That Punch by McCloskey...

thats outa line imo

 

im thinking along these lines. i also had hopes that mccloskey would amount to something really good but when i think about it ive been thinking that for about 3 years. his career has stagnated badly and as you point out the injuries cant have helped. khan probably has too much energy for him at this point.

having said that, people seemed to forget khan rushing in against paulie, square on throwing straight left rights, prime for a heavy counter which is exactly what paul does well. in all seriousness though this fight isnt ever going to happen anyway.

as for the thread, classic forum stuff. someone has a decent win ie khan and is now the 2nd coming of ray leonard and someone else has a bad night and is now complete ****, everything they have ever done isnt worth a jot


mccloskey is a good fighter, a entertaining slick fighter but his conditioning his style bending to the side with one glove up which leads to sometimes taking flush punches and his tendancy to be drawn into a scrap mean he wont win a world title imo. its a shame because they are all arguably fixable

 

I reckon any pro boxer of note, not neccesarily a top guy or a big puncher, but any name fighter, could have knocked out in similar style an average opponent who wasnt paying attention. That KO didnt indicate that McCloskey is a big puncher, only that he is sharp enough to snap up an oppertunity against a totally unprepared opponent. He wouldnt get that oppertunity against Khan. Khan beats him easily, decent operator though McClosky is. I wouldnt rule out a very early demolition job like Salita, Earl or ***an.

 

no. not on khans level. nowhere near. if it was a streetfight then maybe. his technique is average at best. the ko punch was telegraphed it was all arm. lauri should have seen it coming a mile off.

 

lmaaooo

 

He wouldnt land on Khan, in fact he isnt even on Khans radar:good

 

He's not featherfisted, shot, blown up or pushing 40 so of course he's not on Khan's radar.:yep

 

yep, he'll be able to see them in the crowd when someone hoists him above there shoulders after he stops McCloskey :smooch

 

hes also average and not world class:smooch

 

You honestly think that Khan will fight McCloskey within 12 months? There is no money whatsoever in that fight. He looked good against an out of sorts and head ****ed Lynes and struggled with a man who both Witter and Hatton had for breakfast when Lauri wasn't an old man and all of a sudden he is ready for a world title shot?

 

Dont bother Icemax, it an unwinnable arguement