Khan can become untouchable, unbeatable.

Floyd is a defensive master, Khans defence is awful. It's like comparing Sweet Pea and Gatti.

 

:yep Dude you seriously need to go educate yourself. For the record, Mayweather was hit 122 times in the De La Hoya fight and took 82 power punches. These are pretty decent stats for a guy who is considered to have the best defence in the business.

Khan's legs go after one clean shot let alone 82!

 

:happy

 

Khan undoubtedly ticks a lot of the boxes: (1) footspeed - great, (2) handspeed - great, (3) stamina - looks good enough.

I think he will probably gather himself a belt or two, maybe at LWW as well as LW.

But, one has to take note of the glaring weaknesses in his arsenal as well, and recognise that he will not be a long-reigning champ, and also that he will never be elite: (1) counter-punching - I don't know were you got the idea that he is a great exponent of this; there haven't been many times I can count were he lets the other boxer lead off and then counters; Khan is all offence and nearly always initiates the attack. (2) punch resistance - he is highly vulnerable to both body and head, and it would be stupid to think that a competent LW operator is not going to land on him a few times in a contest. (3) Size and reach - he is always going to have problems with guys who have comparable size and reach; his diving in and out, as well as his shoeshine combos, are not going to be as effective against an opponent who has the reach to tag him when he pulls back out of an attack, and others who will have the core strength to walk through his punches and bully him on the inside (his inside game is not the best, and he looks really uncomfortable there; he done well to tie up Barrera, but he mightn't be able to do this for 12 rounds against fresher, bigger opponents).

Saying all that I wish him well in the future, and if anything is certain its that he makes for exciting fights. However, the PBF comparisons are just stupid at this point.

 

Did you not see MAB wabble him with a nothing shot? It was only a matter of time before he caught him flush with a decent shot

 

I wanted Khan to win and I said he would win and by stoppage. Roach can improve him and has improved him slightly, but his chin is awful. Not shaky, total glass. And it is near impossible to reach the top with a weakness that bad.

Don't read much into beating MAB, the guy is shot to ****, and fighting above the weight he should be. He was simply too old, slow and small to deal with a big, fast lightweight with good reach too.

Khan is great going forward and his defence can be improved, but it cannot be improved so much that he never gets hit. PBF is one of the best defensive fighters you will ever see and yet he still got caught, he was rocked by Corley, caught by Castillo.....

Khans problem is that any time he is caught by anyone with even the slightest power, he is ****ed. Under Roach I am confident the Limmond fight would not have seen Khan caught like he was, but no matter what he will get tagged at some time in any fight, because that is boxing. When he gets tagged by someone at the highest levels he is going down.

I simply don't see it as a weakness that can be defended. It is so shockingly bad.
But he gets way too much hate and he can improve and continue to improve under Roach. Good luck to him...

But he is never going to be elite and "untouchable and unbeatable" is a farcial comment.

 

You are talking crap actually mate. MAB was never in the fight, and getting thrashed because he is way way past his best. It was great match making from Warren and your anti-Khan agenda is as clear as crystal.

Your first thread was about Asian fans attacking whites and blacks (threw the blacks in to make sure it looked like you weren't racist) and every post has an anti Khan spin on it.

At least be honest and just say you can't stand him and you want to see him get KO'd again.

 

It's not just Khan's chin that is china, let's not forget. It's not a matter of just having to defend his chin.

His entire pumpkin looking head is pure china. When he gets tapped on the side or back of the head he loses his equilibrium entirely.

His body is also made out pottery. Michael Gomez had him limping around the ring winded.

 

Khan fights the same way he always has but has improved certain technical points like hands up and pinned to the cheeks. They have also work on his balance as he always rocked and his went past his front foot. They've got him using his assets like height, reach and speed more.