I've seen this a few times. Just didn't have a world class chin. Yet he was given a plethora of opportunities. It is always nice to see an overhyped favorite stretched out
If possible he should’ve gone down in weight as far as he could till he had something that resembled a chin. He was an arrogant self inflated guy nearly his whole career and could be starched by a firm slap from a pool noodle God is a comedian.
Stunning knockout. I quite like Khan as a fighter though. But yeah, just very little punch resistance.
Well the writing was on the wall prior to that. Khan had been floored a couple of times by domestic opposition.
Interestingly how he had lasted so long with current idol Canelo? He I think actually did not had bad chin or low ring IQ. He also was very skilled and fast boxer. The main problem I think was that he did not had enough power even for welterweight boxers, not alone this clenelo kid who picked him for a reason. You might box how well you can and have as good ring IQ as it is possible, if you can't hurt guy, he still will throw with a glance. Khan was from these boxers suitable for am rules, in pros bumped up in weight classes.
Khan is one of those guys who looks like a better boxer than he is. His chin wasn't world class but neither was his defense. For all his speed, he seemed to get hit with a lot of clean power shots.
Most horrible thing for him I think was that his power was not only not world class, not euro level for welterweight boxer and at all even worse there. Yeah, he had catched some lads and clipped them and still there precisity worked more than power. If you beat guy with light punches and he does not feel fear form these, he will continue to work vs you and then with time does not matters is his chin good or isn't good at all.
As much as I hate matchmaking in itself this was **** matchmaking. Young and raw Khan going in with an undefeated KO puncher at the time who looked big in comparison. You dweebs on here hype up weight bully's like Spence and Crawford who have yet to take a clean punch from someone their own size let alone someone bigger them. P u s s i e s
Khan was the odd case of clear mind on chicken legs, much like Zab vs. Tszyu and one wonders if they did proper core and massive leg training like tennis pros do from young age, they would've fared better vs. punches. However, they were also suspect to good timing so know knows? Breidis was not bad matchmaking but the definition of calculated risk vs. an unknown (that's the risk) level-C puncher (that's the calculated part) which was essential before taking on... you know, level-B and A punchers. He HAD to pass this test, and if he was spared and protected, someone else would've found his weaknesses. What I still don't get why gazillions of ppl., especially Brits were overjoyed with the result and can't keep rewatching it. The lad always came to fight, matched tremendously hard (Clenelo The Mexican Beef Doctor? Anyone?), was no quit in him and tried to get up whenever he went down. Him and Froch brought tremendous attention to British boxing post-Lewis when it needed most, so can someone explain me the joys of betting against Khan and watching him fail? Tell me you guys are not that obvious that he has Pakistani background?
Khan had A+++ level in boxing skills and F level in power for WW boxing, this was what this was there. Boxing skills he had really great level, I think.