Amir Khan's footwork got him in trouble imo...............

Amir Khan's footwork got him in trouble imo, which is kinda ironic for me, as I believe both fighters have questionable footwork, just that Khan happens to be more skilled with his hands, not to mention he is much quicker.

Maidana did'nt even do a good job of cutting the ring down, its just that he was able to exploit Khan's footwork imo.


I believe Khan fights too square when on the backfoot, meaning when he moves laterally, he takes lots of little baby steps instead of standing side on and taking one big step, then pivoting, therefore when pressure is applied, he's easier to catch up to BECAUSE he takes so many small steps, not only that, he also moves straight back on the line when attacked, these two things are what I believe culminated in him getting trapped on the ropes when Maidana applied the pressure, which is what allowed Maidana to catch up to him, as Maidana's footwork is just as bad imo, infact he wasn't doing a particularly good job of cutting the ring down, he was just able to exploit Khan's footwork by applying more pressure, if he applied more pressure Khan's footwork would invariably get him trapped near the ropes sooner or later.

Maidana's footwork was no better either, as one of the reasons Khan landed the counter right hand over his jab so many times, is because he reaches with it, he doesn't get his feet into position when he throws the jab, he also, IMO, doesn't cut the ring off particularly well, as your supposed to beat the opponent to spot to cut the ring of sufficiently, only Maidana was following Khan around at times.

I think you could see how much Khan struggled with Kotelnik's pressure in the last few rounds of their fight when Kotelnik applied more pressure, and I seem to remember Barry McGuigan after the Gomez fight, questioning his ability to handle pressure, so maybe this is on ongoing thing because of his footwork?


I dont know if it was part of the game plan, or whether Amir adjusted himself, but when Maidana landed that right hand in the earlier rounds, Khan started moving to the right, away from Maidana's right hand, I thought that was smart, particularly if Amir consciously made that decision himself, as that to me would say he is learning to adapt on the fly without Roach's instructions. What Khan did seem to take away that right hand for a while, as Maidana is seemingly not as potent with the left hook, as he is with the right.

What would worry me if I were a Khan fan, would be there were a couple of rounds in the early to mid part of the fight, cant remember which, where I felt Khan seemed to over-commit to a couple of shots, or chose the wrong spots to attack in, and left himself open, although he did mention in his interview that maybe he felt it was getting a little easier but I had to start focusing again cause I were getting caught with stupid shots.

Great performance by Khan, infact we can add this fight to other great fights of this year, of which there is seemingly a long list........Lopez vs Rafa Marquez, Raul Martinez vs Rodrigo Guerrero, Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze, Pacquiao vs Margarito, Juan Manuel Marquez vs Michael Katsidis, Giovani Segura vs Manuel Vargas, Soto-Antillon, Burgos -Hasegawa
Khan-Maidana

 

Whats up cuz :thumbsup

You think of the fight?

 

I personally question whether he will ever be complete, in terms of skills, cant see him ever adapting his mid to inside game, I reckon that kind of skill takes years to master, but I can see where you coming from, if he sticks to what he does well, improves on certain aspects, then who knows.

I think he's getting a good schooling under Roach, infact in many ways, Roach is the perfect trainer at this! point, as he is a great strategist, which is essential for someone like Khan imo, as his biggest flaw, besides that chin, has been his naivety imo, well maybe slowly but surely he is becoming a more saavy fighter under Roach? If he were to leave, I reckon he would probably leave a smarter fighter so.....

 

Yeah I seem remember a graphic example of this to.

I do think he would give Mayweather some issues, but I also think Mayweather would adapt so.........

Just gonna watch Simpson-Lindsay, back in a bit :thumbsup