Amir Khan - Glass chin or not

[Dynamite Kid]

Agreed, Kessler doesn't feint much so when an opponent sees him moving his left shoulder it will more than likely be a jab because he rarely throws anything else first. Kessler would do even better if he feinted more and threw more right hand and left hook leads to make himself a bit less predictable.

Holmes was indeed great at feinting before he threw a jab and mixed in a few lead hooks and lead right hands to keep his opponents guessing. The only problem with Holmes when he jabbed was that he didn't move his head, that's why Shavers and Snipes managed to catch him very cleanly with right hands, Tyson did too.

i agree

its like Paulie Malignaggi he is predictable cause he always circles to the left and leaves his left hand down he is tailor made for the over hand rights

what is it FLoyd Mayweather says he is difficult to time cause he changes his rythm

[Silencers]

i agree

its like Paulie Malignaggi he is predictable cause he always circles to the left and leaves his left hand down he is tailor made for the over hand rights

what is it FLoyd Mayweather says he is difficult to time cause he changes his rythm

Malignaggi feints a bit more but he does tend to circle one way.

Mayweather and Jones change their rhythm constantly, they could rarely get timed.

[Dynamite Kid]

i saw Kessler fight Andrade and i was very imrpressed i must say but i also watched a few more of his fights pre Calzaghe to get a feel for what kinda fighter he was and TBH he looked pretty ordinary against Mundine ,Siaca ,Beyer IMO

[Silencers]

i saw Kessler fight Andrade and i was very imrpressed i must say but i also watched a few more of his fights pre Calzaghe to get a feel for what kinda fighter he was and TBH he looked pretty ordinary against Mundine ,Siaca ,Beyer IMO

No offense to Kessler because he does what he does very well but he comes out and does pretty much the same thing each and every fight, which is to establish his jab and start throwing punches behind the jab.

Calzaghe managed to take away the jab and Kessler, tried as he did, couldn't adapt effectively, then again no one adapts very well to Calzaghe.

He is a very good textbook fighter though.

[Dynamite Kid]

No offense to Kessler because he does what he does very well but he comes out and does pretty much the same thing each and every fight, which is to establish his jab and start throwing punches behind the jab.

Calzaghe managed to take away the jab and Kessler, tried as he did, couldn't adapt effectively.

He is a very good textbook fighter though.

Also i dont think Calzaghe is a particularly akward Southpaw i could be wrong but thats not what i see ,i realise he is good at maximising his Southpaw style he knows how to use it effectively but i would not say he is akward which only lead me to the assumption that Kessler is not very good at making adjustments or he is not very versatile

[abadger]

i saw Kessler fight Andrade and i was very imrpressed i must say but i also watched a few more of his fights pre Calzaghe to get a feel for what kinda fighter he was and TBH he looked pretty ordinary against Mundine ,Siaca ,Beyer IMO

Yes, Andrade was far and away the best of those performances. I don't say Khan should BE Mikkel Kessler, but I think he should adopt the style we saw againt Andrade.

[Silencers]

Also i dont think Calzaghe is a particularly akward Southpaw i could be wrong but thats not what i see ,i realise he is good at maximising his Southpaw style he knows how to use it effectively but i would not say he is akward which only lead me to the assumption that Kessler is not very good at making adjustments or he is not very versatile

I find Calzaghe to be an unorthodox southpaw which helps him a lot because being a southpaw, he already punches at awkward angles add the fact that he's an unorthodox southpaw and his opponents don't know where those punches are coming from.

We haven't seen Kessler able to adapt effectively yet, maybe he'll prove that he can in the future.

[Dynamite Kid]

Yes, Andrade was far and away the best of those performances. I don't say Khan should BE Mikkel Kessler, but I think he should adopt the style we saw againt Andrade.

if Khan wants to maximise his advantges he should claim the centre of the ring and stay there

most tall fighters are vulnerable when they are backed up cause like i said they are a bigger target to hit ,tall fighters are better when they claim the centre of the ring and control the action with thier reach and jab[Hearns v SRL ,Forrest v Mosley ] it is a myth that tall fighters should box on the backfoot majority of the time that is when they get nailed by when their oponent when the other guy has all his weight on the front foot and can generate all his power and anything over the top is harder to avoid for a taller fighter cause of thier height

[Pullcounter]

Vote now........

imho too early to tell, but he should maybe look to hire floyd sr. who is a defensive specialist instead of roger who is more offensively orientated.

[Dynamite Kid]

where are the majority of punches from smaller oponent more than likely to land against a taller guy when the little guy is having to punch up

thats right on the kisser and if he has his weight on the front foot u are in trouble