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Good performance tonight from the lad but i think people need to look a little deeper into his recent record and you might see a few interesting things.
1. Kell Brook just said that Khan has always been good against Southpaws even in the amateurs. That might explain why four out of his eight fights since he faced Chino have been against lefties.
2. Since he faced Maidana (which he hung on for dear life towards the end) he's fought four orthodox fighters, in that run he got knocked out by Garcia, outworked by Peterson and also dropped by Diaz.
3. So in essence FOUR out of the last five orthodox fighters he's faced (Madiana, Garcia, Peterson and Diaz) have given him problems.
4. Those fights showed us TWO glaring weaknesses in Amir's game...the first being he's wide open to left-hooks from the orthodox stance (Prescott was the first to exploit that and then Garcia) and secondly he CANNOT fight inside which Peterson and Maidana demonstrated.
Since his brutal defeat to Garcia he hasn't shown us that he has addressed those two deficiencies in his game...he's faced two orthodox fighters since then and Diaz had him on the floor and caused him all sorts of problems.
His speed and combo's are to be admired but I'm still not convinced he has an inside game and those guys at the top level will exploit that...the way Peterson bullied him on the ropes round after round with Amir having no clue how to get out of it was incredible.
Lastly just look at the Garcia ko HERE .The same left-right combinations he was throwing tonight is what leaves him open to a left-hook against orthodox fighters...the amount of left-hooks he takes there is just amazing...the kid couldn't adapt.
Maybe Hunter has ironed them out? who knows....but he hasn't faced anyone recently who brings those skills to the table.
1. Kell Brook just said that Khan has always been good against Southpaws even in the amateurs. That might explain why four out of his eight fights since he faced Chino have been against lefties.
2. Since he faced Maidana (which he hung on for dear life towards the end) he's fought four orthodox fighters, in that run he got knocked out by Garcia, outworked by Peterson and also dropped by Diaz.
3. So in essence FOUR out of the last five orthodox fighters he's faced (Madiana, Garcia, Peterson and Diaz) have given him problems.
4. Those fights showed us TWO glaring weaknesses in Amir's game...the first being he's wide open to left-hooks from the orthodox stance (Prescott was the first to exploit that and then Garcia) and secondly he CANNOT fight inside which Peterson and Maidana demonstrated.
Since his brutal defeat to Garcia he hasn't shown us that he has addressed those two deficiencies in his game...he's faced two orthodox fighters since then and Diaz had him on the floor and caused him all sorts of problems.
His speed and combo's are to be admired but I'm still not convinced he has an inside game and those guys at the top level will exploit that...the way Peterson bullied him on the ropes round after round with Amir having no clue how to get out of it was incredible.
Lastly just look at the Garcia ko HERE .The same left-right combinations he was throwing tonight is what leaves him open to a left-hook against orthodox fighters...the amount of left-hooks he takes there is just amazing...the kid couldn't adapt.
Maybe Hunter has ironed them out? who knows....but he hasn't faced anyone recently who brings those skills to the table.
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