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It seems that lately one of the popular topics of discussion is Amir Khan's chin and it seems to be one where virtually everyone has come to agreement that it is really bad.
I've been giving this some thought and even went back to watch some of Amir's fights and after refreshing my memory, my opinion is that Amir's chin is actually not that bad at all. I'm also not saying that he has a chin made out of granite but he certainly does not have a glass jaw the way people have lately been making it seem.
I reviewed the Danny Garcia fight and noticed that prior to taking the shot that knocked him down he had already taken a few other shots really well. When he did get dropped in round 3 he took a shot that landed cleanly at full force without being blocked the least bit which would have probably dropped a lot of fighters who don't have questionable chins. After he got up there were still a few seconds left in the round where he did take a few more shots but looked no worse then anyone who's got up from that type of a knock down. When round 4 started, Danny Garcia swarmed him but Amir didn't clinch or tie his opponents’ hands on his way to survival, he actually tried to exchange with him so he got caught a few more times and it looks like his feet got tangled when he got caught by the ropes and received another 8 count. After the action resumed, he once again proceeded to exchange blows with Garcia with virtually no clinching and ended up getting caught and falling to the floor once again with about 46 seconds left in the round and the fight was stopped by the ref.
Regarding the Breidis Prescott knockout loss, it's clear that he was very cold being that it was the first round and the first few seconds for that matter and that type of knockout can happen to anyone. It certainly happened to another fighter named James Kirkland except his knockout loss was to a fighter who is considered light handed, yet virtually nobody questions Kirkland's chin.
Now looking back at Amir's other fights, the man has been in there with all comers and was able to stand up to Marcos Maidana's shots as well as Lamont Peterson's rough tactics. So in my opinion, Amir definitely deserves more credit than what he's been given lately because he's only been knocked out twice with blows that would have knocked out or badly hurt almost anyone unless the fighter clinched and tied his opponents arms which Amir chose not to do.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but a lot of times it's much easier to criticize someone than to acknowledge their efforts. I've come to acknowledge those efforts by Amir and at a time when everything was going according to plan for him his mentality was the same in the sense that he always wanted to take on the best and never ducked anyone.
I've been giving this some thought and even went back to watch some of Amir's fights and after refreshing my memory, my opinion is that Amir's chin is actually not that bad at all. I'm also not saying that he has a chin made out of granite but he certainly does not have a glass jaw the way people have lately been making it seem.
I reviewed the Danny Garcia fight and noticed that prior to taking the shot that knocked him down he had already taken a few other shots really well. When he did get dropped in round 3 he took a shot that landed cleanly at full force without being blocked the least bit which would have probably dropped a lot of fighters who don't have questionable chins. After he got up there were still a few seconds left in the round where he did take a few more shots but looked no worse then anyone who's got up from that type of a knock down. When round 4 started, Danny Garcia swarmed him but Amir didn't clinch or tie his opponents’ hands on his way to survival, he actually tried to exchange with him so he got caught a few more times and it looks like his feet got tangled when he got caught by the ropes and received another 8 count. After the action resumed, he once again proceeded to exchange blows with Garcia with virtually no clinching and ended up getting caught and falling to the floor once again with about 46 seconds left in the round and the fight was stopped by the ref.
Regarding the Breidis Prescott knockout loss, it's clear that he was very cold being that it was the first round and the first few seconds for that matter and that type of knockout can happen to anyone. It certainly happened to another fighter named James Kirkland except his knockout loss was to a fighter who is considered light handed, yet virtually nobody questions Kirkland's chin.
Now looking back at Amir's other fights, the man has been in there with all comers and was able to stand up to Marcos Maidana's shots as well as Lamont Peterson's rough tactics. So in my opinion, Amir definitely deserves more credit than what he's been given lately because he's only been knocked out twice with blows that would have knocked out or badly hurt almost anyone unless the fighter clinched and tied his opponents arms which Amir chose not to do.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but a lot of times it's much easier to criticize someone than to acknowledge their efforts. I've come to acknowledge those efforts by Amir and at a time when everything was going according to plan for him his mentality was the same in the sense that he always wanted to take on the best and never ducked anyone.
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