"A world class fighter with world class vulnerabilities"

Erm, he knocked him down twice and stopped him. Did you watch the fight?

 

Yeah, knocked him down but couldn't really finish him could he? It took an awful lot of punches for the fight to be stopped.

 

It was against a shot SFW, do you watch boxing?

 

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Gomez had come back from shots like that all night. He'd took those flurries on the chin and then fired back. Plus the ref stopped it after Khan had missed most of those shots. GOmez could have contimnued from that, he was not out on his feet therefore it was not a proper stoppage.

 

Ref >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ishy

 

lol, he probably is.

 

:rofl

 

It was a great fight.
Amir showed his heart when he was being pressured and came back ****in sik. nuff respect to gomez tho, we already knew about his heart.
great ability.

imo, khan should look to hire a top defensive coach like Roger Mayweather. He's worked with him in the past but i think he should make the sacrifice and setup base in america. He must hone his defensive capabilities if he wants to become world champ.
But i truly believe he can if he works on that side of his game. Offensively, he can catch any fighter in the world with his handspeed and footwork. But guys like campbell, casamayor and diaz will catch khan way too much at the moment. This is why he should bide his time. Hes 21 ffs. Sick fight.

 

Conclusion = WBU level

 

Agreed, he should up sticks move to USA and work with Roger. Team Khan appear to have a thing for Buddy McGirt but we all know he will do little to improve Khan.

It is time Khan gave up his home comforts if he wants to improve unless he is happy working with the likes of baldy (Powell) and kidding himself that he is getting better.

 

AGREED!!!!!

Warren was saying in the sun on saturday that Calzaghe didnt win a world title till he was 25. So by the sound of it i think Warren is going to take Khan down the WBU route.

Whilst the fight was good and we know that Gomez gives it his all, a supposed superstar who is a division bigger, coming into his prime should not be having as much trouble as Amir had last night against an old 3-3 from his last 6 fights Michael Gomez.

And once again when Khan went down it was as though someone took the carpet from under him.

 

Khan isn't world class. We won't know if he is world class until he fights someone else who is considered world class.

It's easy to look great against guys who are smaller than you, completely shot, semi retired, or just run of the mill journey men.

Put him in with someone his own size, who can punch back, and then we will see what he is made of!

Oh wait, they won't do that, because they know he will get sparked out the minute he is hit by someone who can really punch

 

Khan offenisvely is world class, he has good hand speed, fires crisp combinations to the head and body and has a great aresenal of punches. But defensively he is very, very niave. His defence basically comprises of keeping his hands up and keeping opponents at a distance. Domestic level fighters know that and do that already. He moves well but doesn't emply angles, he doesn't know how to clinch and tie up an opponent and he doesn't know how to parry a shot.

At the moment he is a fighter with a world class offence but a domestic level defence and at lightweight he doesn't have the chin to get away with that up against a genuine world class opponent.

Warren will steer Khan safely towards a WBU title because at the moment there is no chance of him beating a genuine title holder. But under a good trainer we may see a better version of Khan in the years to come.

 

Khan needs a decent trainer who will work on getting him to use his physical advantages.

For a fighter who's above average height for a lightweight and has great handspeed, his defence Is awful and can be pushed on the backfoot.