As I said here...
He'd be a laughing stock all over again, except this time there'd be no going back IMO. I know Pacquiao got KO'ed twice in his early career, but at least he had the excuse of poor nutrition, poor technique, poor training and poor circumstances. Everything was wrong for him in those fights.
Khan, on the other hand, has nearly the perfect platform from which to win this fight. He's got Roach, Ariza and all the facilities he needs. The one thing on which his career now hinges is that notorious chin of his. If he can't take big punches with all the aforementioned support behind him, then what's the point.
So this will be a truly career-defining fight for Khan. If he wins, he'll have answered all the skeptics - Maidana is guaranteed to get some shots in, so if he takes those he'll be OK in later fights. If he can't take them, then all the criticism will have been justified. It's one or the other. Win everything or lose everything.
Then again, look at Wladimir Klitschko - he was said to be "done" after the Brewster loss, yet now he's on top of the world and untouchable.
he heads back to the UK and beat on a few bums who can't hit hard to try and revive his career but to be fair he is only 23, him and my boy Alexander can still recover from loses because they are still EARLY in their careers and neither have reached their FULL potential...BUT Khan already go his loses out of the way so I don't think he can afford another Lose, he would get a pass if he was to fight and lose to Pacman or Mayweather or maybe even a more Seasoned fighter like Bradley, but not losing to Maidana, a fighter that he will be the favorite over
then NSB will:
-ridicule him as an overprotected Eurobum,
-call for his retirement since he was another Golden Boy hypejob,
-bump all of wazaa's theads,
-talk about Floyd.
hahaha that would be funny as hell.
then NSB will:
-ridicule him as an overprotected Eurobum,
-call for his retirement since he was another Golden Boy hypejob,
-bump all of wazaa's theads,
-talk about Floyd.
I don't see Khan getting knocked out.
I see this as a terribly one-sided boxing clinic put on by Khan. Maidana's better off fighting punchers so he can become a household name by putting on exciting fights.
Dont you guys think Khan will retire if he gets a proper beating?A one punch knockout is easier to bear than a beating.Khan's type will find it difficult to recover from a real beating
It will send his career back quite a bit, justly or unjustly I don't know. He's young though, and with his talent no reason to write him off if he lost.