When was Khan a flat footed Puncher? What was being worked on in camp?

Spencer Fearon ‏@Spencer_Fearon

@AmirKingKhan @asifvali Listen to the operative word CONditioner I rest my case no further questions your honor

 

can we all just admit he is not elite level now,he is world class no doubt,but like a lot have said he has big flaws to compete with the best which we have found out,i hope to god he don't move up,he would be ****ed

 

I was searching for a thread like this !!!

Khan " HAS TO " leave Freddie and the wild card gym ?? why ??

Ill tell you why , Khan is making mistakes that rookie amateurs make , he's not slipping or rolling shots , his right hand is level with his shoulder when he throws a left hook and at least 2 inches away from his body let alone his chin , he doesn't step off after he throws , he doesn't faint , he doesn't roll out of a combo , he's stopped doubling up his jab , he isn't twisting into his hooks particularly his left hook , his hands and chin are in incorrect positions when (defensively) after every single combination he throws , the list goes on

All this , is relevant , why ??? because its stuff he was doing as a 10 & 0 pro , even before Prescott !!! , If your coach is happy with you cutting corners , then you will cut corners , if your coach is happy that your prep and particularly the sparring and game plan is correct and has been done " the right way " you will believe it , a fighter will look for ways out of doing things the " right way " , because the right way is always the hard way !! Roach has taken his eye off the ball with Khan it was so obvious during on the ropes it was actually borderline unprofessional

Added to that its actually stuff he'd looked to of cut out of his game until Peterson , these habits have gotten worse not better , actually worse , how is that possible ?? COMPLACENCY , the Amir Khan that danced around Kotelnik and wouldn't even dream of throwing a left hook would of bashed Danny Garcia into next week , without taking any damage too :deal

The Wild Card is no longer a home for well trained animals improving every day , its Freddie Roach's celebrity corner , its the place that Vogue suggests you go if you want to box , its the fashionable alternative to the Kronk gym !!!! , he's lost it , and i want Khan to leave him

I stated to SkillsPayBills i believe that " if Khan has gone backwards , Garcia will beat him " well i think we all can state unequivocally that Khan has gone backwards !!!

He needs a fresh start , he needs to put the WC and FR behind him :deal

Edit; i find unfamothable that Khan could stand in front of an inside fighter and fight predominantly an inside fight with a guy who could of only beaten him on the inside !!! , WTF is this bull**** !!! how did it happen !!! Roach has to go and Khan needs to ****in humble up and get ****ing real , or he's gonna get flattened again and again and again !!!

 

pedro diaz , floyd snr , manny steward and ronnie shields should all be on his list of next destinations

 

That man right there is who Khan needs

 

I think Wladimir has about 15x the brain capacity of Khan.
Also he RIGHT away realised he needed a defensive coach unlike Khan who went to a coach that made him even MORE offensive minded.

Add to that Wladimir can actually get away with fighting like a puncher because well.... he has monster 1 punch KO power.
Khan only has speed and just enough power to keep someone honest.

Their boxing IQs are also lightyears apart.

 

Good post. I don't believe that Khan took it easy or slacked off, he's just flawed, and these flaws still haven't been corrected. I also noticed in the Lamont Petersen fight that Freddy's Parkinsons seems to be getting worse and IMO he's becoming harder to understand.


The sparring thing on behind the ropes was shocking. Khan was sparring as if he was Arturo Gatti and Roy Jones rolled into one. Freddy was away from the gym that time, and no one else was able to give Khan a bollocking and tell him to cut that **** out. He was having a war in there, almost like he's trying to prove to people that he's a fighter.

 

I used the term complacency , this wasn't Khans wake up call , Peterson was Khans wake up call , and he or his head coach didn't step up to the plate , instead what happened ?? Khan preceded to blame everything on Peterson being juiced up instead of saying hey Freddie i didn't look so good against Peterson here boss ??!! , WTF happened

I use Kotelnik as my prime example of Khan going backwards , in that particular fight he was still scared shitless of losing , and protecting his chin that i can hardly remember him throwing a hook , not a single hook , and Roach was vehement in his instruction , he was like a man possessed , both of them were , possessed about the fact Khan was now a different fighter , and using and developing a style that can carry him among the elite of boxing

Well all that has been flushed down the toilet because both of them have got complacent , its as simple and as cut and dry as that

And yes Khan should be firing double jabs out for fun , infact the double jab should be Khan's bread and butter !!! , its a very very effective technique

Thank you

Khan is flawed , but Tommy Hearns was flawed , the big problem and ill repeat its a catastrophically big problem is that Khan has started to go backwards , his flaws / bad habits are now worse than they have ever been , his ego is now bigger than it has ever been !!! , it needs to change , he needs to change , his coach and team needs changing , its not working

He has stopped working on his flaws and started to believe he is a fighter he's not , thats down to one man !! his head coach , a head coach who knows his fighter is flawed in several areas needs to press on them flaws , not rely on his man to iron them out himself , its his job to keep the kettle boiling , its his job to ram home the points and tactics , its obvious this isn't happening , very obvious

 

exactly. jab , occasional cross, take no risks until he is beaten up and is 10% slower, ther edge has gone from the power etc.

irritatingly stupid approach!

 

some very good posts here.

one thing i would say in addition though is that the maidana and to a much lesser extent peterson lulled them into a false sense of security. they thought 'hey, we dont need to just play safe, we can get in the pocket and fight too, coz khan can now take shots and wont just collapse in the ring' they decided to work on amir offensively and make him this quick combination puncher who moves in and out of range, but lacks fundamental defence. his performaces is wild card gym wars probably influenced them too, thinking if khan can mix it with pacquiao he can do anyone at 140. the wild card sparring seems to be quite insignificant when it comes down to bouts judging linares, pacquiao and khans defeat of late, yet allegdley brilliance in the wild card.

the performances against maliggnaggi and old judah just help paper over the gaping cracks in his technique.

 

Very true , every word !!!!