Comments Thread For: Khan Taking a Big Risk With U.S. Debut, Says McGuigan

[P.WILL]

Some people in this thread are insane, Malignaggi a bum?

[fight_professor]

That notion is ridicilous.

[solly6]

Risk my arse. This is a fight against Paulie. Easy and "in the bag" fight for Amir.

Agree. Pauli is tough and has pretty good boxing skill but he doesn't have any power. If Kahn can't beat a guy like this then he has no chance of being a top guy in the division.

[chav]

im really not a khan fan. he was always matched so easily by warren. no doubt the boy has skills but hes got a chin no boxer would ever want even with his skills, but hes going to batter malignaggi and make him look ******.

i havent got many points but i'll bet everything i have if anyone fancies malginaggi? the 1 handed malignaggi is going to get beaten up just like against cotto, khan is going to look good...but dont be fooled, that chin is fragile!!!

[Tomasio]

McGuigan is right...

Hatton's first fight in the u.s was back in "97"( his 2nd pro-fight in the Hamed vs Kelly undercard) against Brooklynite Robert Alvarez(UD in 4) then after that Hatton fought 2 more times in the u.s(Detroit & Atlantic City)..But his real coming out party in the u.s was in 2006(in Boston not in Vegas like McGuigan said) against then defending welterweight champion Luis Collazo..This was a fight that things didn't look good for Hatton & many people including Myself thought Hatton lost....Now for Khan fighting his 1st fight in the u.s against Brooklynite Paulie Malignaggi is not going to be an easy one, especially fighting in Malignaggi's turf...I differ from McGuigan's opinion where he said that Khan is the Marquee fighter(maybe in United Kindom) but I know for a fact that Malignaggi is the better known name in the u.s & Latin america & I think Khan's coming out party in the u.s is going to be worst than Hatton's cause I have a strong feeling Malignaggi is going to beat Khan...Lets see wht happens...

[chav]

the way i see it...malignaggi has 1 hand basically, khan has 2 and uses them well, malignaggi has fast feet, khan has the same if not faster, khan can punch and malignaggi cant...how the hell does pauli win? khan kept a decent jabber in kotelnik at distance and raided him and got out.....diaz is a totally different fight to khan and actually makes pauli look good in terms of style
khan will be in and out very quickly making pauli look silly and has enough power to make it a hard 12 rounds if it goes that far...i just cant see how pauli wins...maybe im being short sighted...someone educate me

[Drunk Punch]

The truth is Khan has to face name opponents from now on, that's why he moved to GBP. I think he took the easiest 'name' out there in Paulie.

[The Noose]

Paulie is a good experienced boxer.

It is a step up for Khan.

[Marciano90s]

their rushin him too much imo.even vargas started early steppin through the best of the division and took such bad beatens.

[playaballer1]

Fighting Maidana is a big risk.. Pualie? mehhh.