Comments Thread For: Khan: I Want To Do Better Than Bradley With McCloskey

[Rome-By-Ko]

lets examine this before criticising khan without so quickly

MAB - Khan was only one fights removed from a bad ko loss and needed a big name fight to raise his profile again . These types of passing the torch fights happen all the time in the sport . He fought a solid champ in kotelnik right after in his first fight at 140 lbs.

Salita - Clearly undeserving and not on a world level however he was a mandatory and khan would have been stripped had he not fought him . I'm sure we would have heard people calling hima duck for not taking it and if not who in their right minds would expect a young fighter with a title to drop it to make a statement like lewis did against ruiz?

McCloskey - Solid contender , euro champ , top ten in the ring rankings -
He's comparable to abregu and arguably better so yes bradley has taken a fight like this before

If BRadley's resume is amazing then khan must have a pretty damn good one too . The Alexander win is the only win that puts bradley ahead imo.




Holt wont be fighting at 140lbs anymore , he apparently had a lot of trouble making the weight for the mabuza fight which could explain why he looked like such a spent force and was dominated like that . Khan wouldn't have gotten as much credit for fighting him as bradley did

Peterson was the first name i can recall that khan said he'd fight after maidana however money issues put that fight to bed . I cant see how peterson could warrant a half million dollar payday after a loss and a disputable draw . Mccloskey was cheaper and would bring more to the table in terms of ticket sales .

Of course peterson is better than mccloskey ( i think holt may be debatable at this point) and both would be better in terms of khan trying to outdo bradleys wins but as you probably can tell khan is not the sharpest tool in the shed and is prone to silly comments like this one.

Khan has a good resume I never said his resume was weak,but like I said Bradleys is amazing..Witter imo beats out the Kottie win for Khan Peterson beats out the Paulie win for Khan,and not to mention Bradley has fought these kinda fights back to back were Khan has taken breaks inbetween fights..Holt called Khan out by the way,Peterson is deserving of the moneyhe ask for because he is taking a big risk fighting in Khans backyard..I don't belivev money had anything to do with that fight not coming off..

Khan is a good fighter and has a good resume but Bradley has a better one,and not by onefight..

[reetcunt]

Khan has a good resume I never said his resume was weak,but like I said Bradleys is amazing..Witter imo beats out the Kottie win for Khan Peterson beats out the Paulie win for Khan,and not to mention Bradley has fought these kinda fights back to back were Khan has taken breaks inbetween fights..Holt called Khan out by the way,Peterson is deserving of the moneyhe ask for because he is taking a big risk fighting in Khans backyard..I don't belivev money had anything to do with that fight not coming off..

Khan is a good fighter and has a good resume but Bradley has a better one,and not by onefight..

The only break i can see khan taking was the salita fight and you can't blame khan for the corrupt wba making him a mandatory . MAB was before he was a champ , he was a prospect who many had written off . In world title fights Khan has fought Kotelnik , Malignaggi , Maidana and soon mccloskey with only salita as a break Bradley fought Witter , Holt , Peterson and alexander with abregu as a break . Witter had a controversial win over kotelnik so i'd call them even . Malignaggi has a better resume so i'd say he was better than peterson in that sense . Maidana and holt are comparable imo and of course bradley has the win over alexander . It doesn't really matter of course because we know bradley has the better resume just not by a great margin as i've seen some posters suggest . Khan definantely wanted the peterson fight http://www.boxingscene.com/khan-pete...il-9-16--34014 . It wasnt a duck as i think your hinting ( apologies if i am reading this wrong) . The main reason i responded to you was because you were criticising khan for taking soft touches when there were valid reasons for both the MAb and sal;ita fights and how bradley didn't take such fights but he did against abregu

Ypu also said "khan took a lot of these types of fights " but that isn't true either

[bigcursedawg]

Khan needs to think before he opens his big mouth. Bradleys performance against alexander wasn't exactly a great one. Khan is really shooting for the stars in this fight.

[-Lowkey-]

The double standards on this site amaze me at times Khan is 24 and in his last fight despite having a 'glass chin' beat hands down the hardest puncher in the division (A guy that people where saying Khan was ducking and would K.O him).

He has gone on record saying he wants a stay busy fight in the UK for his UK fans so he signs to fight an undefeated southpaw (who may not be a world beater but its solid opponent).

He will fight Bradley next.

Meanwhile you have 31 year old Bute fighting Irish Journeymen who have not only lost before but have been knocked out before and he's considered a beast and the top guy at 168 by people here.

You also have 29 year old Gamboa beating up on ageing guys like Solis but when he looks impressive again he's an unbeatable beast blah blah its ridiculous at times.

[-Lowkey-]

Yes Khan does say ****** things but if you had some half baked interviewer asking you questions all day so would you.

[BetterCallSaul]

Yes Khan does say ****** things but if you had some half baked interviewer asking you questions all day so would you.

I wouldn't even say it was a ****** response from Khan. He has said some questionable things in the past, but this isn't one of them.

So, he wants to look better than Bradley in his next fight...big deal. The Bradley-Alexander fight was one of the biggest disappointments in recent boxing history. If Khan can look good against a strong and undefeated southpaw like McCloskey, it will give him a lot of confidence going into his fight. There is nothing wrong with that, but people will hate Khan no matter what, and nothing he does will ever stem the hate.

[Rome-By-Ko]

The only break i can see khan taking was the salita fight and you can't blame khan for the corrupt wba making him a mandatory . MAB was before he was a champ , he was a prospect who many had written off . In world title fights Khan has fought Kotelnik , Malignaggi , Maidana and soon mccloskey with only salita as a break Bradley fought Witter , Holt , Peterson and alexander with abregu as a break . Witter had a controversial win over kotelnik so i'd call them even . Malignaggi has a better resume so i'd say he was better than peterson in that sense . Maidana and holt are comparable imo and of course bradley has the win over alexander . It doesn't really matter of course because we know bradley has the better resume just not by a great margin as i've seen some posters suggest . Khan definantely wanted the peterson fight http://www.boxingscene.com/khan-pete...il-9-16--34014 . It wasnt a duck as i think your hinting ( apologies if i am reading this wrong) . The main reason i responded to you was because you were criticising khan for taking soft touches when there were valid reasons for both the MAb and sal;ita fights and how bradley didn't take such fights but he did against abregu

Ypu also said "khan took a lot of these types of fights " but that isn't true either

Abregu is a soft touch??Dude I really can't agree with this statement,Abregu was undefeated and a known puncher who could box..I'm willing to bet my house that Berta Khan and a bunch of other WW's stay away from that kid,in other words Abregu is not a soft touch..Not to mention Bradley fought Abregu at his own weight where he is at his strongest..No..

I give Khan props for his resume/wins but honestly(and regardless of excuses)he has fought way more soft touch's then Bradley that's the bottom line..MAB was a soft touch and maybe the only one I'll give him a pass for,Salita and Paul no pass..It's not about belts and Bradley proved that when he let the WBA go and fought the best fight out there for him at the time in Campbell..Campbell was coming off a big win at LW and held damn near every belt there was there,and beat an overweight Funika(I think that's how ya spell his name)Devon had just beat Witter and was not ready for Bradley and was nowhere the name Campbell was at the time either..Long story short Bradley has tried to fight the best with more consistency..

I'm not a Khan hater Khan has gained a lot of respect from me,I've followed Khan for yrs and I know a lot of the fighters he has fought but tbh Khan has a lot of soft touches on his resume which was my comment from the door..Not to bad mouth him but to point out facts,and also to show how dumb of a statement this was that he made..

[Rome-By-Ko]

I wouldn't even say it was a ****** response from Khan. He has said some questionable things in the past, but this isn't one of them.

So, he wants to look better than Bradley in his next fight...big deal. The Bradley-Alexander fight was one of the biggest disappointments in recent boxing history. If Khan can look good against a strong and undefeated southpaw like McCloskey, it will give him a lot of confidence going into his fight. There is nothing wrong with that, but people will hate Khan no matter what, and nothing he does will ever stem the hate.

I think your right about one thing and that's Khan looking for confidence,to say something like this when Devon was rank #3 in the div(and some even ranked him #2)to this Paul kid who is not in the same class as Devon..Shows he is looking for confidence in something before he mixes it up with Bradley..