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One of the major criticisms of Amir Khan's is that he has a soft chin. That may be true. However, I've never really put much into that. For one, you can have a weak chin and still do fairly well in this sport. And second of all, it doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, as long as you're winning fights.
The OTHER major criticism of Amir's is the fighters he'd fought, and how fast/slow he's being moved. People demand him to step up, ALREADY. What they fail to realize, are things like this.....
At 17 fights, in terms of the overall record of his opponents at the time of fighting him, he stacks up pretty well against a lot of fighters.
Over Records: (At 17 fights)
Amir Khan: 288-118-17
Julio Cesar Chavez: 18-39-3
Ricky Hatton: 173-291-42
Naseem Hamed: 303-251-46
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: 213-106-14
Now, a lot of things stand out to me when I look at that list. For one, Hatton and Chavez (people who have a brawling style out of the list) started out fighting bums, and had a losing body of work up to 17 fights. I also notice Khan's 'opponents' best resemble Floyd Mayweathers, than anyone else on that list.
This isn't to say that Hatton is as good at Chavez, I just noticed it. It's also not to say Khan will become as good as Mayweather, I just noticed it. My point is that he's not being moved at slower of a pace than the majority of fighters. He just happens to get the bigger push that most fighters wish for.
I know it has a lot to do with the fact that people will hate ANYTHING/ANYONE that someone tries to jam down their throats. The problem is that you should hate the pusher, not who's getting pushed.
Also, what that list doesn't show you is that he stopped fighting fighters with losing records after his fourth fight.
Mayweather? Nineth.
Hatton? Fourteenth.
Hamed? Tenth.
Chavez? At 17 fights, was still fighting straight out bums. Though, at twelve fights, he stopped fighting people with losing records, they also didn't have winning records. 13 was sitting at 5-1-0. 14, 15, 16, and 17 were all making 'debuts'.
Does this tell you they had the same level of fighters? No, it doesn't. But none of these fighters was really in there with a GREAT champion by this point. And rightfully so. Expect Mayweather, I doubt any were ready. And including Mayweather, none were deserving.
Does this tell you how good the kid is going to be? Absolutely not. Maybe his chin really is horrible. Maybe not. My point is, from what he's done and how he compares so far, it's still too early to judge him the way a lot of his 'haters' seem to do.
The OTHER major criticism of Amir's is the fighters he'd fought, and how fast/slow he's being moved. People demand him to step up, ALREADY. What they fail to realize, are things like this.....
At 17 fights, in terms of the overall record of his opponents at the time of fighting him, he stacks up pretty well against a lot of fighters.
Over Records: (At 17 fights)
Amir Khan: 288-118-17
Julio Cesar Chavez: 18-39-3
Ricky Hatton: 173-291-42
Naseem Hamed: 303-251-46
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: 213-106-14
Now, a lot of things stand out to me when I look at that list. For one, Hatton and Chavez (people who have a brawling style out of the list) started out fighting bums, and had a losing body of work up to 17 fights. I also notice Khan's 'opponents' best resemble Floyd Mayweathers, than anyone else on that list.
This isn't to say that Hatton is as good at Chavez, I just noticed it. It's also not to say Khan will become as good as Mayweather, I just noticed it. My point is that he's not being moved at slower of a pace than the majority of fighters. He just happens to get the bigger push that most fighters wish for.
I know it has a lot to do with the fact that people will hate ANYTHING/ANYONE that someone tries to jam down their throats. The problem is that you should hate the pusher, not who's getting pushed.
Also, what that list doesn't show you is that he stopped fighting fighters with losing records after his fourth fight.
Mayweather? Nineth.
Hatton? Fourteenth.
Hamed? Tenth.
Chavez? At 17 fights, was still fighting straight out bums. Though, at twelve fights, he stopped fighting people with losing records, they also didn't have winning records. 13 was sitting at 5-1-0. 14, 15, 16, and 17 were all making 'debuts'.
Does this tell you they had the same level of fighters? No, it doesn't. But none of these fighters was really in there with a GREAT champion by this point. And rightfully so. Expect Mayweather, I doubt any were ready. And including Mayweather, none were deserving.
Does this tell you how good the kid is going to be? Absolutely not. Maybe his chin really is horrible. Maybe not. My point is, from what he's done and how he compares so far, it's still too early to judge him the way a lot of his 'haters' seem to do.
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