Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Weathers The Storm To Avoid Disaster in Vegas

[budhram]

Clearly differrent people watching the same match, so different things.
The way I saw it, Khan was putting on a show of superior skills for the first 7 rounds. Maidana couldn't touch Khan. Khan was explosive with 5-6 combinations. Khan, perhaps wanting to see how his chin withstand to Maidana's punches, allows Maidana to hit him with uppercuts. The only Maidana success for Maidana came in the mid rounds when Khan was against the ropes and Maidana was touching him up with uppercuts. Then Khan takes over and hit him with 4-6 combos.
The only time I thought Khan could lose the fight from that point was in the 10th round when Maidana caught him with an over the top punch. There was over a minute and a half on the clock. Enough to put Khan away. This is where my admiration for Khan grew. He weather that beautifully, and if he had thrown back power shots, he could've even put Maidana away.
The 11 and 12 rounds saw Maidana coming after Khan, but his money shots wasn't paying dividends. And, when Khan let his hands go (which was too few and rare in the final 2 rounds), he was having great success. He could've put Maidana down.
But for comparison purposes, Khan put Maidana down in the first rounds. Had there been more time on the clock, the fight would not have made it to the second round. Maidana had Khan wobbly in the 10th round with over a minute and a half, and clearly vulnerable, but was firing away wild shots.
Maidana has had success from constant pressure and wild punches. He clearly didn't have the tools to put his punches together and close the show.
Khan could've put Maidana away in the late rounds if he wasn't getting caught by the uppercuts so often. Hope he learns something after watching the tapes.

[twosweethooks]

A GREAT READ !!!

I have great respect for both Maidana and Khan !!

Khan is extremely fast. I can't think of anyone faster in boxing today. Pac in my opinion has better footwork. I think he gets better every fight, settles down and uses his footwork with precision, he will be someone to reckon with for the next several years.

Maidana proved he's dead game. Did you hear the corner of Maidana after the first round !!!! You are gonna have to KO Maidana to beat him, he won't QUIT, he proved that, with Ortiz and this fight. He is a brawler that comes to FIGHT, and Bradley was right he can punch !!!

Too bad HBO and Showtime can't call a truce and flip a coin showing their fights back to back. I went from the Mares vs Darchyn,,,, fight to HBO and glad I did. I think Ortiz will crumble if you put him back in the ring with MAIDANA.

I think Maidana deserves any shot of any fight. The winner or loser of Bradley vs Alex ... or a rematch.

[twosweethooks]

Amir "I have no chin" Khan....I wonder if he will still be calling out Mayweather.

It was Maidana VS Khan/Cortez.

Oh Yeah, a few more fights and he will surely have settled down with greater precision in foot and hand work. He is super fast , great legs, very good chin.

He is much faster than Mayweather, hits harder than old featherfist. He don't have the defense but Khan will hit Mayweather and bust him up, he's just too fast , give him two or three good fights this calender year and he's ready.

While fighters fight, Mayweather VACATES.

By the way , in the past 5 years Mayweather has NOT fought the likes of MAIDANA !!!!!!!!!!

[waxfondler]

khan/maidana was a great fight. what frustrated me was that khan took unnecessary punishment... he EASILY couldve kept maidana at bay with those rangy 4-5 punch combos, but khan let maidana let loose on him on the inside... i was baffled, khan let maidana take a few rounds... honestly, if khan wouldve boxed maidana from a distance like he did the first few rounds, it wouldve been COMPLETE domination.... it felt like khan tried to PROVE he could take maidanas punches. but it almost backfired on him in the 10th. LOL. even my girlfriend was like "why is khan LETTING him hit him?"... i guess roach is teaching khan to be vulnerable to the uppercut like pac. hahah

ortiz/peterson was a bad decision, IMO... i think ortiz shouldve walked away with the victory.... it was close, but that was ortiz's fight... i didnt like how vic was moving too much, he couldve outmuscled peterson on the inside, but he stayed outside where peterson had good range.... i really didnt like the excessive holding by peterson.

overall good night of boxing

[rogdogx]

Maidana = Balls of Steel
Khan = Balls of Steel

I don't know why everyone is hating on Cortez, saying he was favoring Maidana. Come on people, Maidana was throwing rabbit punches and even elbows, plus Cortez was giving **** to Khan as well for pushing Maidana.

Anyways amazing fight.

What the hell are you talking about? Nobodys saying Cortez favored Maidaina. Cortez screwed this fight up for Maidaina and the point deduction was bull**** the only smart thing he did was allow Maidaina to continue in round 1. he breaks them up over every little thing. he messes up the flow of a fight.

[twosweethooks]

**** from cortez to khan dont mean **** if there's no point deduction like he did to maidana. cortez knows how to stink a fight with his ugly mug. deserves a rematch with smoger as the third man in the ring..

Thats right, Smoger is da Man !!! That tenth round might have been different. Maidana was on him at every breath only to be thwarted at one or two critical moments , bah on the elbows etc.......... it was WAR !!!!!!!!!!

[rogdogx]

Oh Yeah, a few more fights and he will surely have settled down with greater precision in foot and hand work. He is super fast , great legs, very good chin.

He is much faster than Mayweather, hits harder than old featherfist. He don't have the defense but Khan will hit Mayweather and bust him up, he's just too fast , give him two or three good fights this calender year and he's ready.

While fighters fight, Mayweather VACATES.

By the way , in the past 5 years Mayweather has NOT fought the likes of MAIDANA !!!!!!!!!!

You make some goods points but come on. You know Khan has no shot at beating Mayweather. Keep hyping your boy up tho

[twosweethooks]

Yea you can tell he had alot of training with pac, his technique is rubbing off but khans stamina doesnt nearly compare. He definitely put up a pretty impressive fight but I think he might wanna take floyd off of his "to do" list. He showed alot of weaknesses that floyd would take advantage of and then... Lights out buddy!

Lights OUT ?? HA !! you talkin bout OLD FEATHERFISTWEATHER , haha

[Apple Mac]

That made me think of the second thing that they have in common and that is strength and conditioning coach in Ariza. Now I know many people will shoot me down and call me a hater, a racist, a ******, and what not, but I believe that Ariza is juicy them guys with something that lets them shrug off damage. Khan's face was damaged and he still was acting like he wasn't fazed, slugging at the final bell, Pacq said his ear drum was busted at the end of the Cotto fight and still he was swinging away with no signs of damage, Clottey hit pacq with crushing uppercuts (infrequently though) and still he came, Margs battle for a few rounds and pacq was unfazed. Maidana was landing Bombs on Khan and he was looking as fresh as round one throughout the fight.

Their ability to walk through fire and come out like they had a Halo energy shield is just too fishy for me. Both these guys defense is not that great, Khan was getting hit with too many power shots, but why should he care, he could have had his hands down the whole fight if he knew that he would not feel any of the punches and that he would never go down. Now people will be like, "tell me what he is taking then, what could it possibly be..." remember "the clear" was unheard and unthought-of of until it was exposed and studied. Ariza may have the next enhancer that either allows you to ignore pain or helps with equilibrium and balance so that stuff that would normally knock you off, won't know. It could do something to your inner ear fluid to help avoid sea sickness and such.

Are you watching the fight? Its clear that Khan was back pedalling just to recover. And I really dont know if youre one of the believers that A-side Meth existed 500 years ago.
And mind you, Pac has been knocked down when he was a skinny kid and just starting as a professional and doesn't know what defense exactly mean.
Khan on the other hand IMO opinion developed the what you call "HEART" to survive thru the rounds. He was clearly hurt but boxing Maidana out just to recover.

[AndyShitHot]

I saw the fight last night with Khan and Maidana and something struck me as very odd. Khan was getting hit with BOMBS by Maidana and was just shrugging them off as nothing. He was dazed a few times but still he was spry and moving around delivering combo's when he wanted in the 11th and 12th rounds. He reminded me of Pacq when he was fighting Cotto. Then something dawned on me.... What is the common factor between Pacq and Khan; both were guys who have been down before, Khan 3 times prior, and Pacq a few times himself, and now they can not be taken off of their feet by some of the hardest punchers landing the flushes shots. This isn't Mosley who has never been knocked down; these are guys who have been down before.

One common thing is Roach, and while a trainer can make your shots harder, make you faster, stronger, throw straighter and truer, he can't make your chin any stiffer, either you can take a hit on the jaw or you can't. Now I know there are certain on the button shots that will knock any man out but there are also accumulative shots that will also chop a tree down and Maidana was landing those on Khan last night, and he was just smiling at the end of the 10th.

That made me think of the second thing that they have in common and that is strength and conditioning coach in Ariza. Now I know many people will shoot me down and call me a hater, a racist, a ******, and what not, but I believe that Ariza is juicy them guys with something that lets them shrug off damage. Khan's face was damaged and he still was acting like he wasn't fazed, slugging at the final bell, Pacq said his ear drum was busted at the end of the Cotto fight and still he was swinging away with no signs of damage, Clottey hit pacq with crushing uppercuts (infrequently though) and still he came, Margs battle for a few rounds and pacq was unfazed. Maidana was landing Bombs on Khan and he was looking as fresh as round one throughout the fight.

Their ability to walk through fire and come out like they had a Halo energy shield is just too fishy for me. Both these guys defense is not that great, Khan was getting hit with too many power shots, but why should he care, he could have had his hands down the whole fight if he knew that he would not feel any of the punches and that he would never go down. Now people will be like, "tell me what he is taking then, what could it possibly be..." remember "the clear" was unheard and unthought-of of until it was exposed and studied. Ariza may have the next enhancer that either allows you to ignore pain or helps with equilibrium and balance so that stuff that would normally knock you off, won't know. It could do something to your inner ear fluid to help avoid sea sickness and such.

You may laugh but if Khan and Pacq keep fighting and never look hurt or go down, you will remember this post. Especially for two guys that have been down before and have not improved their defense one bit.

yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!