Give Amir Khan the credit he deserves ... !

As expected, your response would be a kop out.

By the way, Barrera won those two titles in 2001 and 2002, not that long ago.

 

Anyway Khan was ranked NO.1 by British Boxing even before the MAB fight.

 

Another kop out.

Did he earn that? I know Marco didn't earn his position in the rankings either.

This is the point, Darni. Don't tell me about Boxing not being fair, I don't want to hear that crap. The fact is, fighters have it easy nowadays and if Valero can become a two weight world champion without fighting anyone then something is seriously wrong going on here.

No wonder people want to see Khan do it the right way. Barrera fought for the Mexican title before he ever thought about a world title. Twice as talented as Khan, he bagged 30 fights before he even fought for a title. That is why nobody criticizes Barrera's title reign, because he did it the right way. If Khan skips British and European titles, and lands a world title fight after being stopped in 1 round by an unknown, people are going to be asking questions.

 

What he said

 

I just had a thought; who can name me an Amercian man who is able to get wba title shots for his fighters at will and who was recently over with Barrera and likely had a good few behind closed doors chats with mr Warren?

 

Khan gets to much stick. He's fought some decent oppisition so far and taken chances. If you look at his his career so far he's fought better oppisition than Calzaghe and Hatton had at the same point. I'm not saying he'll be as good as them but he'll be a good fighter at world level.

 

I know what you are saying but it's not Khan's fault Frank Warren has got him the shot, i am sure if he lined up a fight with John Murray Khan would not say no.

 

I'm not pointing the finger, I'm just outing why fans might be calling out Khan do prove himself more than he is.

Ironically, it would actually benefit Khan and his handlers if he got the necessary experience at domestic level before he thinks about going in with the big boys. The reason fighters do that is to test the waters. If you can easily handle that level, then you're ready for the world level opponents, but Khan has never proved he is ready. It will probably backfire, and Khan will be another Herbie Hide.

 

Lets wait and see if the short-cut works out because if Khan wins the title, he will then have to defend it and that will not be easy. Then we will see what Khan is all about.

 

Khan is going for the big fights I'll give him that. But British fans dont like him because he avoided the British/European belts when there was good fights for him there. Now he's got a world title shot at a higher weight when he never even wonthe title at a lower weight. If he's have won the WBA Lightweight then jumped straight up into another title shot at L/Welter then fair enough. Plus he's only ever fought 1 Semi decent lightweight and he got ruthlessly dispatched how does he think he can beat a Genuine L/Welter champ ??

 

I have a strange feeling that Khan's punch resistance will actually improve as a result of the move up in weight. Time will tell.

 

Before the MAB fight Selfkill I was taking to you about the Weight drained thing with Khan at 135 do you remember?

Lets see if my theory was right.

 

Yeah lads you are right. It happened with Cotto if my memory serves me. Din't he get floored off Tores and wobbled by MALIGNAGGI ?

 

I remember, and I agree with you.

Khan's frame is far to big for Lightweight, and the shots that have been hurting him seem to be grazing shots at best.

I believe Khan to be a better overall fighter at 140lb, but Kotelnik might be to big of a step up straightaway. No prediction yet.

Corley, a non-puncher, had Cotto on ***** street. He moves up to 147, takes Mosley's best shots for 12 rounds.

 

Obviously he skipped the British and European titles, he is an Olympic medalist. That's why so many fighters stay in the amateur game. Graft all the hard way up in pro or take the somewhat risky maneuver of trying to be the best am amateur.

He hasn't ducked fighters. He just didn't want what they had. Even if he'd have gone for a European title he would have been known as the Olympian. If he wins the WBA title, THAT makes a difference.