is amir khan career so far a joke?

[aristotlemoses]

i dunno hes younger than me. i mean maybe they are bringin him a little slow. but his career i dont think is a joke. im not really a fan but i think hell be alright in a couple years.

[abadger]

Not long ago I would have said Khan was doing fine, up to and including the St. Clair fight I thought guys like Earl and Limond were the right sort of opposition for him and that Khan had justifiably forced himself to the fringes of the world scene. His failure to step up since then is starting to get annoying, but on the other hand the Gomez fight did expose the fact that Khan is nowhere near the finished product some thought, so you might even say that Warren appears to know what he's doing.

Lots of you Americans seem to take a dislike to Khan based on his 'hype', but you have to remember that Khan won a silver at the olympics so a lot of it comes from that, and that the hype (at least from boxing fans) is really only the kind that says "this guy looks a top prospect", which he is.

We do have to remember, Khan is still very young, five years younger than Gamboa, four years younger than US prospect Andre Dirrell, just a year older than Bernabe Concepcion, and none of these guys are knocking over champions yet either. Brits talk about him a fair bit because he's famous, but he should be treated the same as any other prospect and that is to be matched against the best only when he actually looks good enough, which at the moment he doesn't.

[THe TRiNiTY]

Not long ago I would have said Khan was doing fine, up to and including the St. Clair fight I thought guys like Earl and Limond were the right sort of opposition for him and that Khan had justifiably forced himself to the fringes of the world scene. His failure to step up since then is starting to get annoying, but on the other hand the Gomez fight did expose the fact that Khan is nowhere near the finished product some thought, so you might even say that Warren appears to know what he's doing.

Lots of you Americans seem to take a dislike to Khan based on his 'hype', but you have to remember that Khan won a silver at the olympics so a lot of it comes from that, and that the hype (at least from boxing fans) is really only the kind that says "this guy looks a top prospect", which he is.

We do have to remember, Khan is still very young, five years younger than Gamboa, four years younger than US prospect Andre Dirrell, just a year older than Bernabe Concepcion, and none of these guys are knocking over champions yet either. Brits talk about him a fair bit because he's famous, but he should be treated the same as any other prospect and that is to be matched against the best only when he actually looks good enough, which at the moment he doesn't.

Very valid points.

[Chrismart]

Id like to see Khan fight fighters like Murray, Thaxton, Romanov. I think they will be tougher tests than the ones he faced, and will help him prepare better for the big names of the division.

I think alot of people expect more from him because of all the media hype, but id like to see him wait 12-18 months before thinking about the big fights.
He's only young and 18 fights into his career, hes got alot of great attributes, and a few negative ones. Id like to see him fight at a slightly higher level for a year or 2 and work on his defense ect before fighting any world class fighters.

[Monticello]

Give him time, he's still young and hasn't even fought 20 times yet. He will eventually get in there whith the big dogs and we will see what he is made of then.

[Oriachim]

Uhm, amir khan after 18 fights has prob one of the best CVs out of most fighters in the world. Sur ehe fights a lot of hasbeens but still... hes only had 18 fights, give him a break.

Look at ricky hatton and joe calzaghe after 18 fights, they were joke of careers but they still had a fanbase, eh?

And c-drone its the brits who hate amirs hype, the yanks seem interested in him...

[KostyaTszyu44]

hes okay, st clair is easily his best opponent but st clair was very undersized and blown up for that fight ( hes a 5''4 super featherweight)

khan has

good power
excellent handspeed
decent combos
closes the distance fairly quickly, reasonably fast on his feet

but his negative attributes are

pretty bad chin
crappy defence (leaves himself open, gets hit too much)


his negative attributes really are worrying for his fans, you either need a good chin or good defence to go far in this sport, if you have neither like khan, you will be in for a deadly shock when you come up against a guy who can **** ( he has never faced a decent puncher)

im not sure if its possible to develop a good chin, so maybe he needs to work on his D instead (hands higher, dont drop hands inbetween punches, move his damn head) and he may be better set for a world title shot

personally i think even if he waits 18 months for a world title shot, he will be put to sleep early by katsidis, pacquiao, campbell

and badly outboxed and maybe even stopped late by guzman

he has a chance agaisnt david diaz in 18 mnths, even though diaz doesnt hold a belt anymore

but yeah i dont see him winning a belt until either pac and campbell or guzman retire thnose guys are just too wily and skilled, and plus camp and pac would have the power to hurt him badly

and katsidis is just a really, really bad style matchup for him