Comments Thread For: Alexander on Khan: If You Are Not Born With a Chin...

[Box-Office]

Khan's rep for having a glass jaw is his best defence. Fighters go looking for the KO rather than working behind a good technique. It would be better to wait until Khan overcommits, as he often does, then pop him. It's exactly what Garcia did. Timing wins against speed.

Damn good point.

[Box-Office]

Khan will out muscle him and rough him up. He will try to Porter him.

[thack]

Khan will out muscle him and rough him up. He will try to Porter him.

Possible..I must say Khan's skills are better than Porters with out doubt but lets see how it pans out at welter I do think Khan will have enough to take it by may be three rounds but the new weight against a proven welter for me is the question

[Ray*]

Alexander has got a great résumé at 140/147 so far. Matthyse, Urango, Maidana, Bradley, Bailey, Porter, Khan not bad at all.

[- Ram Raid -]

Khan's rep for having a glass jaw is his best defence. Fighters go looking for the KO rather than working behind a good technique. It would be better to wait until Khan overcommits, as he often does, then pop him. It's exactly what Garcia did. Timing wins against speed.

Hunter's worked on getting him to think about what shots he's throwing and why, rather than just throwing unthinking, predictable and lengthy combos that leave him vulnerable.

That lazy right hand uppercut thrown from out of range that led him to get caught against Garcia is a prime example of that. He was in with a man who's left hook is a 'get out of jail free' card and he was throwing the perfect punch for Garcia to counter.

It'll be difficult to totally eradicate that tendency but I'm hoping that the work that he's done stripping down and then relearning his technique and habits will start to pay off.

The one thing that will probably always frustrate is his lack of inside fighting. He's not likely to learn that at this stage in his career and certainly not with Hunter who seems to encourage his fighters to hold and smother their opponents attack. As a Khan fan it's the best that I can hope for and it needs to be done. As a boxing fan, it's far from pleasant to watch.

You get the impression with Amir that to a certain extent, up until getting with Hunter he's been encouraged to train to his strengths. That's always going to create problems down the road. In any sport it's always best to train your weaknesses and play or fight to your strengths.

[Wicky]

Hunter's worked on getting him to think about what shots he's throwing and why, rather than just throwing unthinking, predictable and lengthy combos that leave him vulnerable.

That lazy right hand uppercut thrown from out of range that led him to get caught against Garcia is a prime example of that. He was in with a man who's left hook is a 'get out of jail free' card and he was throwing the perfect punch for Garcia to counter.

It'll be difficult to totally eradicate that tendency but I'm hoping that the work that he's done stripping down and then relearning his technique and habits will start to pay off.

The one thing that will probably always frustrate is his lack of inside fighting. He's not likely to learn that at this stage in his career and certainly not with Hunter who seems to encourage his fighters to hold and smother their opponents attack. As a Khan fan it's the best that I can hope for and it needs to be done. As a boxing fan, it's far from pleasant to watch.

You get the impression with Amir that to a certain extent, up until getting with Hunter he's been encouraged to train to his strengths. That's always going to create problems down the road. In any sport it's always best to train your weaknesses and play or fight to your strengths.

Yeah, I agree. He's naturally aggressive and Roach tuned that ability at the expense of a more complete toolset. Hunter is definitely making progress but Khan's machismo and lack of general intelligence will probably always be an achilles heel. He’s still too easily drawn into unnecessary conflict.

He has the potential to be a very good fighter – not an all time great, that ship has already sailed - but significant. He'll only achieve that though if he understands his only limitations and works within them. Every fighter has limitations. For all of his strengths Khan is simply not built as a toe to toe fighter. He’s too fragile. The mistakes that led to getting floored by Diaz would be MUCH more costly against either Manny or Floyd.

IMO Khan needs to turn the clock back to his fight against Kotelnik. He was clinical in that fight and used accuracy and speed not just to win points but to avoid any unnecessary damage.

I doubt Alexander be difficult, but against a puncher he’s extremely vulnerable.

[Lunchbucket]

I think Khan will win, but Devon is right. You can't put muscles on your chin!

[wlliam]

Wtf? When has Khan ever said it was him?

What a strange thing to give Khan **** for

Trolling, just doing my thing

[Yaconcha]

khan was a very good amateur, he had a head guard providing decent enough chin support and should have stayed with that. he does have fast hands though it would be a waste to not use them...i know...he could go into **** doin hand jobs. apply to www.****bros.com/careersforbumsdotdotdot****. lol

[Uklad]

Hope Khan puts beating on him.