Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Admits To Targeting Fights With Less Risk?

[FeFist]

Another bs article from boxingscene, twisting words and trying to make khan look bad. To be fair, khan does make it easy because he is an idiot- but all hes saying is that he wants to fight fighters when hes at his peak. Heres the full article were the quotes are not out of context.


AMIR KHAN insists he will be ready to take on Floyd Mayweather AND Manny Pacquiao in a year's time.

The world light-welterweight champion, who defends his title against Paulie Malignaggi in New York on May 15, believes it is only a matter of fine tuning his skills before he can take on the world's top two pound-for-pound fighters.

Khan, 23, is willing to move up a division to fight undefeated Mayweather, who cruised to a unanimous points verdict over Sugar Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The Bolton basher said: "In 12 months from now, I will be ready for Manny and Floyd Mayweather Junior."

Mayweather and Pacquiao were due to fight this year before rows over drug testing got in the way.

But Khan has no doubt the money-spinning bout will go ahead.

He added: "I know them both well and they both want to fight.

"It's the promoters trying to sort out all the details that are holding it up. Who would win? That's a tough one but I'd say Manny. He's more aggressive and I think he'd take Mayweather into an uncomfortable zone where he hasn't been for a very long time.

"Floyd likes to control a fight but so does Manny and he has a higher work rate. If things go well, I could end up fighting the winner.

"This game's all about timing. You have to know the best time to have these big fights. I want to catch these guys when they have come off their peak."
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Read Khan's full interview in the latest edition of GQ

Reading the full interview makes it worse, as instead of fighting these guys to gain experience and rep whilst progressing in ability he wants to fight these guys when he is at the best stage of his career.

When he's at his prime his concern should ideally be fighting fighters of his generation that are in their peak. The likes of Allexander, Bradley, Ortiz.

He probably creams himself over his paper win over Barerra.

[Guest]

Khan doesn't need to be afraid of anybody... his chin is a solid girder.

[D-MiZe]

Fuck you Khan, after his fight with Malignaggi. I'm going to back every person who fights Khan.

[BoxCleva]

Khan is basically repeating something he heard at the Wild Card Gym, most probably from Roach himself. It was these very tactics that lead Roach to bring an aging De La Hoya back down to 147 after he hadn't fought at the weight for 7 years, and to only accept the Cotto fight at a catchweight - both for Manny Pacquiao.

Many fighters have taken a similar approach at times though - Mayweather vs Mosley being the most recent example.. Khan is describing a matchmaking tactic that many promoters use, and numerous boxers particpate in.. Mayweather, Pacquiao, Calzaghe, Lewis, Bradley to name a few.

[poeticlsykuac]

You mention two who were clearly on the decline (although Whitaker was still not that far off his prime), plus one who was arguably on the decline, out of nine names the OP mentioned - talk about cherry picking! So by your own admission, six out of nine of the great fights he was in were against opponents who were in their primes. That's a very good ratio.

And he didn't try to put off a fight with Whitaker or Camacho until they were past their primes. He fought them as soon as the fights could be made.

And he beat several of those six, and in most people's opinions he was robbed against Trinidad and in the Mosley rematch, so it's a huge exaggeration to say he couldn't beat the best. He couldn't beat them all, but he beat some of them and deserved to get the decision against some others.

I would say Vargas was past it mentally after the Trinidad fight. He was ruined by Trinidad and his dirty tactics. I also had him losing to a past prime Whitaker(his prime weight was 135, he was good but not prime) and losing to Quartey in other words robbing two other fighters of their victories(as did a lot of other fans). In the Trinidad fight I really think they both deserve losses but if someone has to win I do think DLH won as he landed more punches. Chavez was far past his prime and battle worn for sures. Camacho past his prime. When I look at DLH overall between should have losses and past prime fighters he doesn't look as good but he did choose to fight anyone.

[J.R]

Wazza, get your ass in here.

Haha i love it!!!! And Locket man calls another one right!! Well done Amir i have a little bit of respect for you now.

[PensionKiller]

Why did the ref do that?

[D-MiZe]

Haha i love it!!!! And Locket man calls another one right!! Well done Amir i have a little bit of respect for you now.

What?

He fights bum and past-prime contenders.

Pathetic, fuck Khan.

[Drunk Punch]

Khan should fight Maidana if he's serious about being a title holder.

[Dave Rado]

I would say Vargas was past it mentally after the Trinidad fight. He was ruined by Trinidad and his dirty tactics.

I don't think so. Admittedly he took a bad beating against Trinidad, but Vargas gave everything in his fight with DLH, which was a grudge fight, and he didn't look to me as if he had declined, in that fight.

I also had him losing to a past prime Whitaker(his prime weight was 135, he was good but not prime)

Whitaker was still ranked #1 P4P at the time. The fight was very close and the majority of boxing experts scored it narrowly to DLH. The judges' wide scores were a travesty, but you certainly can't call it a robbery in terms of who the winner was, if you're at all objective (whereas the Trinidad and second Mosley fights can legitimately be called robberies, IMO).

and losing to Quartey

Again, a very close fight which a majority of boxing experts scored narrowly to De a Hoya, and even those who scored it to Quartey said it was extremely close. So although the wide scorecards were again a travesty, you can't call it a robbery in terms of who the winner was, if you're at all objective.