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Michael Gomez believes Amir Khan has world class speed and unbelievable accuracy but feels he would have "wiped the floor with him" five years ago and believes fully-fledged British lightweights could stop him.
The 31-year-old fighter gave Khan the toughest bout of his career to date dropping Khan in the second round with a left hook and then hurting him with a body assault in the fourth, but in the next round was dropped himself with a body shot and then stopped.
Khan illustrated his attacking qualities with a lightning flurry of punches from either hand in the fourth round, but Gomez feels there is not enough weight behind his punches.
"He's got no power," Gomez told setantasports.com. "It's just the accuracy. His accuracy's unbelievable. His speed is great. What can I say?
"You're that flustered you have to go down. The body shot didn't hurt me but flustered me and I had to go down."
Five years ago, Gomez shocked Alex Arthur stopping him in five rounds and firmly believes on that night he could have beaten Khan also.
"I think I would have wiped the floor with him five years ago," Gomez added. "Honestly, on form, definitely.
"When I hit him and hurt him to the body, I let him off the hook and when I hit him to the head I let him off the hook.
"No excuses, the kid's good and he beat me. All things must come to an end and the warrior's coming to the end of the road."
Gomez feels Khan's flaws are almost as noteworthy as his undeniable talent and thinks he needs to meet the best British lightweights before thinking about meeting any of the world champions.
"I think he's a world class fighter, with world class speed but massive world class vulnerabilities," Gomez went on.
"The vulnerabilities are unbelievable. Someone like John Murray whose a massive lightweight and a massive puncher, if he hits him he might go.
"Jon Thaxton, I'd stay well clear of him. There's a few other fighters like that. There's talk about Nate Campbell but lets take it easy and keep him on the British stage first.
"But good luck to him, hopefully he can do it."
The 31-year-old fighter gave Khan the toughest bout of his career to date dropping Khan in the second round with a left hook and then hurting him with a body assault in the fourth, but in the next round was dropped himself with a body shot and then stopped.
Khan illustrated his attacking qualities with a lightning flurry of punches from either hand in the fourth round, but Gomez feels there is not enough weight behind his punches.
"He's got no power," Gomez told setantasports.com. "It's just the accuracy. His accuracy's unbelievable. His speed is great. What can I say?
"You're that flustered you have to go down. The body shot didn't hurt me but flustered me and I had to go down."
Five years ago, Gomez shocked Alex Arthur stopping him in five rounds and firmly believes on that night he could have beaten Khan also.
"I think I would have wiped the floor with him five years ago," Gomez added. "Honestly, on form, definitely.
"When I hit him and hurt him to the body, I let him off the hook and when I hit him to the head I let him off the hook.
"No excuses, the kid's good and he beat me. All things must come to an end and the warrior's coming to the end of the road."
Gomez feels Khan's flaws are almost as noteworthy as his undeniable talent and thinks he needs to meet the best British lightweights before thinking about meeting any of the world champions.
"I think he's a world class fighter, with world class speed but massive world class vulnerabilities," Gomez went on.
"The vulnerabilities are unbelievable. Someone like John Murray whose a massive lightweight and a massive puncher, if he hits him he might go.
"Jon Thaxton, I'd stay well clear of him. There's a few other fighters like that. There's talk about Nate Campbell but lets take it easy and keep him on the British stage first.
"But good luck to him, hopefully he can do it."
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