I think Khan has outgrown 140lbs, He should have moved up after the Judah fight instead he stayed at 140lbs and lost his next two fights. I think Clottey is a solid test for Khan, Also Clottey has not fought for a while so the experience of Clottey v Khan who is coming off a few losses should be a good fight.
I know Clottey was boring and is boring to watch, But Khan is exciting to watch and so this should be a good fight, It would be a classic case of a crossroads fight.
Khan has work to do at JWW
there's still fights for him, including a Garcia rematch
he's getting hurt at that weight, no point jumping to WW yet
as long as he can still make JWW, he should stay there
and fuck Clottey,
after the Pac fight, who cares to ever see him again?
he lost all his credibility in that fight for not even trying
I really do think Khan should move to welterweight. What happened to him having trouble making 140? I know he said it, so unless he was lying, making the weight is or will be a serious issue.
He said it himself, Peterson was supposed to be his last fight there because he was getting too big. He's young and it wouldn't be strange for him to outgrow 140.
He hydrates to welterweight on fight night.
I still am not seeing why people think he's too big for 140. He gets roughed up & bullied constantly from those guys.
He said it himself, Peterson was supposed to be his last fight there because he was getting too big. He's young and it wouldn't be strange for him to outgrow 140.
I really do think Khan should move to welterweight. What happened to him having trouble making 140? I know he said it, so unless he was lying, making the weight is or will be a serious issue.
wasn't clottey moving up to 154?
this rematch would be all wrong for khan. as long as clottey is punching he takes this.
khan might contemplate going up to 147 but remember that at WW the guys are bigger and hit harder.
khan should stay at 140 imo.
Clottey is underated for me, IMO, he walks down to Khan and KOs him. cotto can't even handle clottey easily, i know there's a cut, but clottey is durable, big, and would pressure khan better than peterson did. not a good fight for khan, he should stay at 140, since he's still small and lot to prove in there. if he against garcia, it would've interest me. yes im still interested with this but I know, clottey would win and its a bad move for khan..
Clottey is a left hooker.....Khan should stay away from those dudes until he's had a few fights with his new trainer....with Roach, he'll always have problems with left hookers....Roach doesn't know what defense is...ALL of his fighters are known for their offensive abilities
I wouldn't say he doesn't know what defense is because Pacquiao's D has certainly improved over the years.
I even think Khan improved as a defensive fighter once he became apart of Roach's team. Earlier in his career, he would get caught all the time but with Roach he did a far better job keeping his chin tucked in, keeping his gloves up and moving around the ring effectively.
What happened in his last fight was he got trigger happy and Garcia was able to time him coming in.
I do agree with you somewhat though, Roach's fighters offensive skills always outweigh their defensive skills.
Clottey is a left hooker.....Khan should stay away from those dudes until he's had a few fights with his new trainer....with Roach, he'll always have problems with left hookers....Roach doesn't know what defense is...ALL of his fighters are known for their offensive abilities
Oh yeah, lets put a guy coming off a KO loss to a 140lber in against a high-risk, hard hitting welterweight with an iron chin in his very first fight at 147.
... which will also end the TR/GB feud. :rofl:
Actually a quick pot-shotter who moves a lot would be a nightmare for Clottey stylewise. This dude loves to wait until you're done punching before he lets his hands go. It would be a winnable fight for Khan but Clottey campaigns at 154 and is with Top Rank so forget about it.