Comments Thread For: Amir Khan: I Want to Unify 140, Then Get Belts at 147, 154

AMIR KHAN has given himself four years to complete his mission of becoming an undisputed world champion in three different weight divisions. Click Here To Read More] Dream on because Timmy will comatose that ass

Khan could be very successful at 147 since its a very thin division. 154 is a long time away if he ever should campaign there, which is way too early to tell. successful if he stays away from berto, mike jones, pwill and ortiz, yea. at 147 all those guys are too much for him. so if he does stop at 147 he'll be tippy toeing his way thru the division.

He seems to have the frame for it but I'll believe it when I see it.

Khan could be very successful at 147 since its a very thin division. 154 is a long time away if he ever should campaign there, which is way too early to tell.

Yep, that blatant one, probably the one that got you fired up, was bizarre. Well yeah, I mean first of all the man rarely allows for any inside fighting in any of the fights he refs - you see him pulling them apart when there's clearly action still going on in there instead of waiting atleast a few seconds to see if they can work out of it. And it was blatant in the Kahn/Maidana fight. He actually stopped the action several times while they were still infighting, and of course everyone agrees with when he broke them up several times when Kahn was holding but Maidana was getting his licks in because his hand was free (and that was a CRUCIAL time in the fight I might add). The other thing that bugged me was that he took that point away from Maidana for an attempted short elbow that MISSED. I'm not saying it was right, but if you watch it in slow motion Maidana wasn't even looking in the direction of Kahn or Cortez (because Kahn had spun around and was holding him from behind)- and Cortez had his arm around Marcos waist pulling on him (I think Cortez was more angry that it almost hit him then anything). It's possible Maidana thought it was Kahn but that's besides my point. My point is that he took a point from Maidana for an elbow that was neither done viciously (he didn't have power behind it) nor did it land, but he could have given Maidana a very stern warning and had he done it again then, yeah everyone would agree it would be completely appropriate. But fine, he took a point, whatever. YET... YET... he warned Kahn ATLEAST 10 times for pushing down on Maidanas neck, and before the action even started, in the 6th round I believe, the fighters were waiting for the bell, Cortez clearly said to Kahn "Don't push down on the head Amir" a-g-a-i-n. Although Kahn did it less in the later rounds, Cortez warned him over and over and over again without taking a point. I know it probably sounds like b1tching or crying to some people but it is frustrating when it comes to Cortez because he starts every fight with his "I'm fair but I'm firm" B.S. yet it never is. When they say "third party in the ring", Cortez takes it as he needs to be a big part of the show IMO. It's like he thinks he's not doing his job if he isn't part of the action. Now everytime I see his name as the ref for a fight I think oh Lord, what will it be this time? JUST LET THEM FIGHT FOR GODS SAKE JOE! It isn't just the Kahn/Maidana fight that makes me dislike Cortez. I can't think of any specific fights ATM, but for shorter fighters trying to get inside against a guy with some significant reach or guys who use a lot of movement, getting inside to fight is imperitive for them and Joe Cortez is the worst ref that could be in there in a fight like that because the opponent has even less of a chance of winning in a case like that. He might as well start his montra as "You can only fight from the outside, good luck with that. Now touch em up" lol. Geez, I wasn't expecting to have a reply this long but, oh well, that's my story... and I'm sticking to it. :)

Paul McCloskey is a hell of a place to start to build your legend a mere. Kid is flat out annoying

I know that guy wasn't serious about saying Khan would ball on Bradley Yea I believe he was:nonono:,weather Bradley win's or loses this fight will be highly competitive..

I know that guy wasn't serious about saying Khan would ball on Bradley

As much as you lot hate to hear it, Khan is beating Bradley... Sounds easysa said then done,Bradley has not shown the way to beat him yet..Khan on the other hand has a KO lost on his record,now admittedly Khan has improved and this will be a tough fight..But Bradley should be favored and you can't discount anyone for picking him,and the same should be said of Khan..

As much as you lot hate to hear it, Khan is beating Bradley...

Dont gett on here and compare bradley to maidana you idiot maidana cant do anything but punch. Khan aint in bradleys class flat out

Khan will ball on Bradley. . . Bradley hits half as hard as Maidana, and everytime he tries to lunge in with that ginormous dome piece, Khan will take a step back, and fire straight rights down the pipe all night. Khan is a bit fleeter of hand and foot then Devon Alexander, and he has a better punch then Alexander. I just don't think Bradley will be able to do his thing on the inside, and Khan won't have that fear of the punching power of tiny timmah, so he will stand in the pocket and release the hands a lot more. And will pay a dear price for it,Timmy B moves and uses pressure effectively he is one of the smartest young fighters in the game..Khan is very talented and has some smarts of his own in the ring but from what I seen of both of umm(imo)Bradley seems the smarter of the two.. As for Bradley's power,it makes me laugh that so many doubt his punching power because of his KO%..The man knocks most of his opponents down to the canvas or rocks them really good and the fighters he is fighting never rush in on him and basically never make Bradley fight their fight..I think this fight will be so good because Khan has the physical gifts to really push Bradley and make him fight when he does not want to..But if Khan get's into a thinking match with Bradley he will be dominated.. This is a great match up,I'm taking the thinking man for the win(Bradley)but Khan is dangerous..

Unify 140? Not gonna happen. He'll win two belts and then move up. It's way too hard to unify belts now-a-days. Because some mofos just won't fight you and you will never get their belt. 147? Possible. 154? A long stretch. Maybe when he is 30 with a ton of experience and fights a paper champ but fight a legit title holder at 154 and beat them? Naaah.

How he gonna duck tim bradley and still accomplish this.? Maybe he is gonna sneak into peoples houses and steal the belts

Ha Ha Ha this is great, what did he really say, this has to be a joke lmao.

Boxers these days are to worried about talking about their futures and who they want to fight and what they want to do, lets worry about your immediate future, one step at a time, beat Mccloskey first, lets see if you will actually fight Bradley, I think win or lose against Bradley he is going to move up. Berto smashes him, Jones would get a UD, Cotto, Angulo, Cintron, And if Williams goes back to 154, they all destroy him. I'm still not sold on Khan, His performance and running against Maidana did not impress me,

I just watched that fight again yesterday (Kahn/Maidana) and all I can say is, everytime I watch that fight I have the same thought - Damn, I can't stand Joe Cortez! That man interjects himself waaaayyy too much into the fights he refs. If I never see him ref again I would be very happy. Not to mention how he always wants to make some dramatic impact on a fight..He could have really let Acosta get hurt in his fight with Rio's why the hell was he not in the far off corner watching the action??I'm not a ref and could see Acosta was hurt bad,Acosta took two un protected clean shots from a guy who is a known banger..Never really like Cortez at all,I now that he is putting fighters in danger he needs to hang um up..

Whats not to like about Amir? He wants to fight the best... He didn't have to fight Maidana.. In fact, most people would have COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD if he steered clear of him. Which brings me to my point.... Amir's biggest weaknesses come in the form of his exaggerated confidence and jaw... He has a great set of skills that are easy to envy... He has elite handspeed, B+ power and likes to throw combinations. He just can't do enough to convince me that his chin ISN'T ineffective. YES he beat Maidana fair and square. But Maidana almost took him to a dark place in the process... Make no mistake, Amir went to hell and back on that fight. When Rene caught him in the fight and made his legs buckle like that I knew I was right about his chin. That being said I believe a fight down the road with Berto would be VERY interesting. I think its one of the best fights that can be made in boxing. A fight with Cotto would also seem to make sense. I just don't see Amir ever being able to get in the ring and compete with the likes of Floyd or Manny... I just watched that fight again yesterday (Kahn/Maidana) and all I can say is, everytime I watch that fight I have the same thought - Damn, I can't stand Joe Cortez! That man interjects himself waaaayyy too much into the fights he refs. If I never see him ref again I would be very happy.

So the fvck what if Khan has mapped out what he wants to do? The dude is motivated and you have to respect that. Whether he can achieve his goals is a different issue but can't knock the guy for being determined. Alot of the fighters many mention now will probably not be fighting when Khan moves up to 147/154.

I hate when a fighter talks retirement prematurely and talks about running through 4 weight classes. What about Bradley, Pac, May, Pirog, and so on and so on??? 3 weight classes including the weight he is a champion at now 140,147,154. Pirog? he's a middleweight champion? Irrelevant he has never even fought at 154. Do you struggle with simple maths?