Comments Thread For: Khan: If I Stop, Floyd Says 'Thank God He's Off My Case'

[Reloaded]

I actually agree with amir.

Khan beats at this point. You pretty much have to dawg it and pressure khan to beat him.

Floyd offense looks slow. And he won't beat amir sitting back.

Floyds accuracy position and timing would pick Amir apart , you guys are too busy trying to rag on Floyd to the point you cannot see where he is truly great .

This is why Floyd is beating everyone and all styles put in front of him .

[anonymous2.0]

He thinks he looked really good against Algeiri? I thought the conclusion everyone drew from that fight was that Algieri meshed really well with JDJ and Amir, despite getting the win, struggled and couldn't adapt.

[thack]

Khan says "I looked good in all of them..." He has a short memory:

April 27, 2013:

Amir Khan survived an early knockdown and a late onslaught to eke out an unconvincing points win over supposedly damaged goods in Julio Díaz, yet he was told within minutes of the decision that his next fight would be for a world title.

On his return to the UK after an absence of two years, the judges gave it to him 114-113, 115-113 and 115-112, but again Khan's lack of one-punch power allowed his opponent to force him into uncomfortable situations. He had the heart but not the hammer.

I had it a draw, but with the sixth and the 12th even, and two 10-8 rounds to the Mexican, so there was little in it either way. However, the loser will feel aggrieved on two counts: first, that he started too cautiously and second, that he did not receive full dividend for his domination of the second half of the contest.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...io-diaz-boxing

May 29, 2015:

On Friday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Khan used blinding hand speed and superior movement to earn a unanimous-decision victory over the rugged Chris Algieri (20-2) in the main event of the Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV. It wasn't a sparkling performance from Khan, but it was a win nonetheless...

While the performance was a winning one for Khan, it didn't leave many members of the boxing media impressed.

Showtime's Brian Custer, Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix and Fight Hub TV's Mick Akers wouldn't endorse a Khan-Mayweather bout..

The ease with which Algieri landed shots makes it seem as if Khan could find himself in dire straits against Mayweather—or Kell Brook for that matter. Normally, a fighter's stock doesn't go down after a unanimous-decision win, but that might be the case for Khan after Friday night.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...d-and-reaction

Khan 'oh dear I forgot about all that but I'm super star all the traffic in Pakistan stops when I fight'.....Fluid moving traffic there then !...P4P the thickest kid in boxing.

[Bronx2245]

Khan 'oh dear I forgot about all that but I'm super star all the traffic in Pakistan stops when I fight'.....Fluid moving traffic there then !...P4P the thickest kid in boxing.

He also says "I beat Maidana..." but yet he forgets:

December 12, 2010:

Amir Khan, still a world champion but headed for hospital, mumbled through the bruises and cuts that dressed a face rearranged only moments before by Marcos Maidana: "I proved tonight I've got a chin."

What an understatement. The 4,632 fans scattered around an arena that holds twice that number in the bowels of the Mandalay Bay last night were brought to their feet in a frenzy in round 10 as the Argentinian challenger – who came to the fight with an 87% stoppage record – belted Khan from one side of the ring to the other.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...-maidana-fight

Khan has not been very impressive in his career. His wins over Maidana, Diaz, and Algieri were close, not mention his losses to Garcia and Peterson.

[thack]

Khan has not been very impressive in his career. His wins over Maidana, Diaz, and Algieri were close, not mention his losses to Garcia and Peterson.[/QUOTE]

And you mustn't forget that not so close fight he had with Prescott ...the only thing that was close to is it lasted nearly a full minute LOl.

[sako5]

Khan has not been very impressive in his career. His wins over Maidana, Diaz, and Algieri were close, not mention his losses to Garcia and Peterson.

And you mustn't forget that not so close fight he had with Prescott ...the only thing that was close to is it lasted nearly a full minute LOl.

The only that was close was his a55 to the canvas

[MisanthropicNY]

Amir doesn't realize Floyd is using the clear and other PEDs

[MisanthropicNY]

He also says "I beat Maidana..." but yet he forgets:

December 12, 2010:

Amir Khan, still a world champion but headed for hospital, mumbled through the bruises and cuts that dressed a face rearranged only moments before by Marcos Maidana: "I proved tonight I've got a chin."

What an understatement. The 4,632 fans scattered around an arena that holds twice that number in the bowels of the Mandalay Bay last night were brought to their feet in a frenzy in round 10 as the Argentinian challenger – who came to the fight with an 87% stoppage record – belted Khan from one side of the ring to the other.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...-maidana-fight

Khan has not been very impressive in his career. His wins over Maidana, Diaz, and Algieri were close, not mention his losses to Garcia and Peterson.

In Amir's defense, PEDerson was juicing like Floyd...

[Bronx2245]

Amir doesn't realize Floyd is using the clear and other PEDs

He also doesn't realize Manny went from Alex "Suspect Shakes" Ariza to Justin "Steroid User" Fortune, for his S&C coach. I guess Amir is between a rock and a hard place!

March 12, 2010:

Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, said he has worked with two fighters who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs but takes precautions so it won’t creep into his gym in Hollywood, Calif.

Roach said one of his former fighters, Justin Fortune, was known to have used PEDs and James Toney twice tested positive for steroids, once when he was working with Roach.

“I won’t say I didn’t know,” said Roach, referring to Toney. “I never asked him, though. I never had a conversation. I could see his body structure had signs, his traps and stuff. He was either lifting a lot of weight or he was on (something).

“… I think I had one other fighter on steroids also, Justin Fortune. … I know he’d been there before.”

http://******.craveonline.com/news/1...itive-for-peds

[Bronx2245]

In Amir's defense, PEDerson was juicing like Floyd...

You mean like Floyd AND MANNY. What really happened during the Bradley rematch?

“We reached out to VADA but I talked to Cisco [Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar] and he said WADA did a great job with the [Juan Manuel] Marquez-Bradley fight,” explained Arum to Carp. “So we’re going with WADA.”

Well, Mr. Arum, there’s a problem with that statement.

“WADA is not a testing agency and therefore is not responsible for the testing about which you inquired,” said WADA spokesman Ben Nichols. “Only signatory organizations are subject to the rules and regulations of the World Anti-Doping Code. The boxing federation that operates under the WADA Code is the IBO.”

More on the IBO at another time.

This marks the latest in a series of mishaps and misunderstandings regarding WBO welterweight champ Tim Bradley and his desire to fight on a level anti-doping playing field.

In late January, Bradley and Pacquiao agreed to meet in a rematch. As part of the agreement, Bradley announced that both men had agreed to undergo testing by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA). Bradley’s undergone VADA testing, which sets the highest standard in sport with its strict anti-doping protocols, for his last two fights. Pacquiao underwent the VADA process in his last fight versus Brandon Rios, whose fight night sample tested positive for DMAA, a banned stimulant.

However, by early February, Bradley announced that the testing issue had hit a snag. Much like his last fight versus Juan Manuel Marquez, (http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-bo...uez-vs-bradley and http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-bo...ncy-is-failing), it would appear that Top Rank Promotions founder Bob Arum and the Nevada State Athletic Commission have decided to handle the anti-doping tests being sought after by Bradley and agreed to by Pacquiao. Arum will pay for it and once again, Nevada appears to be willing to pay lip service to the idea that it can and will conduct testing on the level of VADA. The last time the NSAC claimed such, it turned out to be untrue. They didn’t conduct Carbon Isotope Ratio testing on every sample the way VADA does.

Arum told Lem Satterfield of www.******.com, “It’s complete WADA testing of everything from soup to nuts.”

http://******.craveonline.com/news/3...ng-by-the-nsac

What does that mean? “Complete WADA testing of everything from soup to nuts?” That statement has no value. Is there testing for EPO, HGH, and the CIR testing for synthetic testosterone on every sample? Yes or no? Is the full steroid panel being used? Is Epinephrine being tested for? Are the fighters allowed to rehydrate using intravenously? WADA Code prohibits it. WADA Code prohibits the use of a needle of any kind unless express permission is given well in advance.

Why does NSAC testing cost more than VADA when the amount of times the most expensive test, CIR, conducted in the Bradley-Marquez training camp was half of how many times VADA CIR-tested? I couldn’t tell you. Are they using IDTM or Clearidium, two WADA-certified sample-collecting agencies or will someone else be involved?

Saying you are up to WADA Code is easy. Doing it is hard. Even still, the bar set by VADA is even higher than the WADA Code. It is a specific protocol that goes above and beyond what everyone else is doing.

Arum and Top Rank will be paying a fee of $35,000 to the NSAC to conduct testing. “The results will go to the commission,” Arum told ******.

What we don’t know is when the results go to the commission.

In a story published on Maxboxing.com about Golden Boy Promotions and the Danny Garcia vs. Erik Morales fight, results management is a key issue in anti-doping testing. (http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-bo...ent---part-two)

In the event of a positive A sample, who gets notified? Is a positive result defined with the language quoted in the linked article as both the A and B sample testing positive? In that case, a fighter could technically test positive for a banned substance, continue with the fight having never tested the B sample at all or at least until after the fight. VADA releases results to the commission, Fight Fax and the relevant parties after the A sample.

In the scenario in which the A and B sample must be tested before releasing results, the door is open for a terrible precedent. In that scenario, what happens when a fighter loses to someone who tested positive? What happens if said fighter is permanently injured? Is the promoter liable for damages?

The financial risk of canceling a fight because of a positive test is great. Insurance companies likely won’t insure a fight for that eventuality but rather than control results and leave one open liable for damages, perhaps better undercards are the solution or at the very least, a co-main event solid enough to become an A-side in the event of a fight being canceled.

An even better solution: don’t cheat.

As with the Marquez fight, perhaps because he recognized that VADA is a high bar that has been set and once you reach a certain peak, you don’t back down, Bradley has announced that he will once again undergo VADA testing for this fight.

Pacquiao has not joined him in that stance despite the fact he used VADA in his last fight and they detected a banned substance in his opponent. His trainer, Freddie Roach, is a big fan of VADA. His fighters, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, Pacquiao and WBO junior welterweight champ Ruslan Provodnikov are all VADA-tested fighters.

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-bo...d-be-mandatory

But all that said, Pacquiao is letting Bradley and, consequently, VADA stand alone in this one.

Why Bob Arum and Nevada want VADA out of the picture and into their subpar anti-doping protocol is a good question.

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-bo...ao-ii-testing-