt by a series of punches from Alvarado, which forced the referee to stop the fight.
