They are building him up big and trying to find him a big fight for the U.S. debut but what if he gets exposed, badly, in his debut? What will be next for him? I think they are putting too much pressure on the kid, he beat Salita but Salita wasn't that big of a name to make Khan look like they're making him look now. I really like Khan but I think they need to slow down a little bit.
Anybody who critiscises khan for fighting malignaggi or one of the other titlist instead of maidana is just a hater, paulie is a far superior fighter to maidana.
If that is the case why not take on the mandatory Maidana THEN Paulie. Maidana has made a name for himself in beating Ortiz he is not an unknown fighter and there is a lot of interest in the fight with Khan. Then a fight with Malignaggi would generate even more interest. Why should fans approve of a fighter when he ducks a mandatory? If they don't approve they become a hater by your way of thinking.There really is no excuse for ducking Maidana.
Anybody who critiscises khan for fighting malignaggi or one of the other titlist instead of maidana is just a hater, paulie is a far superior fighter to maidana. Yes for khan it is a better match up but thats not his fault! Malignaggi is a better fighter, a bigger name, more money there is no reason for him to take the maidana fight over paulie, it is not the right move for his debut in the US, paulie IS! This whole thing will blow over in 6 months anyway once maidana gets exposed.
Maidana was offered a shot against Bradley, no one critiscises him for saying no to that. Khan just has a lot of haters and will never be able to win, good luck to him anyway, im sure he'l be in some good fights this year, and if he does vacate I bet he'l have another strap before the end of the year
Khan isn't ready for Bradley yet but Bradley is beatable. Khan should go back the UK if he gets exposed and fight some domestic fights then try the big stage again. Win the Lonsdale belt, I don't like it when fighters miss out the domestic title and jump straight to world.
the reason i think he has gone to golden boy is because he wants to step up obvoisly he aint going to fight bradley straight away, but take at least 2-3 fights of decent top 10 LW's before.
You ppl love to slag off khan but dont say anything about Bradley who fought a past it Campbell and past it Witter, If u look at his record like that his card aint that amazing, especailly as he's three years older than Khan. Minus 3 years where was Bradley? Who had he fought?
well yea if you want to play that game. kotelnik was past it. barrera was past it. the only prime opponent khan fought was prescott and look what happened! fun times.
strange how a guy who just beat juan diaz and ali funeka is past it. he only had to move up cause he couldn't make 135 anymore. witter was past it even though he hadn't been beaten in 8 years and was coming off his best performance ever against harris. maybe you are just a revisionist hater?
the reason i think he has gone to golden boy is because he wants to step up obvoisly he aint going to fight bradley straight away, but take at least 2-3 fights of decent top 10 LW's before.
You ppl love to slag off khan but dont say anything about Bradley who fought a past it Campbell and past it Witter, If u look at his record like that his card aint that amazing, especailly as he's three years older than Khan. Minus 3 years where was Bradley? Who had he fought?
the way golden boy operates look for his next opponent to be a soft punching lightweight with name value. this will keep being exposed to a minimum while they rake in the cash.
They are building him up big and trying to find him a big fight for the U.S. debut but what if he gets exposed, badly, in his debut? What will be next for him? I think they are putting too much pressure on the kid, he beat Salita but Salita wasn't that big of a name to make Khan look like they're making him look now. I really like Khan but I think they need to slow down a little bit.
He's already been exposed he has a glass chin !!! But thanks to freddy roach he will be able to avoid fighters that might present a problem and he will be able to cherry pick his opponents and weight drain them by asking for "catch weights" this guy is a bum the way freddi sees it ortiz who has about the same skill as Khan but with a better chin couldn't beat madaina no way is he going to let him get whooped so let's pick on a past prime veteran who will make you look good but this can only last for so long this guy is nothing but hype!!!!!!
Khan has had plenty of build up experience fighting poor opposition.beating more Salitas is not going to bring him on.He is not going to learn more fighting those kinds of fighters. He has to fight better fighters to progress.Will he really get much better with more fights and experience? Khan is a World Champion when you have that title you should not be talking about being brought along slowly,taking real fights is meant to go with holding the title. It looks like he will duck Maidana so I don't see him being in quite the hurry you say he is in.