Can Amir Khan fight fighting backwards

What I would love to see him develop is a defensive jab as good as his offensive jab. A jab that can keep an opponent at bay, a jab that makes an opponent think twice about stepping/charging in.

 

I don't think so; when going backwards against Maidana he wasn't really doing anything more than looking to restart. He can turn his opponents and pivot out well, but fighting backwards? Nah, not really, not yet anyways. Hopefully we see something like that. If he fights Prescott again, that might be his strategy; make him reach, make him pay.

 

I don't know if he really can fight going backwards, but he shouldn't try to. He's a pretty heady fighter, and I've noticed that he circles quite well in lieu of going straight back, as he should, and that he can do very well (fight in circles).

 

He’s no Franks Gavin or Floyd Mayweather but I think he’ll surprise people on his fighting backwards skills.

I mean that in the sense that Gavin is no Khan in terms of hand speed.

Gavin is really fast isn’t he?



So yes.

 

i dont think it would be to his advantage to fight going backwards

 

Yes...............

 

There had to be one and it had to be Farmboxer!

No, Amir has shown absolutely no evidence that he can fight on the backfoot at all. In stark contrast to his sure footed and quick forward approach Amir goes off balance and almost falls over his feet when in 'retreat'.

 

Really good point! You never see Amir having to fight on the back foot as thats not his style. I dont think he can at the momment but if will need to learn fast as he enters the Elite arena. The problem with Amir is he is just an offensive fighter! Uses the jab to fire the right then finishes of with the jab again so he is ready to fire again if he needs to! When he is under pressure he just covers up and runs! There has been a few points in his career were he has been against the ropes and he has had to fight out and at those points he did not look bad! But he is no David Haye! he is one of the few that still carried massive power and angels on the back foot! But khan has no real need to worry about it at the momment. Floyd wont be putting him on the back foot any way its just not what he does.

 

no, most know it, he doesn't throw anything going backwards, he just tries to circle his opponents and start his offence again

 

Watch the Kotelnik Fight.

He fights the whole fight going backwards and wins nearly every roand.

I don't think he's a very good inside fighter though.

 

Prescott made him back up and look what happened same with Maidana fight

 

He can fight quite well going backwards, he's no Mayweather in this regard, but good enough.

His biggest weakness is still his lack of an inside game.

 

Primarily, he’s an offensive fighter, which is probably why we’re not accustomed to seeing him fight going backwards. But if he wanted to or learns to, I’m sure he could. Against ***an (I know, I know :roll he showed signs of it here and there. In fact, I think his first knockdown in that fight was while he was going backwards :think. But yeah, we’ve not seen strong evidence of it, but if Roach tried to work on it, I’m sure Khan’s got the capacity to incorporate it into his game. It’ll be very useful.

 

He looked sloppy going backwards in the Maidana fight. I think he would need another trainer if he wants to be good backwards.