I shall never pick a fight again until it's started (and I can see the result coming:hey:hey) .....as everyone I seem to back loses recently.
Khan does look unimpressive Who is the guy sparring him -he looks alot bigger ! Why would Frank Warren post his sparring session now?
If this video is not some tactical ploy, Khan seems to have even lost what he had learnt before Barrera. I see the same amateurish Khan lunging recklessly and he moves his head like he wants to get it hit more than when he doesn't move at all, blindly. There's not much use of jab and no in and out movement. For me the other guy looks a bit bigger though, his legs definitely bigger than Khan's. I am swayed towards betting against Khan now. Should I put to risk my tenner or Khan's boxing career guys?
Cant see much wrong with this session, he is sparring remember. He is maybe going to get hit, remember. Sure he is maybe too relaxed. I was having trouble at first as some of the posts previous were saying how bad he looked, so i kept checking the guy with adidas gloves ( yes i know he is reebok and he would be the one with fullface guard ) He seemed to be blocking a lot and was keen too, the other boy. Khan looked sharp, he was throwing a few different combos....seemed fine to me. Then again i aint a trainer. Sure as **** Khan wont be throwing single rights this weekend. If anyone changes there fight prediction based on this sparring session, you got to be kidding me.
He's doing enough in that vid to score a stoppage with one of Warrne's refs. Your bets are safe lads, don't worry.
TFFP, I agree with Roach on this approach. In the fight against Maidana, Kotelnik mantains a real tight defence - catching the majority of shots on his gloves. However, this leaves his body open for sweet shots. IMHO, if you have speed and power, body shots should be a great way to wear the guy down. (Feel free to challenge me on this theory btw). Seperately, some people are skeptical about the footage. Part of me feels this way as well - surely Frank Warren would never be stupid enough to "proudly" publish his fighter looking like crap. It would only make sense from an expectations management perspective, i.e: 1) Get everyone losing hope in Khan and expecting him to lose / take a real beating 2) Getting the news across to Kotelnik (word travels fast afterall) in terms of point 1 above, having everyone expect him to lose and then see Khan put out a steller A+ performance will create much more PR momentum post-fight than an 'expected bookies favourite win.' As for those who have said, well, sparring is mean't to be all about "ironing out" mistakes - I agree, but sparring less than 7 days before a world title fight should not be about addressing amateur flaws(!). Come on guys! This is either one clever machiavellian PR stunt (note - it was carried out for a full 3 mins in front of the media) OR it's a sign that the Khan express truly has been de-railed. I guess we'll find out saturday. :think
That's not what I was seeing, although I too am not a trainer. I thought Khan looked sloppy, missing with his own clumsy attacks, whilst getting caught way too much.I reckon this is simply the very worst bits of sparring for Khan, and I'll wager he's been looking a lot better than this. I'm not quite sure why FW would put this clip up, but if this thread is anything to go by, the betting odds could well end up changing as a result.........
Sparring 7 days before a title fight of this level, i would presume he just " having a move / winding down " Welcome to the Brit Forum also :thumbsup
I guess i meant fast rather than sharp, but thats a given of course. I wonder how old this vid actually is :huh