Amir Khan Master Thread

[kevin-novice]

Can we REMEMBER please that Khan got hit on the NECK in the Garcia fight, not the chin. The chin shots came after when he was in shakey legs but it was that NECK punch that condemned khan to a slow death in that fight.

[talz]

Judah is a puncher though. Porter and Brook aren't punchers, Thurman is.

[sunny31]

LOL at people thinking Khan is less hittable now....hes just been fighting style match ups that have always favored him.....look at how he did with roach against shorter guys with no punch(Kotelnik-Paulie)...he's always able to keep away from guys like those...Julio Diaz rocked his **** and that was with Hunter...just because Andre Ward is good you all think Hunter is some defensive wizard coach...I guess Angulos defense got better too

Don't agree, Collazo and Alexander are accurate guys. If you look at the Paulie fight Khan got hit a lot. Just because he dominated pretty comfortably doesn't mean he wasn't taking shots, I think you should watch the fight again. Against Kotelnik he didn't get hit a lot but was pretty gassed by the end of he fight, he was good defensively in that fight I will admit but he was not very economical.

I think he has improved on both fronts significantly. Of course when he fights more aggressive fighters he will get hit a bit more, but expect to see improvement in those scenarios as well. Khan has realised some things with Hunter, i.e. He doesn't have to win rounds by a mile, to the detriment of his 12 round stamina. He doesn't need to jump in to generate power. He needs to mix hard single shots as well as combinations to deter fighters from attacking him. Then just some basic but important things like thinking more before he throws, he is setting more traps now rather than just throwing. He has moved up in weight which has helped, and probably the biggest thing training 8-9 months of the year, most of the above improvements are probably a result of this last point.

[ma51f]

Nope. Not at all.

Most likely guerrero or someone he knows he can beat.

Lol khan had the Peterson rematcg but 2 weeks before was cancelled due to peterson testing positive for steroids.

He has non-stopped chased the garcia rematch.

I get it, you a brook fan but be real at least.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Personally I don't think Khan has improved significantly in terms of defence. He's become more measured but he's still wide open when he jumps in with flurries.

Khan will always do well against boxers who don't hit that hard. Just like Mayweather usually hand picks slow flat footed brawlers.

[LacedUp]

Lol khan had the Peterson rematcg but 2 weeks before was cancelled due to peterson testing positive for steroids.

He has non-stopped chased the garcia rematch.

I get it, you a brook fan but be real at least.

When has Khan actively chased the Garcia rematch and who the hell mentioned Peterson?

Why would we want to see Khan fight yet another light welterweight?

[miniq]

When has Khan actively chased the Garcia rematch and who the hell mentioned Peterson?

Why would we want to see Khan fight yet another light welterweight?

Garcia & Peterson are no longer light welterweights.

Garcia can't make 140
Peterson barely can make 140. 15 pound gains overnight (18 pounds at a 143 catchweight)

[LacedUp]

Garcia & Peterson are no longer light welterweights.

Garcia can't make 140
Peterson barely can make 140. 15 pound gains overnight (18 pounds at a 143 catchweight)

Garcia himself said the other night that he could make light welterweight, so you're wrong.

Plenty of fighters increase 15 pounds over night these days.

[miniq]

Garcia himself said the other night that he could make light welterweight, so you're wrong.

Plenty of fighters increase 15 pounds over night these days.

Garcia won't make 140 again.



143 - does he look like a guy who can lose another 3 pounds? or would want to?

another catchweight or 147.

[LacedUp]

Garcia won't make 140 again.



143 - does he look like a guy who can lose another 3 pounds? or would want to?

another catchweight or 147.

Well, I'd rather take the word of the fighter himself who specifically said he could make 140 over guy with a red bar, ugly avi and an egg for an picture on twitter.