I want Amir Khan to call..

I can't think of a single, prime/near-prime top ten fighter at LW/LWW that Khan has much chance against. Thoughts? Couple of guys here I'm not familiar (Reyes, Maidana) with that I'll see if I can get some videos of, but other than a light puncher like Malignaggi every guy on there can punch a bit and can time an opponent coming in.

Can Roach really improve Khan so that he doesn't rush in?

LW:

CHAMPION: Juan Manuel Marquez

Country: Mexico
Record: 50-4-0 (37 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 34
Titles: WBA, WBO

1. Juan Diaz

Country: USA (Houston, Texas)
Record: 34-2-0 (17 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #1 | Last Week: #1 | Weeks On List: 264

2. Joel Casamayor

Country: Cuba
Record: 36-4-1 (22 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #2 | Last Week: #2 | Weeks On List: 228

3. Edwin Valero

Country: Venezuela
Record: 25-0-0 (25 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #3 | Last Week: #3 | Weeks On List: 5
Titles: WBC

4. Rolando Reyes

Country: USA (Oxnard, Calif.)
Record: 31-4-2 (20 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #4 | Last Week: #4 | Weeks On List: 5

5. Michael Katsidis

Country: Australia
Record: 25-2-0 (21 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #5 | Last Week: #5 | Weeks On List: 116

6. Ali Funeka

Country: S. Africa
Record: 30-1-2 (25 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #6 | Last Week: #6 | Weeks On List: 44

7. Yuri Romanov

Country: Belarus
Record: 21-2-0 (14 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #7 | Last Week: #7 | Weeks On List: 129

8. Breidis Prescott

Country: Colombia (Barranquilla)
Record: 21-0-0 (18 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #8 | Last Week: #8 | Weeks On List: 12

9. Anthony Peterson

Country: USA (Memphis, Tenn.)
Record: 28-0-0 (19 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #9 | Last Week: #9 | Weeks On List: 12

LWW

CHAMPION: Manny Pacquiao

Country: Philippines
Record: 49-3-0 (37 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 1

1. Timothy Bradley


Country: USA (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Record: 24-0-0 (11 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #1 | Last Week: #1 | Weeks On List: 52
Titles: WBC, WBO

2. Ricky Hatton

Country: England
Record: 45-2-0 (32 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #2 | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 316

3. Junior Witter

Country: England
Record: 37-2-2 (22 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #3 | Last Week: #2 | Weeks On List: 220

4. Andreas Kotelnik

Country: Ukraine
Record: 31-2-1 (13 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #4 | Last Week: #3 | Weeks On List: 59
Titles: WBA

5. Paulie Malignaggi

Country: USA (New York, N.Y.)
Record: 25-2-0 (5 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #5 | Last Week: #4 | Weeks On List: 99

6. Juan Urango

Country: Columbia
Record: 21-1-1 (16 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #6 | Last Week: #5 | Weeks On List: 48
Titles: IBF

7. Kendall Holt

Country: USA (Paterson, N.J.)
Record: 25-3-0 (13 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #7 | Last Week: #6 | Weeks On List: 44
8. Ricardo Torres

Country: Colombia
Record: 32-2-0 (28 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #8 | Last Week: #7 | Weeks On List: 48

9. Herman Ngoudjo

Country: Cameroon
Record: 17-3-0 (9 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #9 | Last Week: #8 | Weeks On List: 48

10. Marcos Maidana

Country: Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Record: 25-1-0 (24 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #10 | Last Week: #9 | Weeks On List: 25

 

All of that is correct.

But none of it tells me he was weight drained at 135.

 

Well being 135 from 17yr-22yr cant be right with a big frame of 5'10.

 

The upper-body muscle mass probably didn't help him much.

 

I'm no expert but I'm struggling to believe he was weight drained in that shape.

It's something he has said to justify chasing the easiest belt and something his fans have repeated. Myth.

 

True, his body fat had to go down to around 4% to hold the upper body muscles and make 135.

 

Khan would make himself even more unpopular if he beat Hatton

 

And also, people will be critisizing the fact he said Ricky is a friend who he'd rather have in his corner or watching him ringside, this was only 2 weeks ago when he said this, imagine the criticism he'd recieve for calling Ricky out after that, its too controversial - Plus he would be even more of an enemy to british boxing for beating the loved guy of british boxing, no point in this fight even though its a good name on Khans resume, SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, i would be dissapointed if amir called ricky out after all that.

 

I don't think I could handle watching this. Hatton is done and those close to him need to make sure he sees sense before he suffers embarassing defeats to fighters he would have murdered two years ago.