how big a shock is the khan defeat...?

Taking the fight in DC was insane and as a volutary defence even more so. The defeat isn't shocking in any way at all....every punch Khan takes I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for him to hit the deck. As daft as it is a KD last night might have sparked him into action.

 

Not very, hes always been fast, but has **** all else to back that up.

 

Amir Khan losing is never really that big a shock to me. Stylistically against smaller opponents it's easier for him to use his fast hands and footwork with those hit and run tactics. But whenever a taller fighter is able to get inside and trade with him, Khan will come off second best nearly all the time because his punches just aren't at all methodical. He fires out flurries seemingly without even thinking about it and gets caught far too much.

Forget the chin talk, Khan's determination and heart to carry on through hard fights is incredible. This was apparent ages ago when he came back against Willie Limond and Michael Gomez. Even against Prescott he tried so hard to get back to his feet.

But the shock in his defeat this time (and the same with the Prescott fight) is that Lamont Peterson in all fairness isn't that good a fighter. This is the biggest worry for Amir Khan's future.

 

Yes, a big shock but not because Amir had the aura of invincibility.

But Peterson was not supposed to be the one to upset the apple cart. He fought his heart out last night to make it as close and competitive as he could, and with a bit of luck it paid off.

 

first thing i did when i woke up was check the bbc sport page.

wasn't really surprised.

thought peterson would give him issues.

bit of home cooking on the scoring and hey presto. :yep

 

is this the part where all of a sudden everybody knew all along khan would lose?

 

No.

 

Not a surprise, people were criminally underrating Peterson, let's remember he supposedly kicked the crap out of Mayweather in sparring, outboxed Ortiz and stopped a decent contender last fight. He is also a very smart kid who's a student of boxing and it's history and very technically skilled. He knew he couldn't fight his usual fight against Khan so adapted. The Bradley fight probably came too early and he was headbutted silly in that fight - if Bradley kept been warned/fined about his butts the way Amir was then maybe we have a different fight

I wasn't sure he could quite rise to this level though but his performance last night was amazing. This was Peterson winning, not Khan losing (although obviously he lost). Peterson has rised to be in my top4 favourite active boxers alongside Mayweather, Marquez and Guzman

 

Not shocking at all. Apart from Maidana (who is still very limited and still had him on ***** street), he's been kept away from live threats since Prescott. He has no ring IQ, he can't handle pressure fighters, has no serious pop in his punches and he sure as **** can't fight on the inside. He also gets buzzed alarmingly easy. Take away that speed and he really is nothing special. As someone mentioned after the fight, timing>speed.

 

Not a shock, but it was surprising. Surprising because like Flea said, it wasn't supposed to be Peterson. It was surprising they took the fight in DC too.

Khan is still too much of a basic one dimensional fighter at the moment. Roach has made big improvements, like keeping his guard up, a better jab and straight right hand, good body punching and the in and out movement. Of course, the chin has improved too.

The flaws that exist are an inability to fight off the backfoot, or on the inside, not blocking uppercuts well, straight punches getting through his guard, and flurries that are sometimes wild and lack any power.

His gameplan is to stay on the outside using jab then to get inside and fire off his fluries once the opponent goes into his shell, then jump back outside as the opponent tries to retaliate. Usually Khan is gonna be bigger than his opponents in terms of height and reach at this weight class, but when a fighter is able to get inside consistently or is taller and has a better reach than him, Khan will have problems. I see him as an athlete more so than a boxer. An athlete that relies on physical advantages and speed too much. If he worked on his flaws and his boxing IQ, he should easily be beating guys like Peterson.

 

Yeah this was impressive. He figured it out early on, and adapted well.

 

Khan can't handle guys in his face. He spent too much time manning up taking shots rather than getting out of the way. You smother him, he ain't got a clue.

 

Khan cannot draw in the US. His fights there have been papered. That's why it was in DC, since Lamont meant they would actually sell some tickets.