Mario Cabrera Jr. catches up with former champion Amir Khan, who the fighter is training and keeping himself in shape in San Francisco, California. Khan is rumored to be one of the frontrunners land a shot at WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3rd.
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Video: Amir Khan Training in San Fran...For Mayweather?
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davidw9785Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:22 PM UTC
Con looks like sh1t in the video. He is awfully tight/tense when hittin the mitts. Seems like he'd hit harder and more fluidly if he loosened up a little.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. If you're just practicing, there's no point in getting used to throwing one hard jab at a time. It's just training, yada yada yada, but he looked like sh*t. He should keep those feet moving nice and smooth and let the punches flow easy and fast. five, six jabs at a time Khan!! his footwork looked pointless. no effort to control the space.
SnakeVen0mFri Oct 25, 2013, 3:39 PM UTC
One thing i never get about seeing these guys work with their trainers on the mitts....the trainer tells them exactly whats coming. Shouldn't the point be to emulate a real fight, when you don't know whats coming and have to react? The opponent doesn't tell you "hey, after you throw your one two left hook, i'm going to hook back and i want you to roll with it and pivot to your right!"
They mainly do it for form, technique, and speed. That's what sparring is used for.
HougigoFri Oct 25, 2013, 3:22 PM UTC
It's funny because not even his trainer has faith in him. Where's that vid where Hunter says Khan's no match for Mayweather right now?
WilkinsOlajuwonFri Oct 25, 2013, 3:20 PM UTC
Arent people tired of hearing and talking about Khan fights that never materialize? How about we wait until he actually announces a fight?
chris5Fri Oct 25, 2013, 3:15 PM UTC
One thing i never get about seeing these guys work with their trainers on the mitts....the trainer tells them exactly whats coming. Shouldn't the point be to emulate a real fight, when you don't know whats coming and have to react? The opponent doesn't tell you "hey, after you throw your one two left hook, i'm going to hook back and i want you to roll with it and pivot to your right!"

