Amir Khan Inspired By Pacquiao To Beat Kotelnik

[Del Coqui]

British prospect Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO’s) who has moved up to challenge WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelink (31-2-1, 13 KO’s) of the Ukraine on June 27 has been inspired by Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao. [details]

The same Khan who beat MAB would box circles around Kotelnik, easy fight for him.

[Silkstone]

The same Khan who beat MAB would box circles around Kotelnik, easy fight for him.

Not a fan, not even one bit. However, I favour him to win this. In my humble opinion, however, Khan did not beat Barrera. He beat a one eyed lesser version of the legend who beat Hamed.

[Dave Rado]

The same Khan who beat MAB would box circles around Kotelnik, easy fight for him.

a) The Barrera fight should have been ruled a no contest in the second round at the latest: it was a travesty and not a legitimate "win".

b) You're seriously under-estimating Kotelnik, and it will be anything but an easy fight.

[Del Coqui]

a) The Barrera fight should have been ruled a no contest in the second round at the latest: it was a travesty and not a legitimate "win".

b) You're seriously under-estimating Kotelnik, and it will be anything but an easy fight.

Kotelnik is a counter puncher, goes in a shell and allows you to work, Khan's speed will kill him, not a Khan fan either, but as far as styles goes, Khan should have no problem with Kotelnik.

[Lacrimosa]

Kotelnik is a counter puncher, goes in a shell and allows you to work, Khan's speed will kill him, not a Khan fan either, but as far as styles goes, Khan should have no problem with Kotelnik.

Khan should have had no problems with many guys, taking to consideration his speed and power... But as two of his last three fights showed, he has... many... often...

[BetterCallSaul]

and he is overated.

How the hell is he overrated? He is hated by 90% of the idiotic boxing public, so I don't understand how he can be overrated. Most peoples expectations of Khan went out the window when he lost to Prescott. So please don't act as if everybody thinks Khan is a world beater because it just isn't true.

Khan is a good fighter with the potential to be an excellent one. If he can tighten up his defence, and become more elusive, he will always be in with a shout to win world titles.

[Chunk..]

Not a fan, not even one bit. However, I favour him to win this. In my humble opinion, however, Khan did not beat Barrera. He beat a one eyed lesser version of the legend who beat Hamed.

And????

We all knew Barrea was over the hill by the time Khan got to him.

A win's a win. End of.

[wizzies]

man i can't wait for kotelnik to beat the **** out of khan. he's overrated as hell.

wanna bet?

[STEELHEAD]

***** talk!

[Dave Rado]

How the hell is he overrated? He is hated by 90% of the idiotic boxing public, so I don't understand how he can be overrated..

No he's hated by some people (some for racist reasons, some because they think he's been over-hyped, some because they get his chin problems out of proportion), and overrated by some others. The media went way over the top over his "win" over Barrera - did you read The Ring's four page fight report, making him out to have had a great win and not even mentioning that it should have been a NC?