Khan admits he was killing himself making 135..

At 140, give his proportioning, he should be stronger on all fronts. Some get away with draining but many guys like Corrales and Cotto make huge leaps in ability because they are not drained.

I love it how every fighter is fine at the weight until they move up and then they will be 'stronger'.

I like a fighter like Floyd who after losing 6 pounds for the Chavez fight was saying it's too hard to make the weight and he's leaving 130. Not many fighters say 6 pounds is too hard to lose the weight.

Any more than about 5 pounds and fighters are not able to be 100%.

 

Khan is a funny one with me; on one hand I should be liking him - a talented Brit who could have a great future, but on the other hand; I cannot stand the guy!

I'm interested to see how his new weight campaign will go: will his increase in strength etc be enough to overcome the fact that his opponents will be stronger, bigger and more durable?

edit: in that video he came across FAR better than he normally does; seems a lot more humble and a bit more mature. Also seems to talk like a dedicated boxer, not an annoying kid with a bunch of money sat in his bank.

 

I doubt any boxer under 154 can beat a non weight drained Amir Khan.

 

He fought Rachid Drilzane at 140 and didn't look much better.

 

:huh

Your grip on Khan's balls is tight.

 

I wish people would stop saying he has fought at 140 - it was a meaningless fight, for which he simply didn't have to lose the last 2/3lbs.

If this rule was followed, Hatton would have fought a dozen times at 147, and Berto made his debut at 168!

He may be stronger at 140 than at 135, but by and large, the punches will be harder as well - no matter how softly Warren tries to match him.

His chin will always be his achilles heel.

 

Don't worry about logic. Forget they punch harder. All that matters is that because Khan has to lose 5 less lbs he will be able to take such harder punches from world class fighters, regardless of being knocked down by a former super feather that isn't a puncher. It's all an illusion. Expect Khan to put McCall to shame at light welter.

 

Well he had 1% body fat, I hear people should die at 1% body fat it makes sense.

 

His 1% BF was absolute bull****, even peak bodybuilders (a handful at most) have reached 2.5% and even then that was for a few hours.

 

3% still seems a push but isn't impossible. Holyfield was staying at CW with a BF% of about 3.6, so it's do-able for a well conditioned athlete.

 

I think if Floyd wants to get real rewards for that fight then he has to make it at 139. 139 is only 4 pounds north for JMM so people won't make excuses about JMM being a small man. JMM as a WW isn't impressive and might get criticised because he is avoiding so many good 147s.

Make the fight at 139. Even 140 is too high because psychologically people are thinking up a division. 139 sounds like a catchweight and gives it a more even appeal.

 

Khan gets stupid hatred i.e. when he said speed beats any style. When I watched the video, I didn't hear him say that. I hear him say speed can beat nearly/most styles and there is nothing wrong with that comment. Hide, Froch and co hate on him but he wishes them good luck in their big fights.