Khan needs to decide. Be entertaining or be a world champion. Can't have both.

He's aware of his defensive problems and if he wasn't concerned he wouldn't have made a big issue of it and changed trainers. I do think he's trying to be more of a safety first fighter, (and has been since the prescott fight) but I just think it's a case of "you can't change who you are". Also no matter how defensive or conservative he is, he can still get clipped and if the punch resistance isn't there it isn't there. I'm not sure he's trying to be entertaining. I just think it's a way of talking himself up when he gets clipped and put on his ass. "Yeah I got dropped but it was an entertaining fight, that's why my fights are so fun to watch" That's not an actual quote from him btw (no Pauliemc)

 

Being this sort of come forward fighter, despite a questionable chin and power isn't going to end well for Khan.

Yes he is entertaining, but you're right..

 

i still don't understand how people say he's exciting? it's only exciting because he gets hurt and runs, it then becomes exciting because of the other guy chasing him down lol.. without khan getting hurt his fights are boring because all he does is throw straight 1 2's then backs off again. Time khan and you beat him. As soon as he;s in there with somebody with a brain and a bit of power he loses.

Again the topic name is silly, do you think khan intentionally gets hurt to make the fight exciting?? I mean his fight with molina was soooooooo boring .. why was that? because molina had no power to hurt him and make him retreat.

 

I think you misinterpreted the fight quite a bit.

He wasn't at all trying to be exciting. He actually boxed a safety-first fight right up until that first knockdown. And even after it, he went on the defensive and allowed himself to recover. The very round after it he went back to being in control until he got hurt a couple of rounds after. And that there is where his problem stems from - his increasingly worse punch resistance. Got nothing to do with him believing he has power (don't know where you picked that up from the fight). It's strictly his ability to hold a shot. Because the moment he's hurt or knocked down, he breaks down and any improvements he has made have to take a backseat.

Oh, and there's the fact that he still hasn't found a way to spot a left-hook coming his way.

 

Khan is an absolute ******. He really should be much better.

 

Honestly, stupid posters like you really astound me. It really is so easy to do something different isn't it?

 

Sorry. Khan is great and is doing absolutely everything perfect. He really couldn't do anything better.

 

What’s wrong with what he said? He’s right, Amir’s a ******. Changing is never easy, however, in order to make the transition as seamless as possible, you work 24/7 on your flaws. With Amir this just isn’t the case, and all this talk of basing himself with Virgil was a farce. Even in the post-fight press conference he seemed reluctant to base himself with Virgil and instead tried to appease the media by talking about the possibility of slotting in a ‘mini camp’ when he’s inactive. He's extremely fortunate that he has a trainer who seemed desperate for Amir to spend more time with him. He's an idiot if he doesn't heed his own trainer's advice, especially with his own health at stake.

 

Here is a post from another thread, this is the beginning and end of Khan's problems in the ring..


"He doesn't have power or a good chin for the same reason... his poor posture/stance. Biomechanically it is very poor, he's always on his front foot with his COG towards the edge of his base of support. That gives him good mobility to move forward, but the inverse of mobility is stability. When you have stability you can give and receive a punch a lot better. With his stance the way it is the only hope for a decent punch is the left to the body. His right hand is completely negated by not having any weight underneath it and his chin hangs forward all the time, so more torque can be applied to it. His neck is never supported.
He leans forward moving quickly backwards and forwards in straight lines, throwing arm punches because he never has a central axis or a stable base to throw punches from.
Khan is completely done, he has that terrible stance and technique ingrained now, no trainer can ever change that. At least not when Khan gets in trouble, that's when an athlete always reverts back to their ingrained technique.

Khan gets a lot of flack on here, but I don't think he gets enough. He is one of the worst fighters I've ever seen get to this level, he has over achieved massively."

 

I thought he tried to stay out of a fire fight, Just struggled to not get hit.

 

what the **** happend to rubio :hey did he think he had no offence at that moment in time and you say since presscott he as been a more saftey first really so he left roach why atsch

 

Punctuation for ****s sake mate. I don't know why he chose/left Rubio.

Yes since Prescott he's made an effort to tighten up his defence, hence the switch to Roach, hence the safety first approach vs Kotelnik, hence the switch to Hunter and constant references to his defence. Why did he leave Roach? Probably 'cause he felt Roach had too many fighters to deal with and couldn't give him the commitment he wanted, probably 'cause he felt he hadn't learned enough defence. Probably 'cause he lost against Peterson and Garcia and felt he needed a change. Not saying he was right/wrong to do this btw but those are likely to be his reasons.

 

its a cop out to think Khan gets into these situations because he wants a tear up, he doesnt. he just doesnt have the ring intelligence or discipline to avoid them.

 

Khan is a very poor version of bobby chacon