Khan IMO is done at top level boxing

3 of his last 5 fights have be a life and death struggle against none elite type opponents and he comes off as second best. He's not the fighter he thinks he is.

 

temperament of a brawler yet has one of the worst chins in boxing

You can only use your speed to masquerade as a boxer for so long. There's always going to be guys that know how to time speed at the higher levels.

 

Yeah, his inability to develop as a boxer in the last 18 or so months, coupled with the gruelling fights he's been inolved in during that period, means he could be on a slight downward slope already.

 

+1

We've seen the best of Khan come and go, in my opinion. That streak from Barrera to Judah will be the high point of his career.

 

I'll be eagerly awaiting his next fight though

 

He has no Chin. None.

 

Hopefully it's against Brook at 147. Then we can find out who's for real out of those two.

 

this may well be true. the kid can't take a punch plain and simple. that's not going to change. there is nothing that he, roach or any other trainer can do to help him take a punch better.

i will say though that, while i used to dislike him, i've been coming around to respecting that he's fought who's been put in front of him, took the tests at the opponent's request only to have him fail, offered bradley 50/50, fought peterson in d.c...i mean, the kid tries his heart out.

but yeah, he may never reach the hights that were projected by his hype.

 

I'll go with Kellz on his superior boxing ability. He's going to neutralize Amir's jab wif his own jab. Amir is basic and done once you take away his jab

 

Hes not done hes still young.

A win against solid comp and hes back.

Ready for another shot at the elites.

Judah made a career out of this.

 

He has no chin but he can still compete at the top level. He probably is able to even beat a Bradley.

 

I do think he can pick up a World title again, I guess that still counts as the top level. He will never be Elite level, I think that's pretty clear now, if we didn't know already. He has Elite handspeed, but that's about it.

Problem with Khan now is, mentally. No matter how much he will try to convince people his chin can hold up to decent shots, he himself will be much, much harder to convince. A recent example of this, Roy Jones Jr's last bout (I'm not saying Khan is completely shot, far from it). Every time Jones got caught, he was expecting to drop on the floor, possibly unconscious, even though his opponent couldn't punch. He was wary against a none puncher, and like I said, his confidence in taking any sort of shot has now vanished. Khan probably isn't at that stage yet, but he will probably be dropped again in his career...and these thoughts will be creeping in to his head.

Khan's style will change when he comes back. They will try to keep him in the safety first mode he beat Kotelnik with. But even then, he had flaws in that style.

Khan's future opponents will either attempt to walk him down with relentless pressure, or sit back and wait for him to overreach. Khan needs to find the right medium and improve his judge of distance if he is to have success in the future.

 

if he proves me wronga nd learns how to adapt with new techniques then he can achieve more things..but as of now and if continues to fight like that, i cant see him succeeding.