In retrospect, wa Amir Khan an excellent amateur who didn't become an excellent professional

He had a better career than like 99% of other pro boxers, so I would say he did some excellent work

 

he got knocked out a few times, so ****n what, cant judge his whole career on that, this is baxin. Very good pro who had his shortcomings but had the heart to keep going. Respect

 

Dunno why i quoted you, i agree with ya.

 

Look at who he got stopped by, pretty much all very heavy hitters except for maybe danny garcia who had only a little above average pop. He was a solid pro with fantastic hand speed and he was really effective against southpaws. Obviously his chin wasn't very solid and I do believe he had some defensive flaws like being to easy to hit when he opened up but overall a pretty well schooled boxer.

 

Becoming a legitimate world champion is a good career.. Who knows how much better he would have been had he simply learn how to control his handspeed and not go uncoordinated leaving his chin open..?? Also what if Tim Bradley wouldn’t have signed to Top Rank and we got the Bradley vs Khan fight for undisputed..??

 

He was good at 140.

 

How many world titles do you have

 

The peak of his amateur career was a silver medal and that's about the level of his pro career. Very good accomplishments but there was always someone better.

I've seen people saying that he skipped a couple domestic and euro levels on the way up and I never considered that but I think it's true and ended up hurting him in the long run.

 

Great boxer, let down by poor management and distractions outside the sport. Those who don't consider him having a great professional boxer should ask why Khan attracted the best trainers in the world even at the end of his career.

 

I agree he had a style best suited for the amateurs. He never was able to adapt and didn't always lead the life required to achieve some of his more ambitious claims. He lived off of his natural raw talent and that Olympic silver medal at such a young age which gave him a platform that few amateurs turning pro get.

But having said that he for me exceeded my rather low expectations of him. He was a genuine world class light welterweight winning world titles. Sure after the Prescott loss many of his opponents were hand picked lacking the power to hurt him or the style to pressure him but he did beat Maidana and that win alone shows he was legit even if he fell well short of his boastful claims.

Overall he had a very memorable career if not a great one.

 

Khan had massive failings that's fore sure, and he reached a ceiling to some extent but what a ceiling to reach. 2 time world champion and he had some fantastic attributes to offset his failings.
Anyone saying he was rubbish or average really needs their heads testing. He beat legit world class fighters. Was he elite no, an atg no, World class in his prime - absolutely.
An excellent career that probably faded after he left Roche that style where Freddie knew he was vulnerable but got him raiding in and out using his excellent hand and foot speed were the best of his career. He never had the IQ to do well under Hunter - but i get why he went in that direction. A good career with a few highlights and some excellent wins. Time to retire now tho

 

so was brook v Crawford
remember everyone saying hes shot
and was also hurt off a jab
kells just made of stronger stuff than amir

 

Khan has had a great career, 2 world titles and absolutely dominated some names like Judah, collazo, malignagi, maidana and Alexander. Before they were shot.

 

Alexander went to get blitzed by a journeyman next fight
callazo was shot went on to do nowt
judah
low like khan made out in crawford fight
maidana he did everything not to face that man
glad i could clear this up