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

Unless he improves he'll get KO'd within a couple of fights of moving up to genuine world level, I'm pretty sure of that but I just don't see that it has to be now and I don't think that giving him time to try improve that defence and at least try and maximize his chances is a bad thing. These things don't get improved/ corrected over one fight, he needs a steady step up in opposition but theres no need to throw him to the lions just yet.

 

That would be ok I suppose. I'm frustrated more than anything because I don't really see this Prescott guy as a steady step up, on paper. He may well go on to prove me completely wrong since I've not seen him, but this is a hugely protected guy with a deceiving record - and more often than not they fail to deliver at the next stage. We don't really know if he's that powerful, or at all skillfull.

A steady step up would have been Thaxton. Extremely steady, since he's old, cut prone and just got a beating, but at least he has some pedigree and power, as well as being a southpaw.

 

khans improved since the LImond fight loads, i think limond wouldnt stand much of a chance iif they fought again

 

Khan may have improved, but not by a huge amount.

He may have learned some new stuff in training, but all they have done is lower the quality of opponent to a level that flatters him. If he had improved greatly since the Limond fight, he wouldn't have looked so vulnerable against Gomez.

 

I agree with Clay here.

Limond is a better more prime fighter than Gomez.

They got a scare against a decent champion like Limond so Warren is now using Khan as another one of his gravy train tickets - and putting him against bums all the time to milk it all and build up a undefeated paper record and add a paper title along the way

 

Fish face even had the cheek to claim that Scott Lawton was a step up from Limond.

This PPV against an unknown novice does nothing to suggest Khan is making good progress. Beating Limond and being commonwealth champ was good progress at the time, but this is just utter bollocks.

 

Khan is on bull**** avenue

Warren has taken him there - 20 bums lined up over the next 5 years

Khan will be 38-0

but would have fought no one

and milked in millions selling WBU defences on pay per view

 

There were guys on here trying to claim Lawton was a step up from Limond :roll:

The truth is Limond has still been Khan's best opponent and until he faces someone above that level we're not going to be able to tell whether he's really improved or not.

 

The kids chin has been bad since the amatuers. Dont really see what all the fuss is about. He`s a prospect who does need to be brought along fairly slowly because of his defiencies in fundamentals and his sub par chin. Khan isnt ready for world class yet and his "Ring" ranking is quite flattering. I say let the kid ply his trade get the bouts in and pick up some experience before he gets his blocked knocked off.

 

What do you expect? His a Frank Warren fighter. ALL succesful Warren fighters go along the same tried and tested route.

 

Wrong......

Warren will shift him onto the slightly more acceptable WBO route as soon as Casamayor, Diaz and Campbell have moved on.

Then he'll get to 39-0, set a record for title defenses and have two fights against undefeated, untested but fairly decent fighters and claim a legacy like .......

 

.. Ricky Hatton

 

... Joe Calzaghe

 

... Naseem Hamed (doh..... MAB ruined that post Warren)