Step up to the plate Amir...????

why does everyone think thaxton is some kinda superman...im a fan, but he is a good domestic level fighter who never made it on the world stage.....i think khan should fight thaxton, he is gonna have to face much more dangerous foes on his way up if, indeed, he continues his rise to stardom.....he will fight thaxton in a totally different way than he approached limmond, and, i feel, will be succesful......too fast, too skilled......anyone who fights jon knows exactly what they are gonna get and if khan cant adapt his style to meet and beat these kinda fighters he has no place on the european, never mind world stage...

 

how old was thaxton when he fought for his first british title - he was 25, 28 when he fought for his forst commonwealth title, and 32 when he won his first meaningful title (british)

Why he is calling out 20 year old novices. Yes the kids got a mouth but which boxers dont (Thaxton obviously does), super Willie excepted. If this is not one final bid for a big payday I dont know what is..

 

Not going to happen. Khan's not 21 till December and so wouldn't be eligible to fight for the British title till after that.

 

Maybe he sees Khan ranked very highly in the WBC(18th) and WBO(10th) World rankings and a chance for him to enter those rankings . Maybe he sees beating the most well known boxer in the country as a way to get him in the spotlight . Khan's #10 with the EBU too(and those rankings haven't been updated since he beat #6 Limond) and a win over him could help get Jon a European title shot .

Thaxton doesn't have a big mouth , this is the only time in his career he's even appeared a bit brash and it's probably just to get public attention so this fight can be made . Not to mention Khan said himself that the British level guys should fight him now before he's above them :roll: , and Jon's willing to do just that .

So what if Khan can't fight for the British title yet , why not have this for just the commonwealth then ?

 

Khan needs to fight Earl then Thaxton.

 

AS I've said before, I like Thaxton a lot, both as a fighter and as a person. However, you are quite correct that recently he's been made out to be some sort of monster that will slay Khan with ease. It's strange how people's opinion change once a bandwagon starts rolling!! Thaxton is a good fighter........Khan is a bit special. Khan would win despite the flaws he still needs to go to the States to work on with some decent trainers

 

still a little early to take on thaxton in my opinion.

khan should be looking for guys like meager and stewart at the moment.

thaxton and earl in a few fights time.

 

thaxton has a win win here...if the fight was made and he lost, it would have had to be a non title fight anyhow due to amirs age....so he keeps his title..and gets a decent payday...in the meantime, the khan band wagon rolls on and they aventually meet in a rematch for the title..for more money than the first time...payday #2 for thaxton...and khan.......probably good business for them both.......or maybe im just a cynic..

 

Why is their there this rule about being 21 before you can fight for a british title.

Surely if your good enough, your old enough.

Names like Ali and Tyson springand thats at heavyweight although Amir cant really be mentioned in the same breath as these guys.

 

I'd be surprised if he ever fights either of them.

 

you can box for the british title when your 20 years old i do not know where this 21 rule thing has come from it is not in the rule book.

 

There are all sorts of stupid rules about age. He very nearly didn't get to represent us at the olympics because of a similar policy, but he told them he was going to the olympics one way or the other and if they wouldn't let him box for Great Britain then he'd box for pakistan.

 

http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?sectionid=542&articleid=3069304

 

Earl will likely lose in October, though.