Questions from last night

Thanks for the responses. good points.

Cortez was ok, he had words with both sides roughly as much, and was not standing for leaping in, hitting and holding and rough tactics/butts. From all the fights that night a lot of the ones staged in the UK borderline had early stoppages. In-fact 2 fights had stoppages which it could be said were not much worse than the punishment Khan soaked up. Although Khan wasn't throwing back enough for awhile, it was right not to stop it. I actually think too much is made of not throwing back because often in that position you just have to survice the onslaught of punches, by soaking, blocking or moving. Khan was to varying degree's doing those things and wasn't looking out on his feet. For anyone at that point thinking it could have been stopped, well that was pretty much proven wrong when Khan through good solid combinations sometimes just 20 seconds later. He does need to improve his defence when he's cornered though, he can't rely on moving out of there. His guard, head movement and countering all need to improve.

Both Roy and Merchant mentioned unnecessary breaks. Lampley may have as well, can't recall. As for a tenth round stoppage, I kind of agree with your assessment now, but can't recall thinking it last night during the actual fight. Whether that's because I was too busy anticipating a killshot, or whether it actually wasn't so bad, I can't be sure. The Maidana fan in me might say it should've been stopped, but the boxing fan is glad it didn't. Khan deserved the opportunity to prove his chin. And he did. Yes, i agree. I thought back to the taylor-chavez fight. I thought about how a big deal would have been made if the fight was stopped with khan winning on all the cards. I will be honest, i was waiting for the killshot too lol. When you watch the fight again, look at Khan's legs when the bell rings. When Ariza asked him if he was ok, he gave him "the look." A coach or someone who has boxed before knows that look from a mile away. Khan wasnt going to quit. If he was going to lose, someone else would have to save him. He took some brutal punishment. I give him credit for that.

Both Roy and Merchant mentioned unnecessary breaks. Lampley may have as well, can't recall. As for a tenth round stoppage, I kind of agree with your assessment now, but can't recall thinking it last night during the actual fight. Whether that's because I was too busy anticipating a killshot, or whether it actually wasn't so bad, I can't be sure. The Maidana fan in me might say it should've been stopped, but the boxing fan is glad it didn't. Khan deserved the opportunity to prove his chin. And he did.

oh ok man, didn't see it on HBO, yea Cortez pfff fukk him Yeah, i was shocked to see him do that. Rewatch the fight, youll be shocked.

oh ok man, didn't see it on HBO, yea Cortez pfff fukk him

EAGLE- I cant say for sure, but there was a moment (forget what round) when Maidana was starting to come on when he had Khan on the ropes. He must have landed 6 left hooks in a row up close, yet cortez broke them up. HBO commentators asked why he was breaking the action up when both fighters still had free hands (I.E they were not tied up.)

If Khan wasn't such a hyped fighter with all kinds of money backing him. That fight would have definitely got stopped in the tenth. He barely fought back and IMO didn't intelligently defend himself

can you say what the HBO commentators said? about Cortez? word by word. thx