Does Khan realize he's a light welterweight? Will he ever fight the elite 140lbers?

Do haters realize that Kahn is only 23?

 

khan is a joke and will keep fighting non punchers and lightweights

 

yes i do.

paulies movement is very good and he is actually quite slippery so khan had to fight a more controlled fight than usual. it should have improved his ability to think about his punches a bit more but i personally dont think it was a very good performance against malignaggi. khan seemed very predictable when throwing his punches and doesnt mix it up enough so that fight proved one thing for me, he isnt ready for a top champion yet.

 

As a person i cant stand Khan at all, Has such an unlikeable personality, but as a boxer wtf does he get all this hate. What was superstar Ward doing at 23 or Dirrell or Froch or Floyd or any of the other big names. I keep seeing people say we cant judge Wards career pre S6 because he was still a young prospect and thats a vaild point, but shouldnt that also apply to Khan?

 

Totally agree with this except i don't see Khan as particularly unlikeable. Malignaggi, Mayweather etc are the kind of people I can't stand.

 

The annoying answer to this question is no.

 

He's older than Alexander and he doesn't hide behind his age as a reason not to fight people, in fact nobody wants to fight him.

There's nothing wrong with not being ready to fight the top guys but with the amount of money and publicity he's getting it does get to people that he's not doing anything to deserve it just yet, it's like Golden Boy are trying to manufacture a new PPV attraction and star of the sport to replace Mayweather and Pacquiao without him doing anything to justify it or taking any risks whatsoever.

 

Well to be fair only reason i find him unlikable is most of his earlier fights he never seemed to show much respect after winning, but thats something that could easily change.

 

So what? If he's old enough to fight Kotelnik for a world title he's old enough to fight someone in his own weight class who will provide a competitive match up.

 

1)Does Khan realize he's a light welterweight?
YES

2)Will he ever fight the elite 140lber?
YES

 

Excellent response

 

Does Jerome realize his obsession with Khan is a little worrying? Will he ever get over him?

Discuss

 

I think Golden Boy is comfortable putting him agains the Marquez/Diaz 2 winner since they're probably sure Marquez will win again. Diaz was horrible at his catchweight against Paulie.He looked like 138 pounds of pudding but that's his body type. He's one of those soft looking guys that will never be trim and fit because of his body make up but he can still very much be in shape.If he tries to fight Khan at 140,he'll get shredded.I think so at least.
Marquez has enough skill and talent that he could probably beat Khan at 140.He isn't his best at lightweight honestly but he's still damn good enough to be lineal LW champion.

 

I can see why he gets the criticism, cuz I do a bit of the same. I don't like the guy because if he isn't ready for the best, he shouldn't be calling them out like he is. Or suggesting things he'll back out of once proposed.


With that said, he does need time, but he also needs to not run his flap til he knows he's ready, and will accept the top fights. This is what Khan nuthuggers/haters can't come to an understanding on, the nuthuggers think his empty challenges are justified cuz he has a world title, but they try to protect him by saying "he's only 23," which shouldn't and doesn't fly by me because Alexander is a 23 yr old unified world champion. The haters think that Khan is either done cuz of his KO loss, or that he is gonna pull a PBF throughout his career. Give him time. If he doesn't shut up at that point, then by all means

 

Mate, he got asked whether he wanted to fight them. You expect him to say no in front of millions on TV?