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The fact that Amir Kahn has been thinking about going at dudes like Katsidis and Diaz at this early stage of his career got me thinking. What do you all think he should be the experience level or amount of fights a prospect like Amir Kahn should have prior to facing off with world class fighters? In my opinion, 25 fights should be enough experience for someone to mature and gain an understanding of what could happen in the ring against world class opposition. Granted of course that the fighter hasnt fought ALL worthless bums. Thought maf****as?
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Last edited by 2501; 01-08-2008, 06:12 PM. -
It all depends if they had amatuer experience or not
With the amatuer experience IMO 15-20 pro fights
Without it IMO 25-30 pro fights before challenging a world champ.
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Man, you seriously believe that Frank Warren hype bull****?! Listen, you'll be lucky to even see Amir Khan fight a legitimate RING top 5 contender at his weight, even after he's bloated his record to around 40-0 fighting nobodies and champions of New Zealand and Guyana.Comment
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whether i believe it or not is not the subject at hand, just wondering what you guys thought should be the amount of bouts someone should have before challenging a legitimate contender. why do you want to hurt my feelings so bad? all i ever wanted was to hang out and play madden.Comment
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it depends on the fighter. his amateur background, his speed of development, the opponent, etc...
azumah nelson had a very good amateur career and gave salvador sanchez all he could handle after about 13 pro fights.
floyd mayweather had a very good amateur background, and he beat the top 130 lb fighter after 17 pro fights.
donald curry had an amazing amateur record, and he was fighting contenders pretty early on.
other guys like salvador sanchez and j.c. chavez had less amateur background, and took more time getting their experience in the pro ranks.Comment
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Fully concur and you literally took my two examples (Mayweather and Azumah) right out off of my computer screen. It depends more on the fighter and his previous amateur experience. Personally some fighters, like Gamboa for example, could challenge any champion RIGHT NOW, it's all about who the fighter is.Comment
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Like others said it depends on the fighter and there amateur background.....but it also depends on the weight class they are fighting in. You'll often see the lighter weight guys have shots younger than the heavier guys do. This might have to do with the lighter weight guys aging quicker also (boxing age).
You'll very very rarely see champions coming into form in there late 20's early 30's in the very low weights....by that time they're best boxing is behind them and even if there champs they are not as good as they use to be... but Heavy weights are just starting out at around 28.Comment
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I think it depends on the fighter, some fighters have a long amateur experience while others do not. Others are downright natural fighters etc.Comment
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