Amir Khan "cupping therapy" Fail

Black marks all over his back and shoulders. I mean, wow, first of all, what a horrible look visually.

Second, why in the world would you have a cupping therapy so close to a fight? I'll be honest, I never really heard of cupping therapy, but to come into a match with black cup marks all over your body, that's bizarre. He must have been had this cupping thrapy the day of the fight, which surely must have sapped his energy, because his body didn't have those amount of black marks at the weigh-in.

After that performance, "cupping therapy" certainly didn't do Khan any favors. Who advised Khan to have such a therapy so close to a fight? The day of the fight? That is just crazy. Just looking at Khan's whole preparation for Brook, this is as big of a fail as I've ever seen in boxing.

 

But to have it on the day of the fight?? He must have been really struggling physically and energy wise to feel he needed to have that so close to the match. You look at Khan's energy level as he walked into the ring, it was horrible. Black marks all over his body, he looked defeated before the bell even rung. I would have never guessed he would do that to himself the day of the fight. That's mental.

 

Well Khan didn't look fine, and what concerns me is that Khan clearly got it within 24 hours of the fight, as there were several new black marks on his body that weren't there at the weigh-in.

That would seem to be a pretty extreme therapy to have so close to the fight. It suggests that Khan was not feeling too good, to need "cupping therapy" that close to a fight. Bizarre.

 

Loosening muscles doesn't sound like something a boxer would want to do right before you're about to perform. Wouldn't that tire you out? To perform at your best, you need to be full of energy, not sapped of energy with a therapy like that. What was Khan thinking? Who was advising him that he needed to use cupping therapy the day of the fight? That just seems like a desperation thing to do.

 

I've never heard of it to be honest. But like you said, to suck out the impurities it would be something you did long before fight nght to get the benefits of it. This suggests that Khan was not in good shape, to seek out such a therapy so close to the fight.

 

One thing is clear, something was very wrong with Khan as it pertains to his perparation heading into this Brook fight. Look at his demeaner as he walked into the ring. He wasn't smiling, he wasn't happy. He clearly had been suffering with problems heading into this and his fight day "cupping therapy" must have been some kind of last ditch desperation move. He was a mess, he got marked up so easily. It's a shame. "Cupping therapy" what a massive fail.