Is Amir Kahn getting unfair stick for his "slow" progress?

Not on purpose honestly, having said that I can't stand him... anyway..

Hamed - 20 fights FW - WBO - Age 21

 

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Most of those fighters are from much higher weight classes and hence turn pro later. The only exception is Hatton, who was British champion at 21.

Degale is a year older than Khan yes. He won't have to waste time with amateur rematches though, he's already got Gold.

 

To attempt to eclipse Prince Naseem Hamed's record was the benchmark Khan set himself.

 

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Was it, I wasn't aware of that - he's not going to break that now is he.

 

Pretty sure the timeframe has already passed - Khan would have had to win a World Title by end of July I think.

 

Benitez is an (borderline) ATG, one of the most naturally gifted fighters ever who nowadays cannot feed himself or take himself to the toilet. Hardly a lifestyle for Kahn to aspire to or a reasonable expectation of where he should be in his career. No, he isn't was gifted as Benitez, but you could say that about pretty much any young boxer.

If people are going to bring up boxers like Benitez then 99% of prospects, if not all, are not being moved along quickly enough, at least take a more reasonable example of an average career than Benitez'. Meldrick Taylor won his gold medal and a similar age to Kahn and was moved forward pretty quickly in the pro ranks, anyone know how he's doing today?

 

No, Terry. The Taylor comment was an aside, most of my post concerned Benitiez and basically I am saying is that to compare any young boxers progress to Wilfred Benitez' is ridiculous and straight away betrays the bias of the person making the comparision. Surely you don't hold up Benitiez as an example of where young boxers should be at a given point in their careers? Or put then down because they arn't as naturally gifted?

Yes, Kahn doesn't help himself by bragging himself up but he's a young boxer who's trying to get his name in the papers and sometimes he says stupid things. But he's 21, he doesn't have to be in a rush to move up in class, if he's still taking soft fights at 24 and talking **** then fair enough, have a go at him.

I expected better than the 'are you Frank Warren?' comment. Sorry I don't agree with you but that doesn't make me Amir Khan or Frank Warren.

 

your right, let khan have a career and give it a couple of years before we make the decision about all this stuff, next year he will be fighting real top 10 fighters

 

I seriously doubt that.

 

And Archie Moore was 39 when he won the LHW title.

 

His age has nothing to do with it, the only reason that the wee twat gets any stick is because of his blowhard attitude, " I'm super, magic, one of the best already" If he didnt come out with such ****, he wouldnt get so much stick. Tosser anyway,aint going to be a great, he aint that good.

 

Have we come to the inevitable conclusion that he is actually going way too slow yet?

How the hell can you have fought one guy with over a 50% KO ratio (at superfeather) when you are supposedly above European level I have absolutely no idea.

 

So-far over half the people who have voted say he's getting unfair over the top stick for his progress.



*For the record I think he is going a little slow but doesn't yet deserve the relentless pelter's he gets*

 

No worries mate, the Fawty Towers reference went over my head, which is worrying as I've those progams dozens of times. Maybe alzhiemers!!

I've no problem with people saying his progress is too slow for their liking, that just a matter of opinion but when Benitez, Vargas etc get mentioned it just means you've managed to find some atypical examples of young world champions to suit your case.

I can see both sides. On one hand he's now a 4 year pro who's on PPV and talks a lot of ****. On the other he's only 21, his chin obviously isn't the greatest so whats the rush in moving him up?

There are a lot of people who want him to fight a top fighter and/or a big puncher, not because (as they might claim) they want to see his career progress but because they just want to see him beaten.