I'm shocked at the overreactions to Amir Khan's victory

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Give Paul some credit. He landed some shots on Amir (the biggest of which was the right hook), and was more elusive and tricky than I think Khan or Roach was expecting. Again, he still lost every round in my eyes though. He didn't seem close to waning, and I thought his chances got better the longer the fight went. Khan had expended plenty of energy early on, and I would've been interested in what Paul would've done with a slower, slightly fatigued Amir. You can assume, but that doesn't mean anything at the end of the day.

I actually have a lot of respect for McCloskey, I'd go so far to say he would beat a few of the other top 140 pound guys. But Khan was too fast for the guy, McCloskey's style made Khan look bad, but Khan clearly had more class and was thus winning every round, and even dazed McClosket slightly before the headbut. Again though I only saw one decent punch landed by Paul.

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i just don't see it man...bradley isn't a great fighter either, plus doesn't have power or faster hands than khan. i hate khan, and i'm not a fan of bradley, but i don't see bradley beating khan any which way...i've seen bradley's last 4 fights and the one with witter, and i've seen khan's last 6 fights...my predicition is khan whoops him and takes a UD...can possibly even stop him if he is in top shape..

Do you think McCloskey has a better D/head & body movement/counterpunch ability than Bradley? Wouldn't Bradley be harder to hit? And Bradley has faster footwork than McCloskey. Also Bradley doesn't drop one hand like McCloskey. Bradley's style is like Spain in the World Cup. Just beat you by enough 1-0 and boring as hell. I am using this an analogy and am NOT saying Bradley is to the level of a "Spain". Style makes fight and I don't think Khan would do well against Bradley's style.

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khan has a lot of potential, he is a decent boxer you dont become world champion by not being able to box to a degree. He does have a lot of flaws but he's steadily improving over time. I think the speed he does posses is difficult to deal with and some of his punches do look amateurish, but at the speed he throws it does pose problems and the intial speed is difficult to deal with for most opponents. If khan sits on his punches and times it better he could be lethal with that sort of speed, the counter oppurtunites with that sort of speed is ridiculous

I agree with you there but a few more fights to work out/reduce some of the flaws would be best as he is only 24.

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why do british refs let enzo maccarineli get killed time and time again and then they stop fights like this?

ref wasn't British and it was the doc who stopped the fight

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why do british refs let enzo maccarineli get killed time and time again and then they stop fights like this?

Because they hate him (Enzo), the same way the Japanese hate Sakuraba.

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Answered it in your first paragraph. This is NSB and this is the way it's always gonna be. TBH, I rarely add productive comments to this forum anymore, maybe 30% of my threads can be taken in complete seriousness or debate. The other 70% of my threads is meant to piss off people or get them wound up. I can only be 100% serious in the lounge.

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Kevin, you're a biased loser.

Paddy Kane is such an ugly mother ***er.

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ref wasn't British and it was the doc who stopped the fight

well the doctor was british and he stopped it so that kinda proves my point doesn't it? A-list british fighters are super protected and don't have equal standards compared to their opponents.

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why do british refs let enzo maccarineli get killed time and time again and then they stop fights like this?

lmaooooooo yea they do let Enzo get killed almost on purpose

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squirrelly defense ... maybe i gotta watch it again cause for most the fight paul's head looked pretty straight up and his hands were down.

this was suppose to be a showcase and khan didnt impress 2nite. on top of that the morales took shine off the maidana win. u could see khan was fighting with too much adrenaline and too much with the crowd early but that doesnt change the fact that he looked sloppy against a guy no where near his class. ive had to somewhat adjust my view of him, theres nothing wrong with stating it. it dont make the guy any less world class. if anything this makes khan v bradley more interesting, cause if this is khan as a finished product he def still has some gaping holes in his game.