Amir Khan: My thoughts

[KJB]

I dont agree with your statement about his next opponent, he is absolutely a step in the right direction. Is he Elite top three at LW? No. He is a big, strong, undefeated puncher of a LW though. Thats what EVERYONE has bitched about his him fighting a guy who was either Old, Too Small, or Not A Puncher. This guy has none of those going against him.
Sure, he is raw in his skill level and hasnt faced great comp. Khan has been focusing on his defense with his new trainer, this is the exact way to take a step up in competition and danger, and get some live experience with what hes been working on.
I am not saying I think Amir Khan will definitely turn out to have a great career. I think he is very talented though, and at age 21 I think he has a hell of a lot of potential. As long as he doesnt rush too fast, and continues to work hard on his weakness, I could easily see him becoming a champion in a year or so.

[T-97]

You gotta remember that

1) In the Limond fight, he was extremly troubled in round 6. The commentators were moaning that the ref should of stopped the fight. Khan was very dazed and badly hurt. Khan should of been TKOed because he was unfit to continue, however he continued and stomped Limond. Good win but highlights his chin.

I know he was in trouble, No way should it have been stopped. Khan was hurt, but had enough sense to take a knee to re coup and then last the round out.

2) Gomez win.. Prior to the fight, Gomez hadn;t fought in what? 2 or 3 years? Still Gomez at times troubled Khan. Gomez was hungry but still was very rusty, I disagree a experienced and fresh Gomez beats Khan, but I believe he would trouble Khan greatly more and possibly a 60/40 win in Khans favour.

Gomez fought last year. Even so, Is a natural feather- super-feather. Khan needs to step up his opposition, I have never said otherwise

3) Kristenjan win. nothing to say, good win.

He had an OK record, But he wasn't any good really. Pretty straight forward win.

[Oriachim]

I know he was in trouble, No way should it have been stopped. Khan was hurt, but had enough sense to take a knee to re coup and then last the round out.



Gomez fought last year. Even so, Is a natural feather- super-feather. Khan needs to step up his opposition, I have never said otherwise



He had an OK record, But he wasn't any good really. Pretty straight forward win.

Kristejan was a good win to me because he never troubled Khan troughout the fight, toherwise I agree with your comments.

[cosmichorn]

i wanted to see khan with romanov instead of kristjansen

[T-97]

Kristejan was a good win to me because he never troubled Khan troughout the fight, toherwise I agree with your comments.

Khan dealed with him pretty easily and looked good in doing it, that is true. I havn't watched that for a while, I might rewatch it sometime soon.

Kristjansen had a padded record though, similar to this Prescott guy

[sparked_85]

Kristejan was a good win to me because he never troubled Khan troughout the fight, toherwise I agree with your comments.

yeah Kritjanson was a decent opponent, he was wiley and had a nice sneaky right hand, just had no power.

I might be alone in thinking in this, I'm not a huge Khan fan by any stretch but his opponents for a 21 year old Frank Warren fighter have been pretty good.

[Dynamite Kid]

Khan can win a title and probably will against the right oponent but his chin will get found out again in due time no matter how much he tightens up his D he can win a world title though definetly because he is that talented

Moorer,Norris,Vargas,Haye ,Wlad,Hide ,Seldon, he is not the first champion to have a suspect chin so why cant he win a title at the very least

i think his chin will seperate him from doing anything exceptional in the sport though much like Terry Norris he will be very good but not great which is a pitty because of all the talent he has much like Norris that talent will probably go to waste

i have a feeling people are going to go looking for Khan when he steps up aswell because they know he does not have a great chin

[sparked_85]

Khan can win a title and probably will against the right oponent but his chin will get found out again in due time no matter how much he tightens up his D he can win a world title though definetly because he is that talented

Moorer,Norris,Vargas,Haye ,Wlad,Hide ,Seldon, he is not the first champion to have a suspect chin so why cant he win a title at the very least

i think his chin will seperate him from doing anything exceptional in the sport though much like Terry Norris he will be very good but not great which is a pitty because of all the talent he has much like Norris that talent will probably go to waste

i have a feeling people are going to go looking for Khan when he steps up aswell because they know he does not have a great chin

Don't you think Amir Khan would look like god himself if put in with Katsidis, pretty sure Diaz will nail Katsidis anyway. But Khan I feel if he avoided getting flattened would make Katsidis look god awful. Two different talent stratosphere;'s right there.

I think the Khan praise and hating fluctuates wildly, he has a chance against anyone at lightweight based on natural talent and athleticism alone.

[Dynamite Kid]

Don't you think Amir Khan would look like god himself if put in with Katsidis, pretty sure Diaz will nail Katsidis anyway. But Khan I feel if he avoided getting flattened would make Katsidis look god awful. Two different talent stratosphere;'s right there.

i think the Khan praise and hating fluctuates wildly, he has a chance against anyone at lightweight based on natural talent and athleticism alone.

anybody has a chance

to an extent i agree with you cause Katsidis is easy to hit can be hurt like he was against Earl & Casamayor and i can see him walking onto some flush shots from Khan especially with Khans ,accuracy and Power but then you have to take into consideration that Khan does not fight well when he is preassured Gomez showed that in his last fight and he cannot fight at mid rang its long range or nothing with him at the moment ,so whilst i would make Khan favourite i would give a Katsidis a great chance and no way would i i count him out because he can punch and he has a style that could disorganise Khan and lets face it Gomez is British level fighter and he managed to do it Katsidis is a world level fighter

based on skill alone they are in two different stratosphere's but skill does not always win especially in Boxing ring smarts is more important IMO than skill you can have all the skill in the world if you dont have the ring smarts to know when to use certain shots you will get hurt yourself or knocked out or you will end up on the canvas like Khan was against Limond ,Gomez

infact that is my biggest criticism of Khan he has no ring smarts he is a naive fighter with a bad chin not a good mix IMO

[badboypeenoy]

Amir Khan's record in his last five bouts is 5-0-4Kos, spending a of total rounds 29 out of a possible 60. His opponents' records combined looks impressive at 138 wins 19 losses 62 KOs. Impressive, but who are these guys? And who did those guys beat? Nobodies. For Chrissake he went the full distance with St.Clair ,a bantamweight!

The biggest name on his resume is Graham Earl former WBU and British lightweight Champ (25-3-12KOs) known more because of his war with Michael Katsidis than anything else. Another glaring thing about Amir Khan is that he always had height and reach advantage over all his opponents, His opponents has a height average of 5’6” Khan’s is 5’11”. He also was an Silver Medalist in the Athens Olympics so he should be enjoying an advantage in fundamentals as well...yet some of those midgets without the benefit of an "Olympic background" managed to floor him! I doubt if he'd do well with division gatekeepers.

The Prescott fight is a good gauge of Khan. Prescott is the same height as Khan and he just won against a Cuban (also 5'11") in his last outing, and has a scary KO percentage. Let us see if Khan can win without the help of British judges in this one.