Amir Khan's performance against Julio Diaz: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

From Russia · Apr 29, 2013

At least with roach khan had good offence and some pop in his punches, now he sucks both at offence, defence and couldnt hurt old, shot, small diaz and lightweight molina

PetethePrince · Apr 29, 2013

Uncle Rico said: ↑

Yes, I'm sure Virgil himself would agree. From the very first day he took on Khan, he mentioned that he wanted to turn Khan into the type of fighter that would make his opponents pay if they wanted to get on the inside. And in the Brit forum, I mentioned one of the problems he created for himself on Saturday night was him offering nothing in return to deter Diaz from chasing him down. I got two very good responses from this point:

pathmanc1986: "Thats a key point, Khan seems to be only able to operate in full attack mode or full defence mode - theres no blend. He needs to develop a fending jab, instead of a straight jab.

Hunter is trying to get him to spot distance from the front foot always, and work entirely around the anchor of the pivot on it. Khan can fight at mid range and discourage men from walking him down by standing his ground at mid range and constantly pivoting, instead of getting off a combo then moving straight back and going backwards. Hunter was pleading with him to stand his ground because anytime he did, Diaz kept honest and stayed in that range with Khan, and had little success.

Interesting to see what the next move is regarding an opponent - I sensed Hunter feels its still very much a work in progress before a world title tilt"

icemax: "Absolutely spot on....When Khan had his front foot nailed to the centre of the ring he looked a million dollars and pretty solid. Its when he goes walkabout with his back touching the ropes that the real trouble starts and he ends up looking like a novice"
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That's a fantastic post.

Boo · Apr 29, 2013

From Russia said: ↑

At least with roach khan had good offence and some pop in his punches, now he sucks both at offence, defence and couldnt hurt old, shot, small diaz and lightweight molina
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I don't think Diaz is shot pal. He has looked very competitive in his last 2 fights against good opposition.

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