Khan KO's Rubio!

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  1. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    roach is not as good as people make out, but he's very good according to who he's training a bit like manny and would be really good for khan's style as would manny steward and buddy mcgirt. don't forget he learned from the great eddie futch
     
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  2. Jack

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    Even Pernell Whitaker, Wilfred Benitez, Willie Pep and so on, took punches that would knock Khan out if he had to take them.

    You can work around a chin like Wladimir Klitschko's or Thomas Hearns'. They can take punches, but it's a definite weakness. Can anyone name a current or former elite former whose chin was similar to Khan's?

    The only top class fighter Khan could beat in the near future is Paulie Malignaggi. And I reckon he could get stopped there too.
     
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  3. realsoulja

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    i memba paulie gave cotto a good punch that pushed cotto quite back, not a devistating punch but a decent one.

    Floyd Patterson looked like he had a terrible chin, but he showed up later on
     
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  4. GazOC

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    Jack,

    I don't think its a matter of whether Kahn can become an "elite", he can't with that chin IMHO, its just a question of what he needs to do to maximize his potential with the tools he's been given.
     
    GazOC, Sep 19, 2008
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  5. Jack

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    Roach is a great trainer. Look at the way he has transformed Pacquiao into a great boxer, rather than just a heavy handed, predictable slugger. He's done well with pretty much everyone he's had time to work with.

    What has he done to be considered overrated?
     
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  6. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    a student of the game like bernard hopkins doesn't pay a guy top $ to train him if he's overrated
     
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  7. GazOC

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    Esp. when you consider Hopkins is well known as a tight arse.
     
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  8. robpalmer135

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    source and link please. slip you have stated things like this before andthey have been bullhsihit.
    NOBODY LISTEN TO HIM
     
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  9. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Amir Khan parts company with trainer






    div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}It was billed as a boxer-trainer partnership made in heaven, but the pairing of Amir Khan and Jorge Rubio lasted only 54 seconds of competitive action. Rubio, the Cuban trainer brought in by Khan this summer, has been jettisoned after Khan's surprise knockout defeat by Breidis Prescott a fortnight ago.

    The split was described as amicable, but Rubio's days seemed numbered from the moment Khan was put on his back in Manchester, despite the 21-year-old former Olympic silver medal-winner giving Rubio his backing. Prescott, from Colombia, had arrived at the recommendation of Rubio, but proved to be an opponent from hell, taller than Khan and a heavy puncher.

    Rubio had been Khan's third trainer this year. Oliver Harrison, who had trained him since turning professional, was sacked after a falling-out in April and Dean Powell stood in for Khan's bout against Michael Gomez in June. Khan had his heart set on an American trainer and the Miami-based Rubio was picked over well-known names such as Freddie Roach, Roger Mayweather and James “Buddy” McGirt.
     
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    sorry slip, but your track record is bull****.
     
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  11. slip&counter

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    This Saturday, newly defeated British sensation Amir Khan will arrive in Los Angeles to begin talks with trainer Freddie Roach about possibly taking over the head trainer position.

    "Amir Khan is coming with his father and attorney. They wanted to talk to me about re-building his career," Roach said today from his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, CA.
     
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  15. Jack

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    Exactly.
     
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