Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford: I Felt Amir Khan Took The Easy Way Out

[Letmaku]

Amir Khan is one of those protected young fighters who still wants to fight the 40 yrs old midget, former malnourished Pacman!?

[cameltoe]

What I saw was a guy that was getting hurt, was injured, befuddled by what was in front of him and having flashbacks of being brutally KO’d against Canelo. He knew if he went out like that again it was career over, so he was gifted an opportunity to get out and he took it.

I heard him say in the corner in round 2 ‘he’s hurting me’ and Hunter asked ‘he’s hurting you?’ and Khan being experienced with coaches and knowing that the towel would go in immediately if he confirmed that he said those words changed his mind and said ‘nah, I’m okay’, he quit from that moment on.

He was losing the fight, sure, but this narrative that Khan was being beaten from pillar to post ala Pacquiao v De La Hoya is simply untrue. Yet I keep reading it.

Crawford was getting the better of him and Khan was mostly ineffective, but he wasn’t being absolutely beaten down in there.

Khan may or may not have looked for a way out, and Crawford may have been coming on strong, but in no way did Khan look like he was about to fold without being hit low.

IMO of course.

[P4Pdunny]

In Khan's colourful mind, he was prob up on the cards before this occured.

[P4Pdunny]

the height of arrogance crawford hits khan with an intentional nut shot then blames him for quitting. garcia thurman porter spents any one of them KO's this bum

wasn't intentional, and while it was undoubtedly low it wasn't in his private parts and most of those guys don't stop Crawford. Spence has the best chance and it's still debatable.

[hugh grant]

Yes, he did. But why are you hitting him with illegal punches in first place?

[sportbuddha]

He was losing the fight, sure, but this narrative that Khan was being beaten from pillar to post ala Pacquiao v De La Hoya is simply untrue. Yet I keep reading it.

Crawford was getting the better of him and Khan was mostly ineffective, but he wasn’t being absolutely beaten down in there.

Khan may or may not have looked for a way out, and Crawford may have been coming on strong, but in no way did Khan look like he was about to fold without being hit low.

IMO of course.

Listen to the end of round 2 or it might have been 3, he says it himself ‘he’s hurting me’.

Usually I’m one of the soul voices of support for Khan among a wave of hate, but I don’t even think it was entirely physical, I genuinely believe that Canelo KO shook him mentally and he was having PTSD moment against Crawford. Let’s face it, how could it not affect him, he will have seen the replays and be thinking ‘I could have died in there’.

[Nomadic]

Let me punch you with a full power uppercut to the ballsack and see how long it takes you to get up.

You better go back and watch the replay again.

[sportbuddha]

I think if you listen real carefully you'll hear Khan say his right arm/ elbow is hurting him.

Okay maybe I misheard, Virgil did say after he’d had a chipped bone in his elbow which does explain his lack of speed. Just sounded like ‘he’s hurting me’, could be wrong.

[MDPopescu]

Yes, he did. But why are you hitting him with illegal punches in first place?

... it was by accident... but you say it as if Crawford needed to hit him low... in the 5th round, Bud landed 18 of his 29 power punches (62%)...

[LetOutTheCage]

Yeah he definitely did, so glad I didnt buy the PPV. I thought my respect for Khan had already reached rock-bottom, then he tried to claim the fight was turning before the low-blow and suggested Vergil was at fault for stopping the fight.