Improvements Required For Khan

I think that you're selling Billy Graham short by writing him off as a man who just wore the body bag and let Hatton pound him for the best part of an hour.

The TV crews focused on it because it was something different, but most of the other work was pretty textbook, though he did less work on the mitts than most trainers.

Before Hatton's ego took over and he felt he could just pressure opponents into submission he had most of the attributes of a top pressure fighter - he had good feet, good head movement and worked well at mid-range.

Based on results alone I think he's certainly got better credentials than Joe Gallagher, who's fighters resemble ''Graham-lite'' clones.

As for The Dark One, like Flea said he probably gets a bit too much kudos for his work so far, though I don't think he'd be the worst fit for Khan. For starters he'd say ''why are you throwing so many punches? why not make your punches count?'' - on the mental side I think he's very good, it's technically where he falls short at the moment.

 

The unfortunate thing for Khan, is that he’s been cursed with such a big flaw, that a lot of the things we’re asking him to improve on will be too much to achieve.

I know it’s mentioned way too often, but, he’s a just brittle guy. Both his chin and body. He doesn’t like being hit because, quite simply, he’s not physically tough enough to handle it. That’s one of the reasons why he runs a lot and fights with nervous energy. Because even if he did have a half-decent inside game, he’ll still be required to take shots; be it to his shoulders, rib cage, top of the head, etc. Only if you’re a defensive wizard like Mayweather will you be able to minimize the damage you receive. Khan’s nowhere close to attaining half of what Mayweather has. Most fighters aren’t. The moment he takes a solid shot – which inevitably will stun him – he’ll be there for the taking unless he gets on his bike and fights at range.

 

this sums it up

 

Adam Booth would be a bad move, he's basically told Haye he wasn't capable of taking punches from a heavyweight and rinsed out the same boring gameplan for fights with Haye and Groves. Haye showed he can take a dig at Heavyweight maybe not great chin but not as bad as it was at Cruiser.

It's worked a few times but it's also nearly lost Groves a fight against Anderson and Haye losing to Wlad. If Khan went to Booth i couldn't see it working as BB said. One guy wants to throw 400 punches per round and the trainer wants 3 .

 

The hands down, chin in the air defence most definitely won't work for Amir.

He already does the silly, waving his arms around bit so there's not much he can pick up from Booth unfortunately.

I know it's a lazy answer, as everyone seems to say it after a bad defeat/KO loss but Steward might be a good option. He'd have him picking his shots better almost immediately.

The problem Khan has is that he absolutely hates getting hit or having the opponent close to him..... whereas Steward trades on his fighters being able to smother their opponents punches or tie them up, or catch them with the uppercut coming in.

Plus, the whole philosophy upon which he's won most of his fights is alien to a thinker like Manny.

 

I think vs Maidana and Peterson Khan has shown grit, a decent chin to what he used to have, and vs Peterson Khan took a pounding to the body all night.

Thats not brittle for me.

Khan uses up too much energy to due him depolying tactics of hit and move, but as we have seen when put under pressure he does not seem to handle it well, and this is something he needs to improve in.

 

I think brittle may be the wrong adjective but his analysis was spot on, when Khan gets tagged on the inside he gets his track shoes on.

 

Thats not his type of fight, he is right to do that, in fact vs Peterson he did not do it enough, otherwise he would of been the clear winner.

 

Not run away! He needs to move around that space and get out to comfortable range without raggedly running...straight back into the ropes.

Deft and economic movement back to mid-range should be what he's working on, not backing straight out in back lines with the objective of getting as far away as possible in the confines of a ring

 

I agree 100%

 

ring wasnt big enough mate

 

:rofl