How will Amir Khan deal with Timothy Bradley's headbutts?

[Levcon8686]

I love how everyone totally discredits Timmy's power. He doesn't have devastating one-shot KO power. Of course not. But he sure does know how to put his punches together, and land flush shots. And that's the biggest problem for Kahn. But knowing Kahn, he'll probably fight from a distance and box his way to a boring UD. Not that I can say I blame him though. You don't wanna' get inside with Timothy Bradley. There's just too much risk involved.

Agree with this.

Am I one of the few who actually favour Bradley in this? What fights has he been 'kept on the outside' in? He has a serious chance of outlasting Khan. He may not hit as hard as Maidana but he applies more educated pressure than him. I see the possibility of Khan either getting stopped, or losing rounds the way De La Hoya dropped rounds to Trinidad late.

[Jim Tom]

Amir Khan is easily the better boxer than Timothy Bradley, he'll win every round.

And Amir doesn't need to worry about being KOed by a punch in this one, since Bradley is feather-fisted.

But Bradley hits HARD with his head. Will Bradley KO Amir with an illegal headbutt, or will Khan find a way to evade them?

Amir cant deal with upper cuts and he will quit on his stool. Find an imaginary injury like pulled tendon to avoid being sent to the canvass

[The Hammer]

i have seen Khan hurt by weaker punchers than Bradley. Bradley might not be a power puncher but he is not feather fisted.
Bradley is also a good all round fighter, i assume you dont like him?

I don't like boxers cheating with head butts.

I assume you'll be rooting for Bradley to beat Khan, the same way as you were rooting for Mayweather over Hatton, Hopkins over Calzaghe and Taylor over Froch?

[gopi11]

I love how everyone totally discredits Timmy's power. He doesn't have devastating one-shot KO power. Of course not. But he sure does know how to put his punches and headbutts together, and land flush shots. And that's the biggest problem for Kahn. But knowing Kahn, he'll probably fight from a distance and box his way to a boring UD. Not that I can say I blame him though. You don't wanna' get inside with Timothy Bradley. There's just too much risk involved.

There! Fixed it for you buddy!

[Rome-By-Ko]

Agree with this.

Am I one of the few who actually favour Bradley in this? What fights has he been 'kept on the outside' in? He has a serious chance of outlasting Khan. He may not hit as hard as Maidana but he applies more educated pressure than him. I see the possibility of Khan either getting stopped, or losing rounds the way De La Hoya dropped rounds to Trinidad late.

I agree with this post..I think Bradley brings much more danger then Maidana even tho Maidana is the bigger puncher..The reason being his boxing I.Q.dude just knows how to get into a good position to punch..Another ability Bradley brings is using your advantage against you,or should I say taken it away from you..I've been saying it Bradley more skilled imo while Khan more talented..I'm picking skills over talent in this one..

[PEBBLES!]

One-off, purely accidental headbutts, which occur due to ugly stylistic match-ups are fine with me, but when head-butts occur in almost all your fights, and is more effective than the combinations you're throwing, than that fighter can fuck off.


That's why Holyfield is a joke.

[sunny31]

Alexander didn't do himself any favours, he was coming in to grab rather than try and evade or get his hands up, I think khan is an altogether smarter fighter plus he is very tall and his tendency is to throw combinations and move away not fall in, all these factors I think will keep him out of trouble. Khan will win this, the fundamental reasons are a combination of size, speed, and reach which will help him to control the distance and outwork bradley.

The people who are picking bradley think that a faster more durable fighter in bradley can grind khan down with educated pressure better than maidana, whilst I acknowledge this point of view, I don't agree. Firstly maidana is a little longer and considerably taller than bradley and the rounds maidana had success in was because he was able to land his jab (rounds 6 & 7) which I think is underrated, also and I see this as this is a somewhat intangible point, khan is improving every fight, with every training camp he is learning how to hide his weaknesses and fight to his strengths, this I think is overlooked by many. He will be better prepared and equipped for the Bradley fight and specifically the pressure, having come through the maidana fight.

Another point is that khan will be able to exchange much more with bradley and will not have to use as much movement as he did with maidana because although bradley has decent pop he doesn't have devastating 1 punch ko power, khan will be able to stand in punching range much more and thus his offensive work will improve, he won't have to constantly move in and out of range like he did with maidana.

An important point which I think people overlook as well is that khan was well on his way to a one sided decision victory against maidana before he got nailed in the 10th. Does Bradley have the kind of power to turn the fight on its head in that manner? No...in my opinion. He has the power to hurt khan, definitely in fact I think he will hurt him more than once, but not in the manner maidana did. I think all these factors considered khan will win a tough fought decision victory...this fight will be closer than the maidana fight in the sense that bradley will be more competitive throughout the fight, and probably come on strong towards the end of the fight as I think he is physically more mature but khan will do enough.

[Rome-By-Ko]

One-off, purely accidental headbutts, which occur due to ugly stylistic match-ups are fine with me, but when head-butts occur in almost all your fights, and is more effective than the combinations you're throwing, than that fighter can fuck off.


That's why Holyfield is a joke.

Holyfield is a HOF fighter get it straight,and unlike Holyfield Bradley does not Clinch its his opponets that are the ones clinching which is causing the butts..

[Sweet Jesus]

I don't like boxers cheating with head butts.

I assume you'll be rooting for Bradley to beat Khan, the same way as you were rooting for Mayweather over Hatton, Hopkins over Calzaghe and Taylor over Froch?

I see a difference there. Instead of rooting for black Americans over white British, he's rooting for a black American over a ****** Indian.

Someone with as much knowledge on race relations as you should understand the difference between white people and ******s.

[Slevin]

^****** Indian?? Do your research.