Khan vs. Kotelnik on 6/27 - Amir Moving Up To 140

[boxasmash]

lmao! only last week amir khan said kotelnik is the worst champion in boxing today and "i could even step up and beat him"

talk about cherry picking.

[boxasmash]

[MaYaN_SuN]

lol Wow. They didn't even try gettin any belts at lightweight huh?

I was lookin forward to a Khan vs Antillon fight, but Roach trains Khan and he's seen first hand what lightweights like Urbano can do when sparring with Paq. He probably thinks since 140 is weaker than 135, I mean weak enough for Paq (who's a former featherweight) to cherry pick through effectively, they probably think 140 is the lesser of 2 evils. Plus you can hope for a chance that Khan can take a better punch once he moves up.

lol Either way this is kind of funny. They beat an old ex-featherweight and immediately run from the division. They dont' even stick their toes in those waters, they just pack up and hope for the best in a weaker division.

lol It's almost exactly what they did with Paqiaou....

[The Hammer]

lmao! only last week amir khan said kotelnik is the worst champion in boxing today and "i could even step up and beat him"

talk about cherry picking.

Andreas will make him eat those words...

[ßringer]

Barrera wants his rightful rematch, goddamnit!

[boxasmash]

Andreas will make him eat those words...

could well do.

i could think of many, many worse champions than kotelnik off the top of my head.

[sunny31]

lol Wow. They didn't even try gettin any belts at lightweight huh?

I was lookin forward to a Khan vs Antillon fight, but Roach trains Khan and he's seen first hand what lightweights like Urbano can do when sparring with Paq. He probably thinks since 140 is weaker than 135, I mean weak enough for Paq (who's a former featherweight) to cherry pick through effectively, they probably think 140 is the lesser of 2 evils. Plus you can hope for a chance that Khan can take a better punch once he moves up.

lol Either way this is kind of funny. They beat an old ex-featherweight and immediately run from the division. They dont' even stick their toes in those waters, they just pack up and hope for the best in a weaker division.

lol It's almost exactly what they did with Paqiaou....

To be fair kotelnik is still a good fighter, and marquez, pac are moving up, probably a few others as well, there is still holt and bradley there, hatton, even malignaggi and urango. It is starting to become a good division, not as strong as 135 but there are some good names there.

Also going for a belt is a gutsy move at this stage because once khan wins it, he will have to stay in world class

[Rich Loc]

I got Amir Khan by WIDE UD

[Fairweather]

To be fair kotelnik is still a good fighter, and marquez, pac are moving up, probably a few others as well, there is still holt and bradley there, hatton, even malignaggi and urango. It is starting to become a good division, not as strong as 135 but there are some good names there.

Also going for a belt is a gutsy move at this stage because once khan wins it, he will have to stay in world class

Nate Cambell's also moving up.

[Rich Loc]

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