Khan Marquez May 15th Vegas

Great fight for you Americans tho, i wouldn't have minded seeing this one live.

 

Marquez will crack his chin

 

Styles make fights,Maidana is more dangerous to Khan because one shot will send Khan to bed early

 

Agree!

The thing is we don't know how will Marquez react from his last fight.

Is 140 still too high for him (we know 147 is..)?

 

hate to say but I think Khans height, reach and speed advantage might prove too much for Marquez, hope that I'm wrong though.

 

What a rediculous statement atsch

Working his way up the ranking like nearly every other fighter does, its not Hatton's fault Khan is heavily invested in do you think Khan would have such opportunities if he wasn't in the olympics or being a very marketable fighter to invest in due to ethnic background?

And Khan would Never last against punchers like Tszyu, Urango hell at least Hatton cleared up and proved himself all domestic and European opposition bar Witter, including the likes of Lauri, Pendleton, M'gee, Phillips, Tackie and ofcourse Thaxton who Warren didn't want Khan in against

Khan got far more attention and thats the reason he is where he is now, do you think Hatton would have got a fight against Barrera and a title shot straight after being KO'd in under a minuite? I dont

 

Ricky's fought both Mayweather and Pacquiao when they were at the top. Not to mention a host of other good fighters. Questioning his willingness to fight the best really isn't something to do. He may have spent a lot of time in Europe, but he eventually fought the very best. There's nothing to knock him on.

 

Excellent post.

 

Why dont you? Its pretty clear you're memory doesnt stretch back further than yesterday.

 

Yeah. This is what bothers me, too. JMM's one of my favourite fighters, but I don't see him being anywhere near as effective over 135, and he's better at 130. At 140, this could be better for Khan. Taller, more powerful since the weight chang, amazing handspeed etc.

On the other hand, for a little fella, Marquez has got a chin like a brick. And I'm not sure Khan can go for 12 rounds against him without getting caught hard at some point. Kotelnik caught him a few times and he didn't go down, though, so should be very interesting. Good fight, if it happens.

 

Could have? Would have? Should have? Which one is it? Im not interested in conjecture only cold facts. Facts remain Ricky spent the best part of a carefully promoted career fighting C and B plus fighters under the auspices of "World class boxing". Ricky was making half a mil a time at the M.E.N defending a belt based in cottage in Norwich. Even Calzaghe vented his spleen at the money Ricky was making to the tune of SN and the WBU. For a FACT Warren invested way more money in Hatton than he did Khan.

As for your assertions about Hatton being the best in Europe and domestically thats more hogwash. Hatton refused to face Urkal when he was unbeaten for the EBU. And he refused to face Witter point blank. He even refused to face Corleyt and reneged on his WBO number 1 mandatory twice. Ricky the best fighter in the world and yet we didnt even know if he was the best fighter domestically at his weight. His was a carefully guided career of which you fell for hook line and sinker.

Ricky got wiped out by Floyd. Not long after that he was facing Pacquiao. When your ready to talk facts let me know. Otherwise im not interested in your subjective meandering.

 

I think you should learn to read. You have basic cognitive skills no? Did not my post make a comparison between their ledgers around their 23rd fight or so?

 

Don't get me wrong, at this stage of Khan's career I think both (Marquez and Maidana) would be too much for him.

But all Maidana brings to the table is power, and yes I agree, that may be all that is needed to bring Khan down. However his one dimensional style means he is susceptible to being outboxed. So if Khan is disciplined enough to stick 100% to the gameplan, he has more chance of working his way to a UD.

Marquez on the other hand, brings attributes which Khan has never dealt with before. The ability to neutralize speed demons, expert counterpunching with pin point accurate combinations, means he has the tools take advantage of Khan's naivety. Yes he isn't a devestating puncher, but let's be honest, you don't need to be to topple Khan. If one or two clean shots don't bring him down (which they probably won't), then you can at least expect the accumulation of shots stop Khan.

In short, against Khan, Maidana can only win one way (KO) whereas Marquez has the ability to do both (KO and decision)

 

Marquez is too skilled for Kahn. He is no Salita.

 

This he is. But Marquez has lost a step. It will be interesting to see how he deals with Khans reach and speed. Anyway this is all moot as Khan has to get past Maidana first and thats certainly not a given.