Amir Khan is another Ricky Hatton.

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Khan will fight them, give him time you germ.

Well I hope since he is the WBA title holder.

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Paulie being prime? LMAO! Funniest statement of the year by far.

dude youre embarassing yourself. stop posting. you dont wan to hurt your mighty reputaion bar.

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Paulie being prime....lmfao this guy! Haha.

[Earl-Hickey]

Explain. So Kotelnik and Paulie arent prime fighters?

Kotelnik never had a prime, just a period where he was "not quite as bad as usual"

Paulie, i'd say is back in his prime now, but he is tailor made!

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Kotelnik never had a prime, just a period where he was "not quite as bad as usual"

Paulie, i'd say is back in his prime now, but he is tailor made!

Kotelnik was a solid world champion. Only problem with him is that he isnt versatile and doesnt know how to adjust. I agree that Paulie is tailor made because of his lack of power but you must take in consideration that this is Amirs US debut therefore he will probably try to please the crowd so its the right fight for him.

If Amir doesnt fight Bradley/Alexander/Maidana/Hatton/JMM next I will criticize him too.

[John Hue]

It's funny how people say Ricky has always been over rated blah blah blah but back then, Everyone would talk about him like if he was Pacquiao. True Story.

Hatton faught every1 he could at his division....what more can some1 do?

He beat kostya tszyu to win the belt, Ricky went undefeated in the weight until pac....

How was he overrated?

He came short against the 2 best fighters of this era....there no shame in that at all....

Whenever someone loses people say they are overrated....people say cotto has never been the same, yet he beat a very hard fighter in clottey....and did well with pac until 5-6th round......

Good post. With Hatton you always had the feeling that once he left Warren he would genuinely test himself against the best and to his credit he did but with Mayweather the wheels came off. It was obvious to me he would lose that fight but Hatton really believed he could win it. With Khan I don't have the same feeling that he EVER really wants to fight the best. IMO he and team Khan are all about earning easier low risk money fighting hand picked opponents not because he is lazy but because deep down his team know he can't cut the mustard at the highest level. He has left Warren and the first move was to duck his mandatory. There is no intention to fight the best and Alexander and Bradley know it which is why they are talking about fighting each-other but not Khan. They know a Khan fight will never materialise.
The truth is Khan has a niche fan base that are happy to pay to watch him fight bums and he can maintain the charade and still have a market. with real fighters if they don't step up and make real fights they soon lose their following and market conditions FORCE them to fight a higher level. Khan does not have those kind of market forces at work with his giggly girl and gulible uneducated boxing wise fan base. They will continue to follow him who ever he fights and with so many willing mugs happy to hand over their money why should he blow it all by getting into a real fight and exposing himself.

[Slick_Rick]

I don't get the Khan hate. He's exciting to watch, he's a world champion, Ok he queue jumped to get his shot but he completely dominated Kotelnik to get the belt and he then went onto knockout his mandatory in 1 round in his following fight.
He now wants to come to America at 23 and fight most the recognisable name at 140.

As I said, he only 23 give him time ffs.

[F l i c k e r]

Fighting and looking good against C or B class fighters, Then when the moment comes to step up and fight a top notch opponent after he establishes himself and his fan base ends up getting KTFO. Seriously, How many of you think Khan is a great fighter? This is my opinion i'm just trying to know what everybody else thinks.

Exactly...


A'mere Con. Is exactly what he is a mere con.

[The_Demon]

Exactly...


A'mere Con. Is exactly what he is a mere con.

Lol

terrible post

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I don't understand how Ricky is now average cause he got knocked out by two best fighters in the world....

I'm glad I read before I posted because this was exactly what I was gonna say.