Khan Is Making A Huge Mistake Fighting JMM

[Kilrain]

I expect Marquez to come into this fight at 137 or 138. I don't think he will feel compelled to fight at the weight limit just because he can.

Khan does not sit down on his punches and even when he does he does not hit harder than Mayweather. JMM will have no trouble dealing with that aspect of Khan's game.

Marquez knows that Khan has speed and..... well he has speed.

He will train for speed, he will come in light, he will track Khan down and abuse and expose him for what he is. In 10 years of watching boxing I have never seen a guy with worse punch resistance. Even your average journeyman with 10 KO losses takes a single shot on the chin better than Khan. If JMM hurts Khan he will finish him, no doubt about it. There will be no passing of the proverbial "storm" by Khan against JMM.

Well, we'll see. Marquez wasn't too good at 'tracking down' Floyd despite Mayweather throwing barely ANY COMBOS whatsoever during 12 rounds. Khan is as quick as Floyd and throws way more combos. I know Floyd has a superior defence than Khan, but Marquez was simply kept off due to excellent counter punching and mainly Floyd's speed. Khan will be too quick for him, hit and move, and Marquez will struggle to get inside, IMO. It's easy to track down guys like Diaz who simply want to stand and fight, Khan is more clever than that

[Hitman932]

I would disagree here. Maidana is only known by hardcore fans whereas Marquez has a pretty loyal fan-base and is a well known fighter. I don't think Khan vs Maidana would get much notice by casual fans at all in america. Beating marquez would raise some eyebrows.

And that's what Khan wants. He wants to be an american star, so in his mind, he's got to fight/beat guys that america knows.

Most of the people I know who I consider casual fans don't have a clue who JMM is. Those that do only know him as "the guy who got his ass kicked by Floyd"

JMM has a bigger fanbase true, but I consider the majority of it to be hardcore fans who would also tune into a Khan-Maidana match knowing the winner might fight their guy.

[chillin8]

Yeah, but what if he wins? That'd be a great statement to the US, coming across and beating a top p4p fighter. I don't know what his chances of winning are though, I haven't seen much of Marquez (any fight recommendations?), but Khan does have a bad chin, so he could get knocked out, but at least he's challenging himself.

look at his fights with juan diaz , and joel casamayor...joel is a good boxer himself likes to keep his range on the outside and juan was still able to get inside...The only fight marquez look bad was with his last fight with mayweather, but its mayweather, he's is that good.....

[Hitman932]

I made 110 quid when Khan got sparked by prescott. I got 11/1 and the cashier laughed at me when I laid the bet,and was like,"how the f.uck did you get that?" when I went back for my winnings the next day!

LOL. I did almost the same. I bet 10 bucks and won 105.

I remember Khan opened as a 16-1 favorite. I really wanted to bet more but I had seen Prescott's previous fight and thought he was complete ****. I only ended up betting the 10 because I dislike Khan so much and had won a few big bets prior to that.

[Roger Mellie]

LOL. I did almost the same. I bet 10 bucks and won 105.

I remember Khan opened as a 16-1 favorite. I really wanted to bet more but I had seen Prescott's previous fight and thought he was complete ****. I only ended up betting the 10 because I dislike Khan so much and had won a few big bets prior to that.

That was probably the easiest money I have won. As soon as he fought a puncher it was going to be game over at that stage of his career. You may not like the guy,but if he does fight JMM,at least you wont be able to say he is taking the easy route. As far as matchmaking goes,its either going to look like a complete f.uck up or a complete masterstroke.

[mcdoodledoo]

look at his fights with juan diaz , and joel casamayor...joel is a good boxer himself likes to keep his range on the outside and juan was still able to get inside...The only fight marquez look bad was with his last fight with mayweather, but its mayweather, he's is that good.....

Cheers man, I did watch the Mayweather vs Marquez fight, and whilst that may be a good barometer for fighting Khan, I would quite like to see other fights before I could come up with a prediction. But it did seem that Marquez struggled with Mayweather's speed and Khan is probably just about as fast, but then not quite as skilled as Mayweather and not as good a chin. And Marquez did look quite slow so I don't know how well he has adjusted to the higher weight, but obviously I have to watch some of his earlier fights.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

Instead of facing hard-hitting mandatory Marcos Maidana, Amir Khan was decided to duck his mandatory to fight an opponent he sees as more easily beatable. Problem is that, much like with the Prescott fight and with his announcement of a desire to fight Mayweather, Amir Khan is so far out of touch with reality that he fails to see the facts of the matter.

The facts are simple.

1) You don't need to hit Amir Khan hard to hurt him, just hit him clean.
2) Maidana is a limited boxer, JMM is a great boxer
3) Khan has never faced anyone remotely close to JMM skill wise

Khan has adopted the a new style, much like David Haye, that consists of running around the ring like a raging ****. That style would be great for someone like Maidana who would get very frustrated and start throwing any semblance of a fight plan out of the window.

JMM on the other hand will be well aware of what Khan intends to do and will be well prepared for it come fight night. Khan will likely be able to win the early rounds based of his size and speed advantages but the difference between JMM and Maidana is patience.

JMM will be disciplined knowing that sooner or later Khan will think he is having an easy night and he will slip up. When Khan does JMM will hit him with a countershot that he doesn't see and it will be goodnight Sweet Price for Amir Khan't. Unlike so many of the chumps that have dropped Khan before JMM is too damn good to let him off the hook once he hurts him.

Horrible choice by Khan, his manager and promotor. Instead of facing a crude fighter who would have trouble landing a decisive blow they are gonna go in with one of the top counterpunchers of this generation. All it takes is one good punch to beat Khan and JMM is way too good not to land it during a 36 minute fight.

easy work for khan. this is the night that marquez stops being a elite fighter.

200k khan beats marquez. pm me & sig it.

[the niggest]

Instead of facing hard-hitting mandatory Marcos Maidana, Amir Khan was decided to duck his mandatory to fight an opponent he sees as more easily beatable. Problem is that, much like with the Prescott fight and with his announcement of a desire to fight Mayweather, Amir Khan is so far out of touch with reality that he fails to see the facts of the matter.

The facts are simple.

1) You don't need to hit Amir Khan hard to hurt him, just hit him clean.
2) Maidana is a limited boxer, JMM is a great boxer
3) Khan has never faced anyone remotely close to JMM skill wise

Khan has adopted the a new style, much like David Haye, that consists of running around the ring like a raging ****. That style would be great for someone like Maidana who would get very frustrated and start throwing any semblance of a fight plan out of the window.

JMM on the other hand will be well aware of what Khan intends to do and will be well prepared for it come fight night. Khan will likely be able to win the early rounds based of his size and speed advantages but the difference between JMM and Maidana is patience.

JMM will be disciplined knowing that sooner or later Khan will think he is having an easy night and he will slip up. When Khan does JMM will hit him with a countershot that he doesn't see and it will be goodnight Sweet Price for Amir Khan't. Unlike so many of the chumps that have dropped Khan before JMM is too damn good to let him off the hook once he hurts him.

Horrible choice by Khan, his manager and promotor. Instead of facing a crude fighter who would have trouble landing a decisive blow they are gonna go in with one of the top counterpunchers of this generation. All it takes is one good punch to beat Khan and JMM is way too good not to land it during a 36 minute fight.

******est thing I have ever seen. Khan knocked out his last opponent in the first round, how is that running? The only fight where he runned a bit was against Kotelnik. Name ONE OTHER fight where Khan has runned(or Haye for that matter), Haye only runned in the Valuev fight.

[Ivansmamma]

Khan has adopted the a new style, much like David Haye, that consists of running around the ring like a raging ****. That style would be great for someone like Maidana who would get very frustrated and start throwing any semblance of a fight plan out of the window.

JMM on the other hand will be well aware of what Khan intends to do and will be well prepared for it come fight night. Khan will likely be able to win the early rounds based of his size and speed advantages but the difference between JMM and Maidana is patience.

Good post I look forward to this fight. War Marquez!

[chillin8]

Cheers man, I did watch the Mayweather vs Marquez fight, and whilst that may be a good barometer for fighting Khan, I would quite like to see other fights before I could come up with a prediction. But it did seem that Marquez struggled with Mayweather's speed and Khan is probably just about as fast, but then not quite as skilled as Mayweather and not as good a chin. And Marquez did look quite slow so I don't know how well he has adjusted to the higher weight, but obviously I have to watch some of his earlier fights.

NP man....People need quit saying Khan has the same speed as mayweather,,,Khan is nowhere near the skill level of mayweather.period...its not just speed what makes mayweather, the speed comes with accurracy, timeing and effective counterpunching, and that what makes floyd so good, he's the best at it,,then he adds his defense with it, its too much for any fighter to deal with...Khan is still learning and unproven..speed alone is not going give him the win...