Nah, no way mate. Maequez has the skills to land on any fighter and Khan is nothing if not predictable in a fight. The Marquez of the first Diaz bout would beat Khan but who knows how old he has gotten since then. Its been over 2 years since he's been in a competative bout so he might have slowed up a bit. Khan has youth and speed but he's never gonna have the talent of a guy like JMM. Juan Diaz is also a great talent imo but he doesnt fair well when he's cut nor does he fair well at the higher weights. He's quite simply too short for 140lbs and imo (dare I say it) too small and short for 135lbs which is the division he unified and dominated at a young age (which imo was a testament to his natural talent). Diaz always has a bit of a gut in the ring and with the proper dietician and experts etc around him he could lose that asnd make superfeather imo which is a division he would completely dominate imo. For a guy with no power he's stopped some good fighters with his accurate combo's and workrate. I truly hope he does what hatton done and goes to a plastic surgeon (or whatever it was Ricky did) and gets treatment on those eyes to prevent them cutting so easily. I reckon Diaz has been unfairly dismissed as a shot fighter but the division he's in is just not the right one. Its like being on the krypton factor with a square head trying to fit it into a round hole lol.......just the wrong place
This is the U.S way talk yourself up, more trash talk/hype= £$ Anyway if Khan feels he is ready for anyone at 140 then thats a good sign, it's a shame right now GBP are not letting him fight the other top fighters in the division. I know their idea is right now to bulid Khan up in U.S vs low risk, named fighters like Paulie and now thinking of JMM(if he wins) but after this next Khan HBO date Dec 11th, if Khan dont fight Bradley, Alexander, or Maidana early next year then even I a big Khan fan will be pissed off and wont defend him, ok if Bradley-Alexander end of Jan 2011 comes off then that puts them 2 out the picture, but he then has to fight Maidana, because in my view Khan 'IS' ready for anyone at 140 just like what Roach has been saying. Saying that if Diaz wins then there is a small chance Khan might fight them next lets see, if JMM wins I see JMM-Khan fight a bit like Floyd-JMM, Khan would give JMM a retirement beating because Khan is just too big, too fast, too fresh/young for old small JMM no disrespect but JMM has no place above 135. To the rest Maidana, Bradley, or much hyped(by the U.S fans) Alexander I back Khan to beat all of them, will be hard fights but Khan now under Roach is becoming a game fighter, and with 140 looking like his natural weight, Khan's chin looks so far better up here, but also his defence, positioning(footwork), timing, gameplaning, great jab, effective workrate are improvements, but still can keep improving under Roach.
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Yet you say that, the only way both Bradley and Alexander can beat Khan is to KO him, they sure ant beating him on points, Khan too well schooled for that.
What punches has Khan taken at 140 to say his chin has got better. Kotelnik is certainly a better puncher than Limond for instance, and Khan has undoubtedly bcecome a less hittable target, but how will he look against an offensive force? I still doubt Khan could take a whack off of Bradley, no puncher himself. There's been no evidence to suggest his punch resistance has fared better since the move up.
You have your answer there, Kotelnik hits harder than Limond and Gomez, yet Khan took his shots with no problem. Also adding Khan's defence has improved adds to the all round factor. But yet we dont know what will happen if a puncher lands, but the plan is never let a big puncher(Maidana) land, clean or full on. There has been an improvement at 140, how much? yet to find out.