Amir Khan was awesome on saturday night

i cant stand him but it was a excellent performance against a decent fighter with a good pedigree

 

Yes Khan put on a great display, the hard work at wild card is paying off.

 

:happy good post!

 

The head movement and bobbing and weaving in the eighth was something else and my highlight of the fight. I loved Roach's face afterwards, it looked like he was trying really hard not to smile!

 

I was most impressed by this also, the head movement from him and that he took a couple of clean shots from Kotelnik.

Other than that, the fight ran exactly as I predicted with Khan being way too fast for Kot, I predicted either a TKO within the first 6 rds from a long flurry by an over-zealous hometown ref or it would go on to an easy UD for Khan.

Good on him.

But don't be kidded, a lot of Khans flurries were landing on Kotelniks solid guard and he never looked like he had the power to KO Kotelnik. Good win against a decent level fight.

I hope he continues that form against that level of opposition and does not get stuck in a Frank Warren cherrypick bonanza ... which Morales certainly would be the start off.

 

I picked a Khan UD as well and have been smug about it ever since! Also, with regards to not landing shots, admittedly Khan's connection rate beyond Kotelnik's defence wasn't the best you'll ever see but Kotelnik has a very underrated defence (people take the **** but Universum trained fighters have fantastic defences) and he's never tasted the canvass as well. That said, the style and nature of the win a very good platform for Khan to build on. He's learning the art of 'hit and not get hit' well and also learned that staying on the outside takes advantage of his best attribute- his speed. Roach is building something worth taking note of here.

 

Excellent my arse..... Kotelnik was a farce of a champion. Khan should have put him away for it to be classed as "an excellent performance" Boring fight Roach was constantly telling him to cover up you could tell he was worried about his glass chin. Kotelnik had now power behind any of his shots so Im affraid Kahn remains un tested.

Oisin ***an club fighter (No test here)

Barerra washed up fighter who was so badly cut by a clash of heads that he had no chance. (No test here)

Kotelnik worst champion I've ever seen. (No test again)

I know he is only 22 and has Roaches backing but the last time I checked you can't train a chin......

Q the hatters.

 

Who are your top ten worst champs then? Kotelnik is no mug.

 

Exactly. Yet its fine to degrade him now that he has lost to Khan.....

 

deebest, where you gone? I wanna see your list...

 

You are taking that way out of context. He was joking.

 

kotlilink was made for khan...slow hand speed...slow footwork...khan reverted back to his amateur's days in and out..pitta patta punches ....tbh didn't really enjoy the fight .

 

Khan before the fight said that Kotelnik was the worst World champion. Looks like he was right

That was a poor defence. Should have gone out on his shield. Still same old ineffective 1-2 even during the championship rounds

Lets see what Khan does nex. He could fight former world champion.. Gavin Rees

 

Watched it on a live stream so didnt get the best picture quality. I thought Khan did relatively well, especially given that he is not used to boxing on the back foot. Plenty of shots seemed to be hitting gloves, but he certainly did enough to win the majority of the rounds. I suppose Kotlenik is not the type of fighter that its easy to look spectacular against, and the aim of the game on saturday night was to walk away with the title, but i was expecting a wee bit more from Khan. Thought he was a bit conservative in his approach against a guy who aint really noted for being a puncher.