After Salita who would you like to see Khan fight next?

This match up is a knocking bet as Malignaggi cant punch his way out of a paper bag either!!

 

Marquez

 

I'd like to see Paulie outbox Khan for 11 rounds then TKO him in the 12th. I get the feeling everyone's underrating Malignaggi. He'd be by far the best boxer Khan's been in with, no way would Khan KO him and I could genuinely see Paulie giving Khan hell.

 

This is a tailor made opponent for Khan.A recognisable name and a guy who doesnt possess the power to KO my god-daughter.I dont think he even outboxes Khan technically.Malignaggi was very much overhyped in the 1st place as was proven when Hatton took him to the cleaners!

 

Malignaggi's problem is that he gets hit way too much for someone who relies on reflexes to avoid punches. That said, apparently he looked good against Diaz despite losing the decsion, although I've not actually seen the fight yet.

 

Maidana. He's got to fight him eventually and its the perfect fight to show what he's learnt. It's all very well beating Salita and Kotelnik, but there will always be that doubt over him until he faces a puncher. Maidana punches hard but lacks in other areas so its not an impossible task, far from it if Khan hopes to go right to the top.

 

Maidana.

Until he faces (and beats) a puncher, there will always be doubts......

 

i think the OP is getting a little ahead of himself. Its not a given that khan will beat Salita!

To me Khan still needs to improve a lot before taking on any of the big guns at 140. I dont buy the "roach factor" BS. Sure khan is making less mistakes but thats only because he isnt being as attacking as he was prior to joining Roach, not because Roach has waved a magic wand and fixed all khans deficencies. When he goes on the offensive he still leaves himsself as wide open as he always did. He seems to be boxing by numbers now. In the kotelnik fight he was holding when he needed to cover up and covering up when he should have been holding, getting caught way to easy when under pressure. He needs to iron out these flaws before fighting the top talent in the division. He should have a few more defences against UK/Euro level fighters and if he shows signifcant improvements then go for the top guys.

 

If Paulie lets his hands go and catches Khan clean he could KO him. Buddy McGirt was the reason he looked so terrible the past few years. Paulie bitched about it a lot and tbh I wanted him to STFU, but he proved he was right by a very good performance against Juan Diaz, at a weight he must have killed himself to get down to as well. Khan's never been in against someone as fast as Paulie who will hit him consistantly. Khan's defense isn't awesome, Paulie would hit him a lot and I don't care how weak Malignaggi's punches are, one solid punch to the chin and Khan's going down.

 

Malignaggi has no power to speak of , he definitely does not have one punch KO power (even with Khan's glass chin), Khan would win this fight by stoppage around the 10th round.

 

To be honest I think Paulie is a nightmare opponent for Amir. He has the ability to beat/match Khan at his own game and thats the last thing he needs. People expect Amir to falter against big punchers, a poor performance/loss against Malinaggi would b terrible for him.

I'd go for Prescott probably. I doubt Kahn would et caught the same way a second time.

 

How's Paulie a nightmare? Sure he's fast and an okay boxer (I wouldn't say great because he relies mostly on a jab and gets hit a lot) but Khan is even faster than him. Khan has the use of two arms not just one. No way he'd outbox Khan.

 

Khan wouldn't stop Malignaggi.

Hatton took 11 rounds and is a far bigger puncher - and that was because of a corner stoppage, a dodgy one at that.

 

Paulie would be an awesome fight for Khan, especially if he gets by Diaz and that rises his stock.

 

I don't disagree with what you say but if he's holding a 'world' title, is it acceptable for him to defend against UK/Euro level fighters?