Khan landed better shots on peterson than dirrel did on Froch, Forch vs Dirrell was a boring fight, Khan vs Peterson was an action fight so no **** khan gott hit with more punches.
You are a dumb ****er. I never said he was scared or not, I said he Fought scared - he didn't want to engage with froch where as Khan and Peterson often went toe to toe in a candidate for FOTY, Froch Dirrell was a boring fight with little action, Khan Peterson was the opposite of that.
We're not talking about quality of footwork, here. The threadstarter is making a comparison between the approach of the two fighters. Because those same people who mock Khan for running, defend Dirrell for doing the same thing (but 10 times worse) against Froch. Which is laughable. And no, Dirrell wasn't doing the moonwalk, but he was falling to the ground, literally, to avoid a punch :rofl. But according to some on here, that's called 'slick boxing' atsch.
But Khan didn't wanna make it an action fight, you sound like he wanted to put on a Gatti type performance. Everytime Khan is involved in an action fight it's because of his defensive flaws so why are you praising him for it? Khan would love to have Dirrell's defensive skills.
Yes, he didn't want an action fight, and he was indeed preferring it to remain at distance. But when the going got tough, he would still, on occasions, stand his ground and endure the slugfest that Peterson was bringing to him (whether he liked it or not). That's the point KO-KING is making. Dirrell, on the other hand, did nothing of the sort. He just ran, and ran, and ran, and ran. Regardless of him having better footwork and defensive skills than Khan, the fact remains that his approach in that fight stunk. How people can defend that, but criticize Khan - who was involved in a fight of the year candidate - is beyond me.
No comparisons other than Dirrell and Khan have horrible footwork that gets exploited by aggressors(Froch,Peterson). Dirrell did land cleaner blows than Froch but Peterson and Khan landed much cleaner punches on each other and came to fight. Khan's problem was that he could not infight or stop Peterson from coming in so he spoiled. Khan/Peterson was a good fight and Froch/Dirrell was a poor one. Peterson wanted to fight more than Khan and landed cleaner blows so I can see it as a close fight whereas although Froch/Dirrell was a fight with MUCH less landed punches, Froch did even less than Dirrell. Khan did look like an amateur and got bullied but he was way more willing to make it a fight than Dirrell, no question.
Don't get me wrong dirrel fought like he was scared of his shadow, but it was a fight with both men in the centre of the ring, Froch regularly being cleanly beaten to the punch and countered, and unable to catch Dirrel when he got on his bike and ending up swinging wildly Khan literally couldn't halt Petersons forward movement from a certain point and thus committed numerous fouls that he was warned multiple times for, whereas Froch was the one commiting the fouls against Dirrel (albiet out of frustration of him refusing to engage) Dirrell fought pretty much smart fight, though most may have found it a stinker (Dirrel won) Khan fought the wrong fight, and had no answer for Petersons attack, which made the fight enjoyable (peterson won)
The only reason why Froch-Dirrell remained more in the centre of the ring, was because Froch was hopeless at closing the distance and forcing him against the ropes. That still doesn’t dispel the fact that Dirrell ran far more than what was warranted. Froch was harmlessly following him (I say harmlessly, because he couldn’t muster anything), and Dirrell still felt the need run laps round the ring, and occasionally falling to his knees to avoid a punch. Khan, on the other hand, for his infringements and running, can at least fall on the excuse that Peterson was a much harder opponent who brought an extremely tough fight to him. Being a poor inside fighter, it was only natural for him to try and stay away and keep the fight at long range where he’s most favoured. But despite all of that, Dirrell’s running is more justified than Khan’s. Because he made Froch look amateurish. Well, Mosley made Pac look amateurish, too. I guess his running was ok as well.
I don't get what you're talking about tbh The OP said Froch - Dirrel wasn't a robbery, it was, Dirrell outboxed him He compared it to the Khan fight - no comparison If Khan had been on the run and HADN'T been caught repeatedly and dragged into a fight he didn't want to fight, then yes, they may be similar, as it was, that didn't happen, Dirrell was robbed, Khan wasn't Why bring up Mosely who didn't land a punch and compare it to Dirrell who was constantly landing and moving? Why? Normally I think you talk sense but I'm not sure what you're getting at and I don't see the sense in comparing very different fights
Yeah, sorry. Ive totally gone off on a tangent. Ive turned the OPs question of who you think won, into who was doing the more running.
Not too bright yourself seeing as you missed my point entirely. As I said to the other fella, it's fine if you don't agree, no need to go all internet gangsta about it.