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Rubbish. He won an Olympic silver medal at an extremely young age. The Olympic final was watched by around 15 million people in the UK, and he also had a lot of terreststrial TV coverage in his early pro career. That, rather than any hype, is the main reason he's a lot more well known in Britain than Froch is, and is why he's been able to make more money than Froch.
Soon after his loss in the Olympic final, he convincingly avenged his defeat against Kindelan.
As a pro it was obvious from the get-go that he has truly exceptional talent, superb hand-speed and timing, and a very exciting style. It was also obvious that he had a lot of stylistic flaws and was being very badly trained, but that didn't hide his raw talent.
Since teaming up with Roach, he has improved his fundamentals dramatically. Kotelnik was a very good and completely one-sided win against a solid top 5 opponent, who had just beaten Maidana. Salita was a mandatory, so criticising him for taking that fight is ridiculous. And although some are blowing that win out of proportion, the fact is that no one could have dealt with Salita more decisively than he did.
What really matters is what happens next. Maidana is his next mandatory, and that fight should answer the questions about his chin. Provided that fight happens in 2010, anyone who is not a hater will give him full props. And criticising him for wanting to fight Marquez on the basis that he's old is also ridiculous. Marquez is still ranked very highly in the P4P lists, and it's not a huge jump from 135 to 140.
Sure Warren is trying to over-hype him now, and so are many journalists. He should still be regarded as a fantastic prospect, but not yet as a real world champion. But that doesn't alter the fact that he has tremendous talent, and has massive potential.
Froch criticising him for not having rematched Prescott is pathetic. Prescott has lost his last two fights badly, the last one to a Jnr Lightweight. Before those defeats, Khan said many times that he wanted to rematch him soon. But it would be ****** to rematch him now, after those defeats; and Froch is an idiot for suggesting otherwise.
Froch seems to have a psychological need to trash the records of other British fighters, when any true patriot would celebrate their achievements. As others have said, it's hard not to put that down to jealousy.
Froch waited until he was 31 before fighting any meaningful opposition. He spent 6 whole years fighting nobodies. He has no one to blame but himself for his lack of stardom. If he'd fought some top 10 fighters a year or two sooner than he did, and won, then he'd have got the fight he craved with Calzaghe. But he blew it by fighting nobodies for too long.
And almost everyone thought that a very green Dirrell deserved the decision against him. And he is clearly not outstandingly talented. He fights with a lot of heart and intensity, and has tremendous stamina - and his style is exciting, provided his opponent is willing to trade; but he is a very limited boxer, and no trainer is ever going to be able to alter that. Which is the reason Roach wanted to train Khan but would never even consider training Froch.
Soon after his loss in the Olympic final, he convincingly avenged his defeat against Kindelan.
As a pro it was obvious from the get-go that he has truly exceptional talent, superb hand-speed and timing, and a very exciting style. It was also obvious that he had a lot of stylistic flaws and was being very badly trained, but that didn't hide his raw talent.
Since teaming up with Roach, he has improved his fundamentals dramatically. Kotelnik was a very good and completely one-sided win against a solid top 5 opponent, who had just beaten Maidana. Salita was a mandatory, so criticising him for taking that fight is ridiculous. And although some are blowing that win out of proportion, the fact is that no one could have dealt with Salita more decisively than he did.
What really matters is what happens next. Maidana is his next mandatory, and that fight should answer the questions about his chin. Provided that fight happens in 2010, anyone who is not a hater will give him full props. And criticising him for wanting to fight Marquez on the basis that he's old is also ridiculous. Marquez is still ranked very highly in the P4P lists, and it's not a huge jump from 135 to 140.
Sure Warren is trying to over-hype him now, and so are many journalists. He should still be regarded as a fantastic prospect, but not yet as a real world champion. But that doesn't alter the fact that he has tremendous talent, and has massive potential.
Froch criticising him for not having rematched Prescott is pathetic. Prescott has lost his last two fights badly, the last one to a Jnr Lightweight. Before those defeats, Khan said many times that he wanted to rematch him soon. But it would be ****** to rematch him now, after those defeats; and Froch is an idiot for suggesting otherwise.
Froch seems to have a psychological need to trash the records of other British fighters, when any true patriot would celebrate their achievements. As others have said, it's hard not to put that down to jealousy.
Froch waited until he was 31 before fighting any meaningful opposition. He spent 6 whole years fighting nobodies. He has no one to blame but himself for his lack of stardom. If he'd fought some top 10 fighters a year or two sooner than he did, and won, then he'd have got the fight he craved with Calzaghe. But he blew it by fighting nobodies for too long.
And almost everyone thought that a very green Dirrell deserved the decision against him. And he is clearly not outstandingly talented. He fights with a lot of heart and intensity, and has tremendous stamina - and his style is exciting, provided his opponent is willing to trade; but he is a very limited boxer, and no trainer is ever going to be able to alter that. Which is the reason Roach wanted to train Khan but would never even consider training Froch.
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