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

[rskumm21]

"Oscar fought the best when they were on the decline"

Hmm, Am I mistaken or did Oscar not fight a prime Tito Trinidad, Ike Quartey, Oba Carr, Shane Mosley, Hector Camacho, Pernell Whitaker, Genaro Hernandez, Fernando Vargas and Bernard Hopkins at 160?

Oscar fought the best. Stop talking out your ass Mr Khan

I hope Malignaggi wins

I agree with your point, but Camacho, Whitaker, and arguably even Carr where on the decline by that point in their carrers. De LaHoya did fight the best, but he couldn't beat the best. Though Oscar would brutally ass-*** Kahn.

[rambo1962009]

is it me or does mark vester have a personal vandetta against amir khan...i swear when i read the title of this thread i was like it has to be by mark vester and then boom it is... it really is a pity that you ppl on the internet say bull**** abt people whom u couldnt even carry the shoes of ...and you know nothing abt the truth, yet go on cussing people wen stumbling upon mark vesters attempt to twist words.
Everything is american high school here, mark vester being the blonde spreading rumors and making **** up to get ppl to hate and you boxing bitches talking abt it without knowing the truth...
How the funk can anyone here diss a pro boxer...when yall cant even do 6 mins on the treadmill seriously if i see any of u boxing bitches on the street im a slap u bitches
peace

[Dave Rado]

Khan never said that he doesn't want to fight anyone who is great until they are on the decline.

You obviously haven't read the article. Try reading it before you post about what it says.

[Dave Rado]

"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."

Those words cannot be twisted, they are completely unambiguous; and boxingscene didn't twist them, they just quoted them.

[choelzle]

Come on guys....Really? Camacho would have eaten De La Hoya alive in his prime...Faster, better boxer, better movement...He did everything better than Oscar..lets have a reasonable debate..I like DLH too but come on...he's no Camacho

[The Ninth Layer]

Khan is way overrated. Who has he beaten that earned him all this hype?

[sicko]

with that Chin, do you blame him?

Golden Boy Promotions is protecting him because they are trying to make him into a Super Star but it is not going to work, not what that chin, as soon as he fights Vic Ortiz, Maidana, Alexander or Bradley, this Amir Khan hype is OVER!

[PensionKiller]

As a fan, that really annoys me.

He has potential to be really good, yet wants the easy fights.

I hope he doesn't stick to fighting bums, I really do

[Junito-Rulez]

[Dave Rado]

I agree with your point, but Camacho, Whitaker, and arguably even Carr where on the decline by that point in their carrers. De LaHoya did fight the best, but he couldn't beat the best. Though Oscar would brutally ass-*** Kahn.

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.