Amir Khan Vs Timothy Bradley for July 23rd is a "Deal In Principle"

Can you elaborate on that at all , id love to know why ??? , as that is probably the best Khan we have ever seen :huh

 

Khan barely beat a fighter who applied very unintelligent pressure and has no versatility. Against Bradley he encounters someone who is more intelligent, has faster hands, faster feet, can box as well as brawl, and is nowhere near as predictable as Maidana. Not to mention the way in which he leads with his head, which, whether you like it or not, is always going to be a factor that favours Bradley in his fights. Bradley has many more aspects to his game than Maidana, and considering how close Maidana ran Khan, it's very conceiveable that Timbo beats Khan.

 

• Poor defence.
• Poor inside game.
• His jab, which I think is good, was very poor against Maidana.
• Issue with stamina - due to Khan's idea of defence being "I'mma put my hands up like dis, and run around the ring"
• Bradley's pretty elusive when coming in, and will put Khan's fast flurries to the test in regards to accuracy.

 

excellent, should be a *******. Khan by late stoppage

How about Devon Alexander v Maidana sometime soon too?

 

err, maybe shouldn't have written cr@cker in my previous post - in the UK that just means good!

 

This has got great fight written all over it. Props to both guys if they go for it so soon.

 

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Not sure I like the line “We’re not that far along but this is very, very doable fight.”

Boxing should never have come to this. It's when you see lines like this that you realise just how poorly managed the sport is in general. No other sport hinders itself on individuals like boxing does.

What would happen in football if Man Utd and Barce qualified for the Champs League Final, only for Fergurson and Guardiola to come out and request more money, different date, different venue etc etc.

It'd go to **** thats what. That why we have one official governing body (F.A) who set out rules and regulations with regards to each and every match which ensure these mega-matches will ALWAYS happen.

This should not be a "very, very doable fight." It should be a signed, written, planned and officially announced event already. If the fans want to see it, it's what the fans will get. Boxing needs to take this leaf out of every other sport else it's just going to progressively hemorrhage interest.

Nevertheless, should be a good fight!

 

For 9 rounds Maidana wasnt in the fight , and had been dropped with a body shot .

For me up until that point Khan was putting on a bit of a master class on Maidana , and yes you can point out the holes in Maidana's game technically , but the fact is what he does well puts an enormous amount of pressure on even the most well rounded technically polished fighter .

He is a very difficuilt fighter to look good against , and Khan was on his way to possibly performance of the year up until Maidana caught up with him , which i may add was a monsterous effort from Maidana given the physical nature of the fight , Bradley doesnt have Maidana power , can Bradley jab with Khan ??? , can he fight comfortably at any other pace than we have seen him fight at ??? , is he more mobile than Khan ??? who hits harder ???

Its a very even fight , stylistically for anybody Khan is difficuilt that doesnt disclude Tim Bradley , IMO

 

Think I agree with winfella on this...

Except for the part about Khan being ready for Bradley right now... if he gets past McCloskey without much trouble then he's just about ready I think.

 

Bradley can move much better than Khan. Khan's footwork is one of the weakest aspects of his game. His feet are quick, yes, but his actual footwork is poor. He only seems to have a decnt jab against a stationary target(Malignaggi, soon to be McCloskey), he had trouble doing anything with it vs Maidana so I cant imagine him having a lot of success with it against Bradley, who has good footwork and constant head movement. And he's fought at different paces many times, so I dont know where you get the idea that he can only fight at one from. Plus, Bradley has the impressive ability to throw in the middle of an opponents flurry. Khan threw countless pitty-pat flurries against Maidana with no power behind them just to score points, if he does that against Bradley he can expect a lot of overhand rights catching him.

 

You really have failed to mention anything Khan is good at , he is very gifted athletically , very fast both in hands and feet , he has a soild right hand in terms of power and is develpoing his left hand rapidly under Roach , he is improving his ring craft and defence with every fight , fights at a very high pace with a high out put .

In no way shape or form does Amir Khan have a stamina issue , im refusing to engage that point at all !!! , it simply isnt true .

Bradley has done a great job of controlling the pace of his previous fights , this will be key in this fight because Khan rely's on setting a pace his opponents are uncomfortable with , as he can do that because he is so physically strong , to me Bradley has appeared one paced and we havent seen him pushed the way Khan will push him yet !!!

 

Bradley fights a medium paced methodical fight , and against Alexander who incidentally has a similar style to Khan , in that he is mobile and has fast hands , before the Bradley fight i was of the opinion that Alexander puts his combinations together better than Khan but that aside they are very similar , he couldnt effectively land anything on Alexander on a regular basis , he was limited to flurrys to the body after lunging in with a single jab or OHR ............

Bradley is very crafty defensively , this for me this is Bradley's best attribute as a fighter and something as you quite rightly say Roach will be concerned about .

But Bradley hasnt been pushed physically , he is used to controlling the pace of fights because his elusive defence allows it , im not sure he will have that effect on Khan , Khan will look to do what he always does , land with straight shots and apply a lot of movement , yes he is going to eat something coming in but IMO he has superior hand speed to Bradley and may well win the flurry exchanges . Also he's gotta know that he loses badly on the inside so even if he less effective against Bradley as what he has been against static fighters he has no other option but to stay on the outside , Bradley has been known to make people fight his fight , Peterson and Alexander are prime examples , and this is where Bradley does most of his best work , Khan will not to this

And whats more , who's to say Khan wont time Bradley coming in , with something straight and solid , Bradley can be careless when he lunges in to close the space !!

 

:huhBradley hasn't been pushed physically? He was dropped, not once, but twice by Kendall Holt and fought at a relentless pace in that fight against one of the best fighters in the division. He fights at a pace that suits him well against his opponent, he's has not fought methodically throughout his career, only when it's been in his best interests to do so.

And Khan isn't really a similar fighter to Alexander. Fast and mobile, but that's it, and that doesn't equate to two fighters being similar. Khan stays on the outside, and throws almost all of his punches straight, before quickly trying to get out of range again. Alexander is more of a counter puncher, he tries to slip punches so he can time his uppercuts and other power shots. They fight pretty differently, and other than being fast, there isnt many comparisons to be made.

It's not as simple as just ''staying on the outside'' for Khan. He couldn't do that very well against Maidana, who is poor at cutting off the ring, so I cant imagine him doing it with such ease when he fights someone who actually can cut off the ring effectively, like Bradley. Maidana mostly just comes straight forward with winging shots. Bradley's a different animal, he incorporates a lot of head movement and he closes space down efficiently with his good footwork.

That can be applied to literally every fight that ever takes place. Who's to say Bradley wont catch Khan with a great shot and put him on ***** street a la Witter and Peterson? Nobody, that's why it's an irrelavant point to bring up.

 

he asked the dude to explain what he meant by the khan of the madina fight would lose to timbo.....he did
your points to khan's attributes are true, however he didn't use his best punch, jab, effectly against madina. He will need his A game to contend w/ bradely.