By Pat Johnson

Boxer Haroon Khan, brother of light-welterweight world champion Amir, said the England selectors who shunned him should be embarrassed after he guaranteed Pakistan a Commonwealth Games medal on Saturday.

Tommy Stubbs was England's representative in the 52kg flyweight category in Delhi but he was beaten in his first fight by Welshman Andrew Selby, who Khan edged on a countback in the quarter-finals on Saturday to earn at least a bronze medal.

"Yes, definitely," the excitable Khan told a swarm of mainly English media when asked if the country's selectors should be embarrassed by their decision to overlook him.

"Whoever the selectors are, my job was to come here and prove them wrong which I have done. My aim was to get a medal, the 52 kilo English lad didn't get it, I have got it," said Khan, who spoke as quickly as he moved in the ring.

The rejection obviously still grates the 19-year-old, born to Pakistani parents, who was desperately keen to fight the English boxer Stubbs.

"I had high hopes of facing him in this round because I had a perfect plan for him and I was confident I could have stopped him," said Khan, who leapt around the ring in celebration after having his hand raised by the referee.

NOT A GREAT JOB

Dripping with sweat after the cagey bout where he countered his Welsh opponent's jab with some useful footwork, Khan smiled as he told reporters of his delight at advancing further than Stubbs.

"I think whoever is being a (English) selector is not doing a great job," he said. "I have seen so much talent out there and they are just not getting selected.

"I just wanted to get a medal to just prove, look I am good enough to be in that English squad ... and I think I have done that."

There was little love lost between the two fighters in the quarter-finals, with Khan unhappy at Selby's trash talking ahead of the three-round contest which finished 3-3.

"I was bored so I went to the Internet cafe and started reading the media and saw Selby saying that he battered me (previously), well look what happened (just) then," he said.

Both respectfully touched gloves after the second round but the Welshman appeared reluctant in congratulating the Bolton-born victor, before leaving the noisy Talkatora Stadium without talking to the media.

Next up for Khan will be India's Suranjoy Mayengbam, who was impressive in his victory over his Malaysian opponent Mohamed Subrie and was roared on by a three-quarters full partisan home crowd.

 Khan, though, is confident of victory in a highly anticipated India-Pakistan clash.

"It will be tough, he is a great fighter. (But) I'm still targeting that gold medal."

Defensively sound if a bit loose in attack, Khan lacks the carved skills of his world champion brother, who won a silver for Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics and has been offering the Pakistani fighter some words of encouragement via Twitter.

"It's great all the support he is giving me all the way from the Philippines, I can't ask for any more from him."