Amir Khan:On the brink of Greatness or Destruction?

I don't think he's on the brink of either yet. He's definitely coming along though. And I sincerely hope management politics doesn't destroy him.

 

I agree Khan is not on the brink of Greatness but looks to be on his way still a way to go yet, 2010 will make or break Khan one way or the other. I have faith in him, he will make it.

 

Go suck on a frozen pineapple, *******.

 

Thats exactly what you said before editing it you weirdo, u've got no business being on a boxing site, go back to the weird fetish site you came to visit.

As far Amir, its far too early to say, but one thing we do know is that he can come back from a beating, he's got the heart of a lion, and all you ever hear from the gym is that he's got the work rate of a workshorse, so hope he's rewarded for it!

 

Terrible example.

 

Floyd versus JMM was an abolute disgrace and a joke fight. It should be stricken from the records.

 

I was quite sad to hear about the departure from Warren. Frank would have looked after him better. He has been really fast tracked.

A brutal loss to Maidana and it's all finished. I've got a niggling feeling that Maidana is something special and the Khan express could be coming to a brutal but short end.

Maidana is going to go at him.

 

Manny vs Cotto

 

Could go either way, really. I was ready to write him off after the Prescott debacle, but he's grown by leaps and bounds since and seems to have a much better idea of how to use his skills and a better defense. Plus, although his chin will probably be his undoing, maybe it won't... who knows, maybe Khan was draining himself too much to get down to 135, he has looked steadier on his feet and more in control of himself since coming up to 140. (Yeah, that's a bit of a longshot, but stranger things have happened.)

As The Unstoppable said in his first post in this thread (good post, by the way) Khan is extremely robotic and rather stiff, and follows a steady pattern of move straight in, 1-2, move straight back out. Or, if he thinks he has you in trouble, move straight in, flurry, move straight back out. He has to learn some variety, because that's a no-no that he's getting away with right now because of his speed.

Sooner or later he's going to face someone who can either match or come close to matching his speed, or who is skilled enough and a good enough counterpuncher to neutralize it. (Think JMM-Pacquaio.) Then we'll see the real test of how good Khan is, whether he can improvise and adapt when in danger/faced with adversity, etc. Right now, personally, I don't know if he has what it takes.

For the moment I see Khan as teetering back and forth between the two. He could be taking the first steps towards being something really special, or he could be coming to the point where he becomes another example of a can't miss prospect who winds up just being a footnote.

I do think that either way it was a good and brave move signing with GBP rather than playing it safe with Warren and continuing to be spoonfed bums or badly faded ex-champions. If it works out, it'll propel his career forward and win him a lot of new fans. If not, it'll show that at least he had the guts to take a shot at the big time instead of sitting back and collecting checks. (This is assuming, of course, that he does go forward with some of matches that have been talked about like Maidana, JMM, even Malinaggi, although an argument can be made that JMM might be too old/fighting too high in weightclass and Malinaggi isn't that dangerous to someone who is as fast as Khan and has better power than Paulie.)

Either way it'll be interesting, but unless his chin really is better than it was at lightweight, it's only a matter of time before it comes crashing down.

 

A very fair post :good

 

He's a **** long way from Greatness and will certainly never get there. He is a very carefully managed and hyped boxer who will always have a good go but always get knocked the **** out by decent opponents.

I want him to fight hatton to see who gets sparked first. My money would be on Hatton to to go in the first.

 

I'm with you