How hurtful was Amir Khan's loss to Prescott?

Losing to Prescott was probably the best thing that could of happened to him. Gave him a massive reality check and showed that his amatuer trainer, Rubio, wasn't up to the job, and went to Freddie Roach.

 

Sorry, but in this sport... If you can't take a punch you'll never become a great champion.

Seems like Boxers that come from middle class backgrounds have weak chins more often than the guys with rough upbringings, a lot of it has to do with a mental toughness....

 

i think he can win a world title but i don't think he is ever gonna be a dominant champ with a chin like that. it wasn't just the prescott fight, he was close to getting ko'd in a fight previous to that (forget against who). offensively he has the tools, but that chin is gonna hold him back from becoming top class.

 

Prescott got lucky. Those punches barely grazed the young Khan's chin of granite.

Anybody can knock anybody out in this gentleman's sport of fisticuffs...

 

Very hurtful.
That was a humiliating defeat that will stain his reputation for the rest of his career imo, you can't shake that sort of destruction and humiliation off.

 

I don't think a knock out after 23 second (or whatever it was) is as hurtful as a 12 round demolition job would have been.

 

True. Watch Manny Pacquiao's early KO losses in his career. He got KOed by some scrubs.

Khan's pride was hurt, but there wasn't any long term damage.

 

very true

 

Looked painful to me

 

It might actually help his career long-term. It's not as if everyone didn't already know he had a **** chin before the Presscott fight. Now maybe Amir will listen to his trainers better when they tell him to cover it up. An early-career loss like that shouldn't affect his legacy or marketability too much though.

 

Best thing that ever happened to him. For several reasons, firstly, it burst the bubble of his ego, before the fight he was saying he wanted Pacquiao or JMM and a world title shot, despite the fact he had never fought anyone of note. Losing to Presscot gave him a much needed reality check. Secondly, it made him work on his weakness; I.e his lack of tactical thinking inside the ring, and his poor defence in general.

Khan is a very skilled fighter, with a suspect chin, BUT with the right tactics, approach and attitude there is no doubt he can have a decent career. And the 'reality check' of the loss to Presscot came at exactly the right moment, IMO.

 

The Prescott fight ended any debate about whether or not Khan can be a sustained elite fighter in the sport.

He can't, he simply does not have the beard for it. He may be able to string together a series of wins against carefully-chosen opponents, and possibly collect a title or several along the way if the right fights are presented, but it is only a matter of time until Khan's chin is spectacularly detonated again and he is "Gone in 60 Seconds."

If people think Wlad has opponents salivating at the prospect of landing that one big shot, Khan's glass mandible is and will be the Pavlovian bell for those who will oppose him. Guys who have nowhere near the level of skill Khan has will almost certainly fell him because of Khan's glaring liability. It's not a question of 'if,' but simply a question of 'when.'

 

It's a hard one.....if in the future he gains weight, it could improve his chin. But from what i've seen his chin in very bad and i am the type of doesn't jump on the glass chin bandwagon easily (i.e. ppl say Haye has a glass chin..eerr no).

He has amazing boxing skills and can see him winning a world title, but at the moment i cannot see him dominating a division, i can see him winning a title and making a few defenses before losing maybe points or more likely KO/TKO.

 

It was the best loss he will ever have, it stopped all the hype in its tracks and made him buckle down and get an expensive, experienced world class trainer, his management tried to cheap out on 90% of material that makes a boxer.

Managers are cheap *******s and only want your money, Freddy deserves half the purse.