Andy Lee, John Duddy...Now Amir Khan

[ALT-Assassin]

Two words:

Jeff Lacy.

Hailed as the next Tyson, retired by Calzaghe.

I agree,the Hype was so tremendous that even some UK betting lines had Jeff as the favorite.

[Clegg]

Most people on here have been reasonable about all 3 guys. After the fight with Walid Somethingorother, everyone was in agreement about Duddy, and after the Limond and Gomez fights, almost everyone was in agreement about Khan.

Lee received attention because of the link-up with Steward. I still think that he's a future middleweight world champion. I don't know how much hype he got over in the US, but in my opinion he has a lot of potential and I expect him to fulfil it.

[Sealhound]

Andy Lee is still a great prospect, he just got stopped because Stewart didn't want him in a war.

Noone though John Duddy was anything more than an Irish Gatti.

Khan was brutally exposed as having a wank defence by Prescott.

Gamboa is ridiculous, world champion within 20 fights. Berto is solid, there is nothing to expose there.

[niceguy45]

Andy Lee is still a great prospect, he just got stopped because Stewart didn't want him in a war.

Noone though John Duddy was anything more than an Irish Gatti.

Khan was brutally exposed as having a wank defence by Prescott.

Gamboa is ridiculous, world champion within 20 fights. Berto is solid, there is nothing to expose there.

yeah right, lee emmanuel wanted pavlik match-up lol

[kayjay]

Jeff Lacy

Gamboa was already knocked down by a third-tier journeyman, and will likely get Khanned before he gets near a title.

Berto will be sooner.

Paul Williams will be a journeyman middleweight by late next year


It happens here too.

[kayjay]

Jason Litzau?

[rj_ct]

I hyped Andy Lee and I stand by it. He has the tools to reach the top, he just needs to work on his tactics. It also doesn't help when refs stop you when you are fighting back.

i agree he has the tools, but i thought that was a good stoppage. he was getting drilled. the ref stopped it as he was throwing a punch back, but that's just attributed to his toughness. he was getting hit with a good amount of hard and unanswered punches before he threw back.

[oldgringo]

Duddy was never hyped. Andy Lee was hyped in America.

Correct and correct.

Lee was highly regarded by American boxing pundits, as much as any other fan base as least.

[oldgringo]

Jason Litzau?

...had hype? Wha...?

Hype to be the next Gatti?

[Avenue]

it was the critics and sports analyst who hyped them up
most of the british people were saying the same **** we were
"OVERRATED"