Bradley vs Khan.....

Good man

Nah, in all seriousness, if you think about it like this........

Maidana and Bradley are both capable of applying pressure, but Maidana gives you a target to hit whilst he does it, so you can rack up points if you hit him with the harder cleaner shots, but Bradley is a more skilled in fighter than Maidana, can cut the ring down better imo, and will take away that easy target due to his defense, so he will essentially be harder to pull away from in terms of racking up points, cause he does not offer an easy target, is going to be trying to make the ring smaller etc.

Maidana just followed Khan around the ring, and whilst he put on a lot of pressure, he did not do a good job of cutting the ring down, but he still trapped him on the ropes.

Of coarse it might not translate like that, but thinking about it like that, sounds right logically doesn't it ?

 

Watch round 2 & 3, or either one.....

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I think this gives an indication of how predictable can is on the front foot, how he can be exploited by someone who uses angles to offset his attacks. Khan attacks in straight lines, so someone who makes him come foward, uses angles against him, could conceivably give him major problems imo. Malignaggi is half the fighter Bradley is, both defensively and offensively, look how he's able to use angles on Khan and exploit his predictability on the front foot.

I think if Khan fights on the front foot against Bradley, he will certainly lose, as Bradley has too much footspeed that will offset his attacks, a good defense not to give him an easy target, and he will be capable of setting up counters whilst resetting Khan. Khan on the backfoot mind, having Bradley come to him, is a different fighter though, which could give Bradley some real issues.

 

Good post.:thumbsup

The irony of this fight, is that Khan has all the speed, of hand and foot, to get off first, keep Bradley on the defense, and then move before he can respond, but Bradley knows how to manipulate angles to cut the ring down, to close the gap without getting hit due to his defense. Bradley's understanding of mid range, ability to create angles that he can punch off, is what could make it difficult for Amir to stay away from his consistently imo, or to hit him with clean punches, due to his defense and smarts.


Bradley wont offer up an easy target imo. I think people are overlooking that a little, Khan can try and rat tat tat, but if he isn't landing, and is just scampering around the ring after unloading the way he tends to do, who is to say he gets credit for that? that the guy being the aggressor, making the fight, does not get the benefit of the doubt? cause that is pretty much what Alexander was reduced to, throwing combination's and moving, but not connecting that often imo, yet the judges still favoured Bradley's aggression, even though Alexander might of been dictating the pace by getting off first. Khan is better than Alexander of coarse, he puts his punches together better, is quicker, and has better legs, but I think it raises a valid point.

To me this fight is between a one dimensional fighter, albeit very gifted athletically, and a well rounded fighter who can Box & fight from all distances, whilst maintaining a tight defense most of the time. I have a feeling it will come down to whether Amir Khan can make sufficient use of his advantages in athleticism, because I believe Bradley has every conceivable skill, to take advantage of him if he doesn't.

Amir has Roach in his corner, so its conceivable, in theory, that he will execute the right game plan, but........., look at Amir's ring generalship against Maidana, it was atrocious imo, and Maidana was not even cutting the ring down particularly well, if at all. Take the Kotelnik fight, Khan struggled a lot with his pressure down the stretch of that fight.

I think it might be 60-40 based on Amir's athleticism, the fact that whilst he's fresh, he could conceivably use his legs more, but it will come down to what happens when Bradley gets into his! groove, when he starts trying to manipulate the angles, cut the ring down, and starts applying that pressure, is Khan going to be able to navigate the ring, the way he needs to, and NOT look disorganized like he was against Kotelnik, get trapped on the ropes the way he was against Maidana?

Bradley's ability to manipulate angles, to fight from mid range, and Khan's inability NOT to fight in straight lines, is what will make it harder for him to keep Bradley out IMO. Bradley has the ability to get close to him, but hang back, try to draw those leads, where by he can either slip/roll with them and try to make them fall short so he counter off one of em, or he can use perpetual head-movement as he tries to walk Amir down. Khan will most likely do well early, but I guess its what happens after that, will tell the story.