Attention wise, how do Khan fans feel about being nudged a bit out of the UK picture?

Khan has moved on to bigger and better things, he's headlining Vegas now. So why would he care that his profile has diminished on the British scene? (Which I dont accept btw Khan could sell out a UK arena any day of the week)

Haye v Wlad is the biggest fight of the year so its not surprising that is what UK fans are looking forward to right now. But thats the same all over the world.

I admit I use to be one of the doubters until the Maidana fight but on that night Khan showed everyone that he is a class act with a lot of heart. Khan is now doing things the right way. After the Prescott wake up call he got rid of the Team Khan hangers on and went to the best. I think he also learnt the lesson from Prince Nas, who was arrogant enough to believe he could get to the top with raw talent alone. Then when he came brutallly unstuck all his yes-men and lackeys had no answers. Khan is just a completely different fighter since he signed on with Freddy Roach.

Khan is never going to appeal to the same beer swilling football crowd that followed Hatton. But a lot of people on the outside seem to think that the Hatton fans are representative of the entire British boxing scene. Real boxing fans in the UK now appreciate Khan and respect him as a champion. A lot of us weren't convinced by him at first but he did enough in that Maidana fight I think to silence the doubters

Khan has the potential to become a truly global superstar, like someone else mentioned people now want to see him in the US, Asia and the middle east. He has the kind of crossover appeal that Hatton's commercial backers could only dream of.

Hattons appeal was a very British thing. People abroad find it very hard to understand. He was the bloke down the pub, a kind of underdog even when he was the favorite. It was nothing to do with his boxing skills (or lack of) but his personality and willingness to poke fun at himself which endeared him to Brits. Hatton seems to care more about those two losses on his record than any of his 'true' fans. He'd still be filling arenas now and people would buy the next ppv win or lose.

With Hatton unlikely to fight again and Haye looking to ride off into the sunset whether he beats Wlad or not Khan will be the unrivalled boss of the UK scene. I like Haye but in my eyes he is trying to engineer a legacy with minimum amount of effort. He'll never be an ATG of the heavyweight scene even if he beats Klitscko, cruiserweight maybe. Its hard to escape the fact that David Haye hasn't paid his dues as a heavyweight and he would never even have gone up to HW if the opposition wasnt so threadbare (Does anyone think that Haye would have mixed it up with Lewis or Tyson? I dont think so!)

Khan has what it takes to become p4p king and an atg He has many great nights ahead of him at the very top in Vegas. I anticipate a lot more wars and possibly a few more losses on his record before he is done but so few of the true greats have perfect records. It doesn't matter as much when you get to the very top. Its promoters like Frank ****** and Bert Bonde who think you have to wrap a fighter up in cotton wool and pad records with road sweepers then a few fights in vegas against has-beens so they can look good in the history books

 

there was a two page coverage in the Metro recently for the Khan-Judah fight

 

:think I could be wrong, but this part sounds pretty similar to:

 

even when Khan's profile was huge over here people still hated him nothings changed. As someone said his profile is bigger overall

 

I know you are a fan, but that is pretty delusional. Only FMJ and Pac could beat him at 140/147?

Mosley, Bradley, Clottey, Marquez, Margerito at 147, Cotto at 147, and it goes on.

Being a great athlete is all good and a well but doesn't equate to boxing IQ.
People who think Khan is an elite level boxer are just too blinded by the fact he has fast hand speed. Works reasonably well with the type of fighters he's fought so far. If you look beyond it however, he isn't particularly skilled. The moment he meets someone who can deal with it, it's game over.

No he didn't. You cannot compare the power behind two punches as the factors involved cannot be determined that easily. If he took the blow he got from Prescott he would go down just the same, as many would.

 

Khan was getting hurt by non-power punchers like Limmond and wobbled by jabs at lightweight. Khan's chin has improved with better conditioning and reshaping of body. But i agree that Darni is delusional that only FMJ and Pac would beat him at 140/147

 

Not really, it was 2:30AM and I couldn't be ****ed to reply to a rubbish post like that.

So wait, Maidana? - Over the hill? Kotelnik - Over the hill? Maidana - Can't Punch?

:rofl And with them, you said McCloskey had a great chance? Let me guess, you're one the many bitter McClown fans who think he's been 'cheated not defeated'.

If you think McCloskey had even 50% the chance that Kotelnik, Maidana or Malignaggi did, you're mistaken.

Your man didn't win a round and was on the defensive all night. What a way to go out for your travelling Irish fans atsch

 

You said Khan getting beat decisively and I said ONLY Mayweather and Pacman can do that around his weight, the rest would be close fights.


Mosley(Shot), Bradley(Ducked Khan), Clottey(decent fight but wont deal with Khan's speed), Marquez(Ducked Khan), Margerito(Is this guy even going to fight again?, I tip Khan to beat this guy also)


Plus wait until Khan moves to 147, this weight will suit Khan perfect most these guys are done meaning too old, would be perfect timing for Khan to face them.

Berto and Ortiz would be hard fights for Khan as they are both young, fast, and powerful.

 

dont be stupid darni

Margo would be an absolute stylistic nightmare for khan.

 

why do you think that?

 

Wow, I didn't know it was like that. Where I live it's completely different. Everyone I know in the area hates Khan and says he will never ever be British. he's not not accepted like that. In the pubs especially all I ever see is people praying he loses.

 

Margo is done buddy, wont deal with Khan speed, the guy has no defence, his defence is his face.

 

Margo would have no respect for Khan's flurries at all and walk straight through him. If you think Khan can keep up with 12 rounds of that relentless pressure, I disagree.

 

But Khan doesn't have the power to keep him off, Margo will just walk through him and break him down. Especially as the fight would have to take place at 154 where Margo would have a huge advantage in strength.

 

Being outclassed in a 12-round fight can be more mentally damaging than being sparked out in a few rounds, in my opinion.

With the latter you can at least hold on to the excuse that you made one glaring mistake and you didn't get a chance to show what you were about - like Khan did against Prescott.

But when you're outclassed over a long period of a fight, it shows that you had no answers for what you were up against. You have less excuses to fall back on, and therefore you risk losing hope and confidence in your abilities. An example of this would be Pavlik having his 34-0 recorded ended by Hopkins, ceasing to be the same fighter he was. As well as Tito seeing his awesome 40-0 come crashing down after Hopkins ruined him for 12 rounds, and going on to lose 2 of his next 4 fights before retiring.