If Amir Khan had an iron chin...

[sunny31]

No, his IQ is horrible, his foot work sucks and he throws the same shots over and over again...Why do ya'll try to make him out as some master boxer?

You don't shut out world champions without some decent boxing IQ. I think he understands his limitations but is prone to lapses in concentration, something which many good fighters down the years have had.

His footwork is extremely competent in certain aspects, ie when punching moving forwards, it's his upper body movement, and movement whilst in the pocket which is his biggest issue, similar to Wlad.

Again his punch variety is very good, but his technique suits straighter punches. He also has problems generating power when in the pocket, which is why his best work comes outside the pocket.

If you are going to criticise him at least be accurate.

[Larry the boss]

You don't shut out world champions without some decent boxing IQ. I think he understands his limitations but is prone to lapses in concentration, something which many good fighters down the years have had.

His footwork is extremely competent in certain aspects, ie when punching moving forwards, it's his upper body movement, and movement whilst in the pocket which is his biggest issue, similar to Wlad.

Again his punch variety is very good, but his technique suits straighter punches. He also has problems generating power when in the pocket, which is why his best work comes outside the pocket.

If you are going to criticise him at least be accurate.

what world champs did he shut out?

[ELHITMAN606]

It's not only his bad chin the dude is just wreckless

[dan_cov]

Your point is valid but I think he got screwed in the Peterson fight. Khan probably would have won any place other than DC.

If he fought anywhere else he'd of lost via DC more like.

[dibzvincent143]

would he reach P4P# 1 status?

NOOOOOOOOOO. Just NOOOOO.
Great fighters accept their weaknesses and adjusts to it.
Even Lennox learned it the hard way.
Other greats are just too gifted physically that they can bypassed that process.
Khan doesn’t acknowledge that his chin is weak, he is too egotistical and delusional for that. Hence he continues to do his stupid moves in the ring.
Why not fight tall and long behind a disciplined and consistent Jab?? Why not improve his defense and footwork??
With his attributes he certainly could. Now where is his knowledge in that?
He doesn’t use feints and baits, he doesn’t win the mental battles, he’s just plain delusional it’s cringeworthy to listen to him.
With his speed and reach he doesn’t even jab much to the body, like Floyd does to disrupt his opponents rhythm and stop them on their tracks.
With his speed he barely throws the lead right, or knows how to pull right counter.
Being the pound for pound number 1 is a different ballgame.

Floyd, pac, roy jones, lomachenko, lenox those guys are levels above Khan with an Iron Chin.
He ain’t even better than prime dela hoya even if you add that chin.

[dan_cov]

Why do people act like the point deduction(s) were unfair?
Any competent referee would of disqualified him, period.

He constantly low-blowed Peterson, rabbit-punched, clinched and pushed. He was warned and warned repeatedly, he's lucky the ref was so lenient.

[Dean_Razorback]

is been said before, is not just his chin, his defense is terrible

[b00g13man]

This again? Ugh!!

[abracada]

Amir Khan was giving Clenelo a boxing lesson before he got caught with a lottery punch. Let's say the chances of winning the lottery against Khan are 1/100. The chances of winning the lottery against Ruslan Provodnikov are 1/1,000,000, for comparison.

More like 1 in 3 with Khan, one power punch on the button is likely to knock him down.

[Shane1091]

Yes if he had a chin maybe he would make it up the very top and possibly top 5 P4P, but it's all ifs and buts. I like Khan fights he's entertaining,ans because of his vulnerabilities it makes it more exciting..people can say what they want about him but most of this fights are good to watch.