Comments Thread For: Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana Trade Words at London Presser

[Dave Rado]

He was down once at 140 against Rachild Drilzane for the IBF Inter-continental light welterweight title, But his foot was stuck in the ropes.

140lbs is where he should be, 135lbs made no sense.

In any case that was long before he teamed up with Roach, and he's improved beyond all recognition since Roach took over. And it was only technically at 140 - he actually weighed in at 136½lb.

The chin thing is overblown. Lots of great fighters have had weak chins. His real problem pre-Roach was not so much his chin as his total lack of the fundamentals of professional boxing. He fought like a complete amateur, chin sticking out, hands low, poor footwork, poor balance, rarely used his jab, often threw wildly, leaving himself wide open for the counter, never clinched when hurt - and he was just asking to be tagged. He fights completely differently now.

[Hard Boiled]

In any case that was long before he teamed up with Roach, and he's improved beyond all recognition since Roach took over. And it was only technically at 140 - he actually weighed in at 136½lb.

The chin thing is overblown. Lots of great fighters have had weak chins. His real problem pre-Roach was not so much his chin as his total lack of the fundamentals of professional boxing. He fought like a complete amateur, chin sticking out, hands low, poor footwork, poor balance, rarely used his jab, often threw wildly, leaving himself wide open for the counter, never clinched when hurt - and he was just asking to be tagged. He fights completely differently now.

Yep, Also in the amatuers they dont teach you to avoid hooks, Prescott caught him with a left hook. Also Khan tried to use the Muhammad Ali style early in his career which is kinda silly because Alis style suited Ali.