Comments Thread For: Amir Khan Makes Peace With Roach and Breaks Away

[Weebler I]

First of all, this Khan sucker can't take a punch. Because he's stupid enough to try to mix it up with fighters instead of using his height/reach advantage, this has become painfully clear.

Well then leaving Roach is a good decision, yes?

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

Who cares what this bum does looks like he wanted a soft touch by fighting soto and hbo turned it down good con how about you fight Peterson,Bradley,lucas

[Don Collazo]

Roach is not the best in the business

Umm yeah he is.

[Don Collazo]

Who is, then?

Roger Mayweather

[LAPete]

So now thats it's official with the announcement can you please stop reporting on Amir Kahn? It's the general consensus of readers here that nobody really cares about him anymore. He did a fine job of alienating and destroying much of his fan base with all of his lame excuses and blame pointing at others. A true boxing warrior would pick up the pieces get back to the gym and work hard.
Remember Mike Tyson : "The Road Back" ???

[ronnie_N.]

khan: coach, leave manny and julio and i'll stay with you...

roach: LOL!!!

[TonkaJones]

So now thats it's official with the announcement can you please stop reporting on Amir Kahn? It's the general consensus of readers here that nobody really cares about him anymore. He did a fine job of alienating and destroying much of his fan base with all of his lame excuses and blame pointing at others. A true boxing warrior would pick up the pieces get back to the gym and work hard.
Remember Mike Tyson : "The Road Back" ???

Agree 100%. Khan thinks he's better than he is & blames anything & anyone for his defeats. Truth is he's just not as good as he thinks he is. He's fast & can put punches together well but his defence is poor & he can't take a punch. I personally don't think he's a smart boxer in the ring & can't stick to a game plan. As soon as he gets hit he goes to war & when he's in trouble he doesn't have the sense to stay out of danger. Obviously this can be real entertaining but if you're in trouble & can't take a solid punch anyway it's just stupid. Amir needs to realise that Roach was not responsible for the defeat to Garcia or the way he went about fighting Peterson & with a new trainer I can't see much changing

[FlatLine]

Roach went downhill bigtime just look at some of his fighters who lost in the last year : Khan, Pacquiao, Rodella, Linares, McEwan.. etc..

His disease makes him ineffective now, he needs to stop pretending like he's still a trainer and get out the game.

[BetterCallSaul]

Good move. I don't see where Khan has significantly improved since joining Roach? He keeps his hands up more, moves a little better, and his conditioning has strengthened, but that's about it.

Garcia and Prescott are similar fighters. Khan lost to Prescott by devastating fashion pre Roach, and lost to Garcia in similar fashion with Roach. Where's the improvement?

Any version of Khan is likely to beat the Kotelnik's,the Judah's, and the Maidana's.

For his own sake, he needs a trainer who will commit to him 100%, instil into him a more defensive approach, and get him sticking to a game-plan. Yes the fault lies with the fighter, but I don't see why leaving a severely handicapped trainer who has other commitments is seen as a bad thing?

Roach wasn't working any more. And I think Khan has regressed!

[ThePunchingBag]

Roach went downhill bigtime just look at some of his fighters who lost in the last year : Khan, Pacquiao, Rodella, Linares, McEwan.. etc..

His disease makes him ineffective now, he needs to stop pretending like he's still a trainer and get out the game.

LOL wtf does Roach have anything to do with Pac's loss.

The judges of that fight let Roach off the hook on this one.