Anyone see the Khan fight?

[The Legacy]

Good analysis and I agree with what you've said.

Defence is what Khan really needs to work on.

[Decypher]

The stoppage was a bit too quick, however, had the referee allowed another ten seconds he would have been stopping the fight anyway. Gomez was a couple of shots away from going when it was stopped.

Gomez had been down from a body shot, but imo, there was nothing to suggest he was hurt by the head shots that created the stoppage. Gomez had already taken and survived combinations like that.

[Decypher]

If it was stopped because he only had a punchers chance, the fight should have never been sanctioned in the first place, a punchers chance is all he ever had.

Gomez might not have been landing, but he was covering up and slipping all the shots Khan was throwing, the stoppage was bull****.

It was bull**** indeed. Gomez wasn't hurt. The ref just decided to save him from the punishment. And if you aren't going to let people fight, why even start a boxing match?

Early stoppage seems to be all too common in a British ring.

[STEELHEAD]

after watching the gomez fight i'm starting to question khans power.
and khan gets hit so much from these 2nd and third tier opponents:
http://www.boxingvideosonline.com/20...ael-gomez.html

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

after watching the gomez fight i'm starting to question khans power.
and khan gets hit so much from these 2nd and third tier opponents:
http://www.boxingvideosonline.com/20...ael-gomez.html

It's all very well beating people who are brought in to fall over, but his power is not what he thinks it is and his defense is ****.

When you have defense as bad as Khan's, you need a chin you can depend on, and he doesn't have it.

I have seen 3 knockdowns that Khan has suffered.

1 was against a guy who was naturally the weight below.

1 was against a non puncher.

1was against another non puncher, only this time he was still in headguards.

Khan will go nowhere, mark my words.

[sparked_85]

Khan is still good enough to win a world title.

He won't be elite though because someone will knock him the **** out.

Khan would **** Katsidis.

[BetterCallSaul]

I like Khan but he will suffer because of the lack of belief Warren has shown in him. Khan should have been fighting Gomez around his 13-14th fight. His defence has not improved since then because the level of his oppopents has not waranted him to. Yes he has been down a couple of time but he has got straight back up on both occasions. Against bigger punchers like Pac or Campbell he may not.

Khan will be a world champion but he wont be elite. How many boxers are elite? Most of the great boxers today have 3-5 defeats, and I can see Khan with a similar record but with a couple of belts.

Khan is terrificly exiting, much much more than any other prospect. When he gets a trainer that can teach him the art of defence, he will be a great fighter.

To agree with my man above, Khan would **** Katsidis. Using the official boxing scene standard of laws, Katsidis got put down by feather fisted Earl who Khan beat in 70 seconds. Thus Khan would **** Katsidis.

[madsamurai]

First post so go easy fella's

Khan is the latest in a tradition of protected Olympiads -going back at least as far as ray leonard in '76' so its no surprise that his diet blown up featherweights or light hitting journeymen - and I wouldnt mind a bit if he would drop the " title shot this year " rubbish - which after gomez looks like he is gonna have to.

Gomez's last best night was against Arthur in 2003 and even then the talk was he was a spent force and a comfortable opponent for Arthur - he upset the form book that night and nearly did against Khan.

any of the full fledged lightweights in the world top ten rankings will cause Khan allsorts of trouble and he lacks the firepower to dominate at that level
- just look at the shots he hit Gomez with , if he had world class power like he thinks he has Gomez would have been finished in round 1 .

you cant put in what God left out - a world class chin and world class power.

sorry Amir - its Franks WBO belt for you but no P4P cigar - not even close.

[Rafael Benitez]

Good analysis and I agree with what you've said.

Defence is what Khan really needs to work on.

He can't work on ****. He gets rocked by featherweight journeymen and has a problem with his beak. The kid's finsihed before he started. Another overrated Brit prospect like Gay Force.

[KJB]

You guys know Ali was knocked down several times early in his career, and many pointed to a weak chin as is downfall..... same happened to Trinidad.... same happened to De La Hoya.
Amir Khan is 21 years old, anyone writing him off this early is jumping the gun by a long shot.