I reckon he is overated and hyped up by the press but that doesnt make him crap, wateva the press says good or bad, hes still a very good future prospect and i expect great things from him. But he is treated like a world champion and hes no where near thats the only prob
i was shell shocked with what happend last night khan was just great, the only problem is his chin i still think when he fights a boxer who comes 2 fight is not past his best and can punch he will get ko
i was at the fight, what a show by amir and boy did he shut the earl fans up. i looked backed to see the earl fans after the fight had finished and within 10 seconds they had all gone. the same will happen to Thaxton who in my opinion is even worse that Earl
ya i agree he is a great fresh boxer i think he has a great future but he will taste the canvas sooner or later...i mean he did get a bit of beating against wiley limond
it was back of the head that limmond got him with, if anything going down was the best thing that could of happen to him amir seems more calm and is picking his shots more and showed that he can sense the chance to finish it off and he has done in style. Earl seems a very bitter man
Not to take away from Khan's clinical punching, but Earl was hopeless. Let's see Khan against Kastidis next. A great fight!
Slow down there bud, Khan would get murdered by Katsidis at the moment. He needs to step up to European level then fight some fringe contenders/gatekeepers and keep learning. I have a feeling everyone is going to go over the top again with Khan now, all this fight proved is Khan has a devastating punch and awesome speed, we already knew that.
Amir Khan is the biggest hype job that Britain has seen for many years. Khan fans need to realise that there is more to boxing than what you see on ITV. Frank Warren would have you believe that Khan has improved greatly since getting in a mess against Limond, claiming that Scott Lawton was a step up. Yeah, right. Warren also claimed Earl was the No1 lightweight in Britain. Of course he was. Anybody who has followed British boxing over the last few years knows full well that the Graham Earl that "fought" Khan last night was in no fit state to fight anybody reasonable. Frank Warren is very good at marketing a fighter in such a way that casual fans get sucked in. Who cares if Khan doesn't get tested as long as he puts on a show.
Mitchell wouldn't live with Khan now...... He has improved too much and moved in a different direction.. Thaxton would only be a (keeping sharp) fight for a major move.. The name i like is Edner Cherry in a first US appearence.. He has just done great on a large scale show (stopping Wes Ferguson) and a win over Edner in the states sets up a massive move... I don't see why in a year or so we could see Khan v Katsdisis.. I think he improves very well in short spaces of time.. He has some great potential to superceed Naseem Hamed in a few years.. The kid just turned 21.. Thats a great prospect for his years.
Yeh well he better had, because if he fights Katsidis's and Diaz's he'll get a ripped a new one I said step upto European level, fight the Euro champ make a couple of defences, then go for Fringe world contenders. Limond is just a domestic fighter, Earl is a Euro/Fringe world but has seen better days.
