Amir Khan Vs taller fighters. How do you think he will do?

[Prince Mongo]

I really like Amir Khan and his in out ambush style is really effective against shorter fighters where he has a reach advantage can jump in land his shots and jump out and out of range and then go again. Other than Prescott I can't seem to find a fight where he is fighting someone as tall or taller than him. Maidana is a bit shorter than him but most the guys seem quite a bit shorter.
Khan's infighting skills have not really improved under Roach and against taller guys and boxers his own size he may really need them.
Much has been written about what happened in the Prescott fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M61qVugGIfI

To me it just seemed Prescott's height and reach presented a new situation which he was not used to and Khan looked a little out of sorts and confused as to what to do and got ****** out early before he got into his stride and work out a formula to deal with Prescott. Roach will provide a strategy for fighting taller guys and I don't see him being as out of sorts as in the Prescott fight but I don't feel his present style will be as effective against taller guys than shorter guys. Khan will be fighting bigger taller men at WW pretty soon. How do you see things panning out for him when he does?

[The_Demon]

Prescott was a huge puncher,thats why he knocked Khan out,it was nothing too do with his height-height means nothing in boxing

Reach is whats important,and i think a good boxer with a longer reach than Khan would give him problems,he does brilliant against pure boxers/counterpunchers though,and i cant think of a fighter that Khan is likely too face that meets the criteria

[Prince Mongo]

Prescott was a huge puncher,thats why he knocked Khan out,it was nothing too do with his height-height means nothing in boxing

I don't fully agree with you there. Yes Prescott is a huge puncher but his reach helped him tag Khan when he would have been out of range of a smaller man.

[Rapid Counter]

Khan was a huge lw so I'm not surprised he would have trouble against somebody who is taller and with more reach (Prescott) because he just wouldn't be used to that look. Peterson might also give him problems because of his reach, he looks quite tall and rangey, not sure of his exact height. A guy with a long reach who knows how to fight at range should be able to negate Khans speed advantage. Its so much easier to look good against someone when you are faster and have reach advantage over your opponent.

[John Barron]

Khan was a huge lw so I'm not surprised he would have trouble against somebody who is taller and with more reach (Prescott) because he just wouldn't be used to that look. Peterson might also give him problems because of his reach, he looks quite tall and rangey, not sure of his exact height. A guy with a long reach who knows how to fight at range should be able to negate Khans speed advantage. Its so much easier to look good against someone when you are faster and have reach advantage over your opponent.

which is exactly why i'm not completely sold on the guy. people want to talk like he's a cut above the rest at 140 and the next big thing at welter, i don't think so. he's just as flawed and somewhat one dimensional as the other guys there. he's fast, that's all.

[reetcunt]

I really like Amir Khan and his in out ambush style is really effective against shorter fighters where he has a reach advantage can jump in land his shots and jump out and out of range and then go again. Other than Prescott I can't seem to find a fight where he is fighting someone as tall or taller than him. Maidana is a bit shorter than him but most the guys seem quite a bit shorter.
Khan's infighting skills have not really improved under Roach and against taller guys and boxers his own size he may really need them.
Much has been written about what happened in the Prescott fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M61qVugGIfI

To me it just seemed Prescott's height and reach presented a new situation which he was not used to and Khan looked a little out of sorts and confused as to what to do and got ****** out early before he got into his stride and work out a formula to deal with Prescott. Roach will provide a strategy for fighting taller guys and I don't see him being as out of sorts as in the Prescott fight but I don't feel his present style will be as effective against taller guys than shorter guys. Khan will be fighting bigger taller men at WW pretty soon. How do you see things panning out for him when he does?

I don't think Prescott is the best example to use to speculate how Khan will do against taller fighters . If anthing Prescott doesn't use his height/reach to his advantage . Watch the Vasquez/ Mitchell fights where he regresses from using his jab in the first round to good effect ( knocking vasquez down and pushing mitchell on the back foot) to simply telegraphing big hooks from that point onwards .

Khan didn't look out of sorts against Prescott to me . He went out with his usual ( at the time ) lax defence , confident two fisted blistering style . Coupled with his poor chin at the weight and poor survival skills he didn't make it out of the round. Watch how he telegraphs the hook to the body and gets caught in comparison to how he was able to set it up against Maidana and to a lesser extent Mcloskey.

As for Khan's inside fighting skills he has the ability to mix it up on the inside well . Watch him against Michael Gomez although he was made to pay in that fight too because he stayed there too long ( A poor but highly entertaining choice given his physical gifts).

Roach is turning him into an in/out fighter who frustrates opponents with his footspeed and has neglected the inside fighting aspect as of now but that is probably in line with his thinking that Khan doesn't need to do take that risk against smaller guys . I don't know how he'll translate that style against bigger guys ( but that is assuming his current style doesn't change and he ceases improvement) but height isn't the be all end all and its good that Khan spars against 147 and 154 lbers.

[The_Demon]

I don't fully agree with you there. Yes Prescott is a huge puncher but his reach helped him tag Khan when he would have been out of range of a smaller man.

Yes it was the reach and power of Prescott that spelled Khans demise,not his height.Khan/Peterson would be an intriguing fight

[Prince Mongo]

I started this thread before the Peterson fight was anounced. I guess Peterson answered my question.

[G_Child_123]

I started this thread before the Peterson fight was anounced. I guess Peterson answered my question.

All hail Prince Mongo!

You gotta be able to walk through a few shots to beat Khan. His power is not massively heavy, but his shots come fast and land accurate.

He lost to Prescott because he was far too naive as a fighter back then. He stayed in range for far too long in those fights. The warning signs were there when Limond and Gomez put him down. Prescott was a big puncher and Khan couldn't recover. Changing trainers to Roach was a good move, they adapted his style to cover up his weaknesses.

However, when he came up against Maidana and Peterson they showed enough grit, determination and ability to take shots to get on the inside and expose Khan's great weakness.

Try and fight him on the outside, its gonna be a struggle unless you can match him for speed and ain't too feather-fisted.

Here hoping he fights more guys like this, cos they were great fights!

[EMACULATE]

All hail Prince Mongo!

You gotta be able to walk through a few shots to beat Khan. His power is not massively heavy, but his shots come fast and land accurate.

He lost to Prescott because he was far too naive as a fighter back then. He stayed in range for far too long in those fights. The warning signs were there when Limond and Gomez put him down. Prescott was a big puncher and Khan couldn't recover. Changing trainers to Roach was a good move, they adapted his style to cover up his weaknesses.

However, when he came up against Maidana and Peterson they showed enough grit, determination and ability to take shots to get on the inside and expose Khan's great weakness.

Try and fight him on the outside, its gonna be a struggle unless you can match him for speed and ain't too feather-fisted.

Here hoping he fights more guys like this, cos they were great fights!

Khan has a decent punch to the body and fast hands so he may do OK. Khan has power also so if he learns how to tie up and use feints and take breaks while fighting on the inside then he may turn to something special. I really cant see him being too great unless he changes trainers, because roach has maximized his ability as a trainer. Khan needs to fight tall behind a jab abd pick off these shorter guys. Against a taller guy with the same skill set or even a pressure fighter with pop in his puches could spell trouble for Khan.