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

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  • Rome-By-Ko
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    Originally posted by 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.
    I respect this post although I don't agree with and here's why..Bradley will apply better smater pressure then Maidana(meaning more dangerous pressure)Khan will still look to go in and out and will be force to fight off the backfoot..Maidana is taller then Bradley but I think Bradley uses his height to his advantage,he gets low where Khans combos will not land cleanly(in short wasted punches/energy)..Bradley imo is a much more accurated puncher(although Khan is no bum in this regard)I see a tough fight for both fighters with Bradley winning by a point or two..

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