If Khan improves his inside game then there is no stopping him...NOBODY

when does khan slip?

 

Ok, now I KNOW you're trolling.

Have to admit though, credi where it's due - you reeled me in for a good few posts :good

touchè

 

Floyd for one can beat him any way he wants, you are seriously overrating Khan!

 

if khan is close enough to land, floyd is close enough to land one of his hooks, he leaps in behind them, the idea of YOU laughing at one of my posts is absurd.

 

I can't shake the feeling that Khan will get sparked once he starts fighting on the inside. It takes a certain kind of fighter to be effective fighting on the inside, I don't think Khan is that kind of fighter.

 

forget about the inside...khan sees someone walking him down, he runs for dear life....

 

How would he improve his inside game, pray tell?

His problem is he's not physically strong enough to stop guys getting in close in the first place. His punches aren't strong enough to back someone up, or even halt them from coming in. When his opponent is inside, Khan stops working. He stands there with his hands in a high guard which allows the uppercut in all night long. He hasn't the technique(doesn't sit down on 'em) or power to do damage with short punches on the inside, so there's no deterrent to an opponent getting in close and throwing what he likes. That'll never change. As far as I can see, he can work on his defence on the inside and that's about it. But then again, Freddie Roach doesn't concentrate on that with any of his fighters as far as I know. If Khan truly wants to improve on the inside, he'll need a different trainer. But I suspect they'll try to scrape a win against Peterson and from that point on try to avoid good inside fighters instead.

 

does anybody else feel that khan is a new version of zab judah? quick and talented but too flawed?

 

because he has skinny legs right

 

You can make a zillion "ifs" for all kinds of fighters. Khan is just not that good, relative to what people hope/expect him to be. He has flawed footwork and balance, isn't accurate, his defense consists of covering up and staying away rather than skillful slipping and parrying of the incoming (which makes it much easier to counter since you're in range). Rather than throw meaningful combinations, you know, where punch creates an opening and the next one exploits the opening, he largely throws little arm flurries without much leverage or accuracy behind it.

Most of all, he doesn't appear to be a fluid, adapting fighter in the ring. He fights like a programmed robot. Some fighters just have a knack for boxing and pick up techniques/skills better. They're more "natural" when it comes to boxing. Khan may be able to beat most top fighters in a footrace, or punches from point A to point B quicker, but judging by the way he fights, he probably doesn't pick up on boxing techniques better than a lot of world class fighters.

People are just going to be let down if they expect this future ATGness out of Khan. He is what he is, and is unlikely to ever be a whole lot more.

 

But the opponents will be bigger and stronger too, which cancels out any gain and he's back to square one. :huh