I am. I thought Paulie would be too much for Amir but Khan showed that he's worthy of the belt imo. Anyone else think the same??
I thought Khan was a B level fighter at best which is obviously not right.
I also thought David Haye would be the only UK fighter to win a big fight this year against a non brit. Mitchell obliged me but Khan did not!
Dont get me started on Tim "Headbutt" Bradley!!!!! Noone should fight him, let him take his belt to the grave.
Bradley doesnt have the power to KO Khan i think, but i do rate him and would love to see that fight.
Where bouts in NZ you from James?
You don't have to be a big puncher to test his chin, Every top 10 guy can put him on queer street but you simply need to connect with some good clean punches and that's the most difficult part, Khan is fast and has improved his defense a lot. If Bradley can find holes in Khans defense then he'll knock him out.
Dont get me started on Tim "Headbutt" Bradley!!!!! Noone should fight him, let him take his belt to the grave.
people actually thought malignaggi had a chance?
malignaggi was brought in to get his ass whooped. i dont think anybody denies khan has a lot of talent. he just doesn't have a chin
Khan is slightly better than I thought, however look at his promo team setting him up for hype against a guy who couldn't break an egg, but has an extremelly large mouth... Paulie has fans and on a good night might be able to make it more competetive, but khan was a little better than what I thought i'll admit it.
The doubt people have regarding Khan is his chin.
How could he lose to Paulie? Seriously?
My thoughts came from not seeing Khan outbox a boxer before, when he's faced a boxer (except Kotelnik) he has KO'd them and played the part of puncher. i didnt think he could KO Paulie because of Paulie's chin and what i thought were superior boxing skills. I hadnt seen the boxer/puncher in Khan before Sunday.
Simple deduction really, deduction that didnt work as it sometimes doesnt.
Khan's performance almost made me a fan of his!! Of course being a New Zealander it's very hard to support a Brit! (the ANZACS were sent on many suicide missions by England in WWI and II, bastards.) I'd support an Aussie (and i do) before a Brit, or to be more specific, and Englishman. Nothing serious, it's all jovial but you gotta hate someone for the sake of it right?
People seriously believed Paulie would be too much for Con? Crazy stuff.
I don't like Con but I figured he would win. I wanted him to lose of course but it was Paulie he was going up against. The logic in me, wouldn't let me seriously believe Paulie would win.
I'm still not sold on Con.
They should have just let him outbox to a 12 round decision but noooooooo they pull some bullshit to make his resume look special. It won't say 'TKO because ref didn't want Paulie to fight anymore'. It will just say "TKO" and people will look at it and think "ZOMG, Khan must have whooped his ass like Pacquiao did Diaz!!11one"
When he beats a top dog of the 140 division, I will be sold on him. Until then, I don't believe the hype.
I bet 100 bucks for Khan by stoppage.. Khan is an outstanding boxer who had the skills to win the silver medal in the olympics while Paulie was losing to Darling Jimenez in the NYC Golden Gloves as an amatuer.. Paulie is a superb boxer but Khan Is much better.. Khans downfall may be his chin. Will be interesting to see how he handles world class boxers with world class power.
Who (apart from Maidana) do you think has the power to test him at 140lbs? I think Alexander has some good power but not explosive. Maybe Ortiz?? Thoughts??
I bet 100 bucks for Khan by stoppage.. Khan is an outstanding boxer who had the skills to win the silver medal in the olympics while Paulie was losing to Darling Jimenez in the NYC Golden Gloves as an amatuer.. Paulie is a superb boxer but Khan Is much better.. Khans downfall may be his chin. Will be interesting to see how he handles world class boxers with world class power.
He just beat a featherfisted boxer.
Put him up against a boxer with power and it's nap time.
That's no reflection of his boxing ability though. He can't help that he was born with a weak chin. Khan is an excellent boxer. No doubt about it.