Trainer’s Corner: Jackson on Campbell, Chagaev and more

[Silencers]

he also beat a diaz who was cut for the first time in a fight.. such experiences can mess with a young guys mind/change the out come of a fight especially when hes never been in a situation like that, i genuinly believe that diaz simply had a bad day at the office that day and was doing really well up until the cut. i agree that barrera hasnt looked impressive in last 2 fights but think about it form a fighters point.. motivation to fight is key in boxing and sometimes the better your oppenent the better you fight, i believe barrera was looking at those fights as simply warm ups/sparring sessions to clear up rust and i think youl see a warrior in him when he fights khan. cambell is good but i dont think hes the hardest ****er i think young breidis presscott takes that position. late starter or not we have to also think that cambell is 36+ which science says will now be taking its toll on his fitness levels and he hasnt fought in ages which is not good at his age as he should be keeping active to slow it down, hes at a point where he could/can age dramatically in between a short space so he could be a totally different guy since the last fight (jackle and hyde style), ali funeka fight will be interesting and will show lots about cambell as well as whether the juan diz win was a fluke.

True, the cut influenced Diaz but that shouldn't take away Campbell's performance that night, cuts are a part of boxing.

Barrera has never really been that type of guy really, to look bad because of lack of motivation, he's fought a lot of tune up type fights and looked better every time out.

Prescott is a big puncher, yes but the only opponent of note that he's knocked out really is Khan and Khan's punch resistance is horrible, let's see how he does against someone who can take a punch.

Campbell has always been inconsistent, which is his undoing, he looks good against Casamayor then looks bad against Peden, looks good against Diamond then loses to Hlatshwayo etc. Anyways, I can agree that Campbell could suddenly age overnight.

[venomk1]

being from the uk and being involved in boxing im hearing rumors that he plans to win a world title and move up to the weight he should be which is light welter weight.. its also the reason believed as too his low punch resistance as hes way too big to make light weight but does it by traing to extreme levels which effect him when he takes a whack.. (hard to explain and sounds weird but somtimes its true) he plans to go to light welter and campain there so i guess hel avoid the marquez and juan diaz's of the lighweight division. apparently khan gets down from over 160lbs to 135lb going in to some of his fights with 1.5% body fat which is riddiculous for the human body made even worse when you are quite tall like him.

[Silencers]

Moving up could be good or bad for Khan because it's really no guarantee that his punch resistance will improve when he moves up, it actually pretty hard to see it getting much better because of how bad it is now. I agree though that Khan is a really big lightweight and that 140 would be the right step sooner or later.

[venomk1]

i think his chin is bad but i dont think its as bad as people make out.. i viewed all of his fights countless times as i have them all on sky+ and noticed that he doesnt really go down when he gets hit on the chin but more when he gets hit on the temple and he goes in to the whole shaky leg thing.. the only time he got hit on the chin was when prescott laid aboslute bombs on his chin which if im honest would send any one down as they were so perfectly placed and connected perfect with prescott putting his life and soul in those shots.. whats also weird is iv noticed khan take punches on his chin from a ****er in gomez and not go down but a tap on the temple and hes down..also a tap on the head from willie limmond and down again yet at other points in the fight he takes what look like much harder shots in the head from gary st clair, gomez but he doesnt go down..kinda weird but id say his punch resistance is unpredictable but not necessarily his chin.

sometimes he goes from a tap but sometimes hes standing from good punches.

[Silencers]

Then again he got nailed on the chin with a Prescott jab and wobbled, which either signifies Prescott is an unbelievably hard puncher or Khan's punch resistance is just that bad, I'm thinking it's the latter.

Gomez also hurt him with a body shot, Gomez was a good fighter but he's past his best now, it's just hard to see Khan accomplishing too much with his punch resistance.

[venomk1]

this is where roach comes in.. if you cant be hit then you cant go down. god knows whether floyd mayweather can take a punch as iv never seen him truly get nailed as hes such an amazing mover/knows how to slide off punches taking their power away even when they connect. if roach can teach him to slip and slide hel go far if not move up in weight and pray for the best i think.

[Silencers]

Mayweather has gotten hit before though and has reacted well for the most part, Judah, Augustus, Corley all his him and the only time he's really reacted badly was when Corley stunned him for a few seconds. Defense can only take you so far, your chin/temple will get hit eventually and if you can't take a punch, it's lights out.

Roach isn't really a defensive trainer anyways, he mainly teaches his fighters how to be offensive while getting his fighters to get hit less, he's not like a Mayweather Sr. who focuses more on defense generating offense.

[MatteoAlderson]

Does Carl Davis Drummond have a shot against Chagaev Saturday?

[Dave Rado]

Then again he got nailed on the chin with a Prescott jab and wobbled, which either signifies Prescott is an unbelievably hard puncher or Khan's punch resistance is just that bad, I'm thinking it's the latter.

I think it's more to do with Khan's poor stance, spindly legs at that time, and the fact that he was in a red mist and didn't see the punches coming. Nigel Benn was knocked out cold by a jab against Michael Watson, once, and Watson wasn't a great puncher. If you're moving into a hard jab and don't see it coming, it can do damage.