Is Amir Khan's wealth and fame limiting his in ring potential?

[Real King Kong]

Virgil Hunter brought this up recently and I think it's a great point. He's been a millionaire since 17 and is financially set for life and he seems to be caught up in the superstar lifestyle. He focuses on boxing 6 months a year and spends the other half travelling around the world; he may only fight just the once this year. All the charity work he does is great don't get me wrong but I think Virgil has a point, he's ao devoted to all these extra-curricular activities and as a result his boxing suffers. He COULD be "great" but he may never reach his sealing because unlike the greats, he's not in the gym all year round. Do you agree?

I agree with everything except that he could be great.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I believe so. He should be in the gym working on his defensive liabilities. The reason why he looked so spectacular against Collazo and Alexander is cuz he'd been in the gym all that time, fight or no fight.

Or because they were absolutely tailor made for him.

[FrankieBruno]

Or because they were absolutely tailor made for him.

How on earth is Collazo tailor made for anyone?

The guy has given some tough tough fights to some solid names, 9 times out 10, you are in for rough night against Collazo.

Khan trained hard, stuck to the gameplan and it paid off.

[VG_Addict]

What does Khan need to improve?

[mathed]

It's a disease called idiotius continuanosis. Once you've contracted it, you will always be subject to it's stronghold.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

How on earth is Collazo tailor made for anyone?

The guy has given some tough tough fights to some solid names, 9 times out 10, you are in for rough night against Collazo.

Khan trained hard, stuck to the gameplan and it paid off.

Well he was old for starters, light hitting and a boxer.

Tailor made for Khan. I said before the fight he'd probably win every round unless he got caught with something ******.

[VG_Addict]

Well he was old for starters, light hitting and a boxer.

Tailor made for Khan. I said before the fight he'd probably win every round unless he got caught with something ******.

Boxers can't beat Khan?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Boxers can't beat Khan?

Not of Collazo's level. Algieri is a boxer and damn near beat Khan but he didn't fight like a boxer. If you stand off and try to box Khan, 9 times out of 10 you'll just get beat to the punch all night because of his speed.

[FrankieBruno]

Well he was old for starters, light hitting and a boxer.

Tailor made for Khan. I said before the fight he'd probably win every round unless he got caught with something ******.

He was coming off a knockout win, Khan doesnt exactly have the best chin, it could have easily gone all horribly wrong for Khan.

Khan made easy work of Collazo, something Thurman struggled to do. Collazo is a live dog and Thurman nearly paid the price for underestimating him.

Many people on here claimed Khan would struggle against Collazo, some even predicted he'd get knocked out...

[F!x]

As most boxing insiders agree, a prime Amir Khan beats any welterweight out there, including Floyd and Manny, all with relative ease most would suspect.

The thing limiting Khan isn't money and fame, it's his religion which forces him to fast every year and therefore restricts the number of times he can fight. During Ramadan, people generally tend to eat extremely unhealthily by waking up in the early hours, having a small feast and then going back to sleep in preparation for the next day's fasting. That's an atrocious eating pattern for an athlete to have for a whole month of a year which could ultimately effect Khan's performances each year, his physical condition and his psychological preparation for a fight.