Khan getting braver after Earl KO...

Come on lads, lets not beat aroung the bush here, Khan is a wee fanny and will get found out soon enough. Every ****er on here could see that Earl was compeltely shot, so I dont know why Fanny Khan keeps on spluttering his gums, what a *****

 

Hmmm...I don't suppose Warren is best pleased that Khan gives it big...I think he fears he is not keeping his feet on the ground and starting to believe the hype himself...this would be very dangerous for him, especially if he does something stupid like leaving Warren!

 

If Amir's chin / punch resistance does improve he's going to be one **** of a fighter though. Who can blame him for being confident, he just smashed Earl in 75 seconds and looked good doing it. Earl, perhaps not the fighter he was (we wont know till he fights again), was caught flush, hard and fast. He was obliterated. 21 years young, exciting times ahead.

 

Considering he was out of the game for about 2 years after that car accident he did well to recover and come back.

Good point about Thaxton still making lightweight - both he and Khan are big at the weight and well matched in this regard.

 

Earl perhaps not the fighter he was! How much more convincing would anyone need?

We won't know until he fights again? He may never fight again - he has said himself he is considering retirement now.

 

I think everyone's ignoring the fact that Khan almost certainly didn't say these things without reading from a script written for him by his promotion team. The quote didn't include know what I mean or dya get me etc so it can't have been him.

Not sure why everyone gets so excited about scripted build up for a fight. I think the one thing that this tells us is that the Khan team want the Thaxton fight which is another encouraging sign that Khan is looking to continue moving up in class at a quick rate.

 

Well, it was 75 seconds, he hardly threw a punch. So I didnt see too mcuh from him to show either way.
What did you take from his performance that told you he was shot?
Did he take anything more than he did in the first round of the Kastidis fight?

Im not saying he isnt a shot fighter, Im just saying I didnt see anything that told me he wasbeyond doubt. It wasnt a Justin Jukko type performance, because he didnt do anything other than get caught.

 

Earl has simply been in too many battles and his loss to Katsidis was brutal.

My recollection is that he was floored twice at the end of the first round by Katsidis but was saved by the bell. When he was floored again early during the second round his corner threw in the towel but the ref allowed the fight to continue.

For me, its not a case of whether or not he took anything more against Khan that he did in the first round of the Katsidis fight. Its the cumulative effect of taking too many punches during his career.

If he continues to get in the ring I fear he could come to serious harm so I hope he makes the right decision for him and his family and retires.

 

But thats my point, people are saying he's shot based on a defeat against a top draw, world class fighter. Against Kastidis he took some brutal shots, yet surely that doesnt mean he's a shot fighter? It was only 12months prior to Kastidis ythat he has a career best performance against Romanov. Is Mathew macklin shot following Moore? Was Barrera shot following Morales? I dont think I'll know if earl is or isnt the fighter he was unless I see a visible decline in his skill, something I didnt feel I saw against Khan, who lets not forget looks to have huge power in his shots.

I dont know, I just dont buy into this post fight knee jerk reaction aganist Khan opponents. Its coming with Thaxton too, if Khan beats Jono everyones going to say he was old, shot, tight at the weight and just scuffed his way past Stewart.

One thing going against Ealr though is the fact he's in the toughest domestic division (imo)

 

All 3 Diaz's, Katsidias, Romanov and Thaxton would not have beaten Earl in 75 secs.

 

Yeah but it was a temple shot that downed him and not a chin one.

 

Because the Limond fight was not the first time he's been on the floor. He had already been down once in a previous professional fight, not badly hurt but still down. In his last amateur bout he was also floored, and hurt.
It's no secret that his chin is suspect, that's why he's been matched as he has. If you look closely at all his fights you will notice that every time he gets hit on the chops there is a reaction of some kind.

That's why people question his chin.

 

The point I am trying to make about Earl is not just based on the Katsidis fight. I think the Romanov win took a lot out of him because he hasn't looked the same fighter since.

Sandwiched between those two fights he fought Ramirez who usually campaigns at super featherweight and was not known as a big puncher. Ramirez was landing the better more meaningful punches which had Earl looking very vulnerable and hurt. Earl looked on the verge of being knocked down more than once - think his legs wobbled during the fourth round. He finished the fight weakly as well with over a dozen unanswered punches in one of the later rounds. Earl got the decision but many had the fight closer than the judges.

He then fought Katsidis and we all know what happened there - its been one battle after the other and for an experienced pro to display such a lack of defence and punch resistance against Khan is evidence enough, for me at least, that he should quit now. No knee jerk reaction from me and no disrespect to Earl - he seems like a very honest guy who has won and lost the hard way.

 

After Khans last two performances in which he has shown a marked inprovement, I would bet on him to knock Thaxton out inside 8 rounds.

Having said that, Warren will not match Khan with Thaxton if he thinks Thaxton poses a genuine threat.

Thaxton is getting on now, he is past his physical prime...lets see whether Mr Warren agrees with me on this.:huh

 

ha. the 2nd of feb show is being called "The Wrath of Khan".

given the article i wouldn't be suprised if thaxton is the next opponent and warren is going to come up with a late "take it or leave it" offer to limit the amount of training jono can put in.

he's definitely got to be an opponent in the next two fights, otherwise he wouldn't get a mention.