Thoughts on a Khan-Mike Jones matchup at 147??

[lefthook2daliva]

This is probably too dangerous a fight for Khan to take as his first fight at 147
and coming off a KO loss, but were this to be their respective comeback-from-getting-KTFO fight :

How many guys has Khan fought where he didn't have a reach and height advantage? Also, how much, if any, of a speed advantage would Khan have?

Point being that there are some advantages that Khan has become accustomed to enjoying that would be absent or diminished here.

On the other hand, he has more big-fight experience and might be more comfortable at the new weight.

Kind of want to say Khan might enjoy some measure of an edge in skill, but he keeps getting in trouble with guys he's supposed to beat and Mike Jones seems to be a pretty good boxer/puncher type fighter.

The big difference that I see is quality of opposition. Amir has been in the ring with far better fighters, but is coming off losses to 2 of the better names on his resume, one right after the other.

I guess for me, Khan is a slight favorite in a good fight in which I'd be rooting for his opponent.

[dan_cov]

Maybe worth taking into consideration that Khan has only fought 3 guys his own height and those guys were Prescott, Garcia & Peterson.

How tall is Mike Jones? 6ft? 6ft1?

Whilst Khan has fought better competition they have been made to order, you maybe impressed by him beating defensive midgets & a few slow plodders/zombies, I'm not.

Mike Jones is a more polished, bigger version of Khan with a better chin & more pop. The more I think about it, the more I feel Jones would slaughter him.

[4Corners]

I use to like Mike Jones but god he looked like s**t against Bailey.

[Hougigo]

Jones isn't that good. You could see after the first Soto karasz fight

[Bushbaby]

Jones isn't that good. You could see after the first Soto karasz fight

Are you saying that Khan is that much better??

[dan_cov]

Jones isn't that good. You could see after the first Soto karasz fight

I think that fight ruined him tbh
After that he changed his style & relied on his boxing a lot more. He looked crap in the rematch & against Lujan and against Bailey.

That fight against Karass really won me over as a Karass fan, that guy is nails.

[lefthook2daliva]

Maybe worth taking into consideration that Khan has only fought 3 guys his own height and those guys were Prescott, Garcia & Peterson.

How tall is Mike Jones? 6ft? 6ft1?

Whilst Khan has fought better competition they have been made to order, you maybe impressed by him beating defensive midgets & a few slow plodders/zombies, I'm not.

Mike Jones is a more polished, bigger version of Khan with a better chin & more pop. The more I think about it, the more I feel Jones would slaughter him.

I'm not that far from the same conclusion. But :

Khan does have wins over Kotelnyk, Malignaggi and Maidana and fought a very close fight with Peterson, who seems to be generally well regarded.

Not saying Jones couldn't beat the same or better, but he hasn't....and he did just get KTFO by Randall Bailey...

[Hougigo]

Are you saying that Khan is that much better??

Jones just isn't that good. He'sa a big ww

[boliodogs]

I don't think Khan should go to 147 unless he just can't make 140 and feel strong. They hit 7 pounds harder at 147 and Khan's weak chin has a bullseye on it. As for the fight I think it's even. If Khan does not get hurt he should win it. If Jones hurts him he will finish him. That's how I see it.

[boliodogs]

I'm sorry, I got my Jones mixed up. I was thinking of the Jones that fought Brooks. Khan's chances against Mike Jones would also be about even depending on how much the KO losses they both took hurt them. Jones has the reach, speed, and skill to compete with Khan at long range. Either man could score a KO.