Khan-Kotelnik: What Does Amir’s Choice of Opponent Say About Him?

[Scott9945]

Kotelnik is no soft touch. He'll stop Khan.

[Welter_Skelter]

It's all in the stats.. Koletnik is a decent boxer.. Good hands, Nice Jab.. But no where near the hand speed of Khan..

Most telling? is that Koletnik is not a BIG puncher...

It will be another Typical con job.. Khans handlers know exactly who to put him in with to make him look awesome..

They fucked Up with Prescott..

they wont make the same mistake anytime soon..

[hammerhiem]

I have nothing against religion or colour so don't play that card.......also I do not dislike khan theres just so many boxers he has ducked and yet he is sitting with a title shot....you name me 5 credible opponenets he has fought without naming barrera as he is done.

Fcuk that ****, name one credible Lightweight he's beaten.

And don't pull this race **** either Casper, my favourite two boxers of all time are Hamed and Eubank.

[Sick/]

cant wait for this fight. Dunno what people are moaning about.

[Roger Mellie]

He talked **** about Kotelnik before any plans to fight him were announced. That's not trash talking to hype a fight.

He sees Kotelnik as a weak, terrible champion who can easily be beaten. Fair enough, but I guarantee you he'll be bigging him up soon enough and trying to make out like he's a threat. It's bull****. Khan has skills but you know as well as any of us that he's gonna get sparked out when he has the balls to step up and fight some real competition.

Difference with Haye is he's taking on the best in the heavy division, not some weak, cherry-picked opponent who he can easily grab a title from. THAT is the big difference here.

Hang on a minute,excluding the barrera fight,would you not say that Kotelnik was a considerable step up in class over Oisin ***an?

[-Swizzy-]

I’m finding it hard to see Amir Khan’s (20-1, 15 KOs) choice of WBC light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs) as his next opponent in a favorable light. Oh, yeah, the name of the game is getting a title shot above all, but when you do it by jumping out of your own division (lightweight) to find easier pickings elsewhere, it seems as if you’re trying to pull one over on the boxing public....................what do you guys think ????

khan is 22 years old. perspective is needed here.

Kotelnik isn't an "elite" fighter but how many 22 year olds do you see fighting guys at the level of Kotelnik or Barrera? I would say almost none. IMO Khan should get a free pass for his opponents until he is atleast 25-26 years old.

His last 10 opponents have a combined record of like 250-7(I'm exagerrating but you get the point) when he should be really fighting guys with 20-15 records.

No need to hate on Khan just yet. He has yet to do anything that should attract any hate.

[Allucard]

I’m finding it hard to see Amir Khan’s (20-1, 15 KOs) choice of WBC light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs) as his next opponent in a favorable light. Oh, yeah, the name of the game is getting a title shot above all, but when you do it by jumping out of your own division (lightweight) to find easier pickings elsewhere, it seems as if you’re trying to pull one over on the boxing public....................what do you guys think ????

Khan needs this. He's like 22 at most, give him a break. People like Kelly Pavlik or Miguel Cotto are damn near 30 and still fight the occasional (more than occasionally actually) Gomez, Lockett or Martinez.

[Gorgeous George]

Have you heard youself, "trying to pull one over the boxing public..." as though Khan is some con-man and everyone is being taken for a ride. You don't know **** all mate.

Khan's stock is growing, he brings lots and lots of money to the table and is popular amongst Britain's ******s and indigenous population. He's also a name now in America and higly rated by Roach and Manny (who are better judges than you). He also defeated a legend (you can whine all day about how dubious it was but a win is still a win) and is now stepping UP a division where there are bigger, stronger and harder hitting opponents and fighting for a title.

What exactly is your problem with Khan? Are you hating because he is Pakistan? ******? Doesnt deserve a shot or just a moron with no mind of his own and has jumped the bandwagon with other sheep and decided to have a go as well?


He deserves his shot just as much as other people. This is also a business decision. This is also why people like you - dumb people - get nowhere in life because they dont understand anything other than simple black and white events.

hes chinny piece of over confident dog****!!!

[Allucard]

khan is 22 years old. perspective is needed here.

Kotelnik isn't an "elite" fighter but how many 22 year olds do you see fighting guys at the level of Kotelnik or Barrera? I would say almost none. IMO Khan should get a free pass for his opponents until he is atleast 25-26 years old.

His last 10 opponents have a combined record of like 250-7(I'm exagerrating but you get the point) when he should be really fighting guys with 20-15 records.

No need to hate on Khan just yet. He has yet to do anything that should attract any hate.

They hate him because of his background and because of his chin :S

[-Swizzy-]

Khan needs this. He's like 22 at most, give him a break. People like Kelly Pavlik or Miguel Cotto are damn near 30 and still fight the occasional (more than occasionally actually) Gomez, Lockett or Martinez.

your favorites list is scarily identical to mine.