Khan is going to ice Crawfird

I remember watching that fight and at the time thinking Khan was on track for greatness. On reflection, I suspect it shows he's a great three-round fighter.

My issues with Khan is his over reliance on speed and lack of ring IQ. The two matters are linked, as I suspect his otherworldly quickness of feet and hands, allowed him to keep bad habits (chin up while going back in straight lines, for example), because his speed papered over the cracks. But as that speed slowly diminished with age and inactivity, he flaws have been more readily exposed. As has his chin.

I wish he'd been trained to mix up his rhythm too, so that his speed was a surprise element. Look at how many of his fights begin with opponents befuddled by the blur of leather before them. Eventually, top fighters catch on, adapt to his tempo and time him. Typically after 3-4 rounds. It's akin to getting in a car and accelerating to 80mph. At first you feel the speed but after a while it becomes the norm and you hardly sense its presence.

If Khan had learned to slow things down.... lure fighters in and then change it back up, I think his speed would have remained relevant throughout his fights. That's low ring IQ in a nutshell.

Look, I admire his willingness to get in the ring with the likes of Canelo and Crawford, and Bud vs prime Khan would have been a barn burner. Maybe it still will be, but in chasing Mayweather he traded out three years of his career for a fight which never got made. And I don't think he has ever really recovered from this hiatus.

In his last fight, a physical decline was clearly evident and, unless that was due to a lack of motivation for a fight he thought he couldn't lose, a replication of that diminished conditioning, an even weaker chin because of this and slight drop in speed from his very best days, is not an equation which concludes well for him on April 20.

His matrix is going to be conclusively solved, I suspect....

 

You'll swear you were watching Thunder vs Grimsley.

 

The only ice khan will be doing is on his face after Bud kicks his ass

 

“If I beat Crawford, and I firmly believe I can, that probably kills the Brook fight.”

Sounds like Khan has found a new kind of motivator.

 

You beat me to it.

 

I quote you too, so that we can see the day after the fight how's laughing and who doesnt know **** about boxing.

 

WAR KHAN

Khan will ice him for 5 rounds

Then he'll slow, Crawford will have adapted then Khan needs to pull off the performances of his life to make it through and survive

If Khan's pulls out every inch of a his micro ***** he might just do it

otherwise...meh...He is war torn, Crawford is not, you will see it in his legs alone.

 

And.......LET ME KNOW WHEN ELVIS GETS HERE.

 

That fight was a work.

 

Khan fans sound as delusional as the Garcia fans.

Khan's chin up, move back in a straight line style isn't going to cut it at the elite level. Not in his age, not after so many templates. He's so open to counter shots when he throws. Crawford is going to have a field day after 4 rounds.

 

Dude you thought Khan would beat Canelo. Think about that.

 

Nice alt! You will go back to posting under your regular username after the fight.

 

Tbh it probably does though
Brook is domestic level
At least it would line khan up for bigger fights