The Wildcard style not working for Khan: Inside game = eating uppercuts and bodyshots

Your really proud of this post.... Posting it in the brit forum aswel now
You must have forgotten the general is not the place for boxing discussions.

I agree with what your saying :good

 

The good thing is, Amir likes to learn man. I'm sure after his defeat, just like he did last time, he'll see what he did wrong and try to improve as much as possible.

Despite losing, controversially, I think he'd come back to beat Peterson in the rematch. What do you guys think?

Good post, by the way, Shaun.

 

Good post, I agree with your points.

 

Laz i don't think khan likes to learn.

He keeps brawling when hit. It really pissed me off. When hit he just starts brawling like an idiot, instead of sticking to his game plan. I don't understand it. He did it against maidana and again yesterday. Full credit to Lamont but khan showed tremendous flaws in there, flaws he's shown in patches in the last 5 fights. He should have learnt from the maidana fight where it almost cost him.

He improved a lot after the prescott loss. But after the fight he knew he ****ed up and knew what he did wrong. Hes not making the right noises after this loss. Kept blaming the ref

 

I'm not sure, I can't really say, but based on his fighters, Pacquiao, Khan, Chavez Jr, Linares.. I see the same developing style with all of them.

The same in and out motion with 3-4 punch combinations then get out, circle, use angles.

I've actually had a hunch about it for a while, really. Roach teaches one style well but leaves his fighters significantly flawed in others.

Khan REALLY needs to stop relying on his feet to get out of trouble. Like Slip said, it'll be his undoing and last night, it sort of was.

Honestly, I think Khan has great potential, still. He showed great grit and I think going down the line, he'll be a better fight, but a loss was bound to happen at some point (albeit one Amir Khan could of (should of imo) won, though).

Main thing I'm disappointed about is not being able to see that big fight with Brook and Mayweather.

I'm sure even Brook and Hearn and kicking themselves thinking there goes our big payday.

 

Roach isn't really a defensive minded coach, most of his boxers are offensive and use movement to get out of harms way when in trouble or push more offence on their opponent i.e hitting them three times for the one taken.

At this stage I can't see Roach changing his training techniques, he may ask them to make subtle changes but no major changes are coming under his guidance.Ppacquaio is probably too old to really change his fighting style now so I expect a lot of the same from him but Khan and Linares can still adapt and make major changes.

Thing is Roach is a top coach despite the latter half of this year not looking too great.

 

That's 'in his blood', like he said. That's his instinct and something a LOT of fighters do, it's not idiotic to do so. Slowly but surely, Khan will control that. Compared to his Prescott days, he's put that aggression down a lot, don't you think?

He does. I'm sure he will do. I put it down to his trainer, really.

 

Khan takes too many punches voluntarily, doesn't cover up properly, it good to be macho but taking these shots is draining on the body, and when Khan did have chances like in the 9th I think when he hurt Peterson he didn't have the energy to capitalise.

 

Roach has done brilliantly with Khan. Khan's problem is that HE opts to stand in front of his opponent and cover up, rather than step away when under attack.

He's just not very thoughtful about how he mixes attack and defence, and that's what causes him problems more so than his ear muffs.

 

hes come on leaps and bounds. unrecognisable from a few years ago.
but his attitude prior to this fight was similar to his attitude before the prescott loss. talking about 147 all the time and mayweather and pac etc. i appreciate he is probably being asked those questions all the time but you cant help feeling like he was looking ahead too much.

the ''in his blood'' thing is a good point. but hes not really built for that type of brawl he engages in. For khan its the worst possible way to fight imo. it makes him a hell of an exciting fighter to watch though.

 

Another peoblem for Khan that I'm not sure can be changed is his composure, when things aren't going his way he just reacts badly to it.