Khan - World Champion within 5 Fights?

Limond has great handspeed though, its always been one of his strengths. It didnt surprise me that he was able to land frequently on Khan.

That was the trouble with this fight for Khan, Limond was criminally overlooked. Everyone thought he was going to be the latest punchbag for Khan, but if it hadnt been for Limonds ring inactivity before the Khan fight things could have been a lot worse for Khan. & Thats not me taking away from the Bolton lad, cos as I always say, Limond is fringe world class IMO.

However you could call me biased, & I couldnt disagree as limond is one of my favourite fighters. but without blowing my own trumpet, Im generally not a bad judge of british fighters most of the time.

 

Khan is having a Steffi, he can't really think he's good enough to do all that, can he? Or is he that deluded?

 

China chinned will be exposed the moment he faces a half decent boxer with a hard punch.
Not any of these 20 win guys with 2ko's.

 

i'd like to see khan go up against katsidis 5 fights from now.

 

Well if Khan doesnt face at least 1 or 2 known punchers in his next 5 fights, then when takes on Katsidis he will be badly exposed.

 

He actually believes it atsch

Check this out, it was after his 6th fight and he calls out Floyd :admin

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article549315.ece

 

To spar 4 rounds, theres nothing wrong with that. Boxers are supposed to be confident in their ability, or else they'd **** their panse when they enter the ring.

 

Kahn is a young guy and i don't see most of you are giving him so much ****, if he improves his flaws in defence and technique i think he could become a world champion. However unless you count a bull**** belt like the wbu as a world title he aint gonna be a world champion in the next 5 fights.

 

Limond was definitely quick and sharp in that fight. But Khan will reach a level where most the guys are quick like that and with other assets along with it.

Limond's sucessful training definitely showed in that fight.

 

He'll probably win a world title, but will never be the man at his weight. Perhaps, being a big name, a few fools will hype him and claim he is. But Amir Khan will never be the best fighter at any weight.

 

He has a chance at light -welter when ricky and witter go, i think the lightweight division is to strong in talent for him to be the overall champ. To be fair welterweight looks like the big division for the next couple of years so maybe hatton will stay at welter and witter might move up after he beats paul m.

 

It wasnt a sparring match he was asking for :huh


heres the article......

AMIR Khan has thrown down an audacious challenge to pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather as he prepares for his seventh professional test in Belfast tonight.

Saturday, May 20, 2006
The bullish Bolton teenager believes he has mastered the four-round distance to such an extent he could give the American superstar a run for his money - and would even cross the Atlantic to prove it.

The bullish Bolton teenager believes he has mastered the four-round distance to such an extent he could give the American superstar a run for his money - and would even cross the Atlantic to prove it.
Khan is brimming with confidence after a dazzling start to his professional career, which extends to seven fights against Hungarian Laszlo Komjathi at a sold-out King's Hall.
Khan said: "Talent-wise I am already one of the best fighters in the world over four rounds. I would love to have four rounds with Mayweather. I am as quick if not quicker than him and I can sustain a fast pace non-stop."
Khan's promoter Frank Warren will relish the youngster's ambition but is intent on keeping his feet rather more firmly on the ground, and believes Komjathi is a more realistic opponent at this stage.
Komjathi will certainly represent the biggest test of Khan's career so far, having previously gone the distance with Stefano Zoff in a European lightweight title bid.
And Khan himself is hoping Komjathi will put up a sterner test than those provided by Jackson Williams and Vitali Martynov, who he outclassed in his last two bouts.
Khan said: "I do need rounds because that is where you learn. I get a second wind in training and I want to feel that in a fight. My full strength is still to come. With every fight I am getting stronger and more confident."
"It's been brilliant going to different places and having more people shouting for me than in the top of the bill. It's come so quick, I'm not even champion yet and I'm getting all this support."
The 30-year-old Komjathi brings a solid record and has only been stopped once in his 10-year career. If Khan can add to that number his confidence can justifiably increase.
Scott Harrison's late withdrawal has not unduly harmed an attractive bill, with Brixton heavyweight Danny Williams stepping in for a British title warm-up against German Adnan Serin.
But a cracking top-of-the-bill showdown pits Belfast miracle man Eamonn Magee against Takaloo, in a potentially explosive WBU welterweight title showdown.
Two years ago, Magee was told he would never box again after having his left leg shattered in a street attack - but was back having his arm raised in the ring only 12 months later.
Now the former Ricky Hatton foe is eager to get back into the world title picture with a win.
The 34-year-old Magee insists he still sees his future in the light-welterweight division.
"I push myself more than I did before the attack. I never really did any running and now I do 8-10 miles a day. My leg is as strong as it ever was - it looks different," he points out.

 

You say that but didnt Willie himself say it was the first time he'd had 8 weeks preperaton for a fight?

As for Khan, great prospect, probably the best we have in this country at the moment.

 

Look no further than Paul Appleby for a better prospect than Khan (being less known doesnt mean a lesser fighter )

I have also been hearing great things about young Tom Costello. Khan imo is a medea created name and the reason Warren knew he could make cash from him was the fact that he was the UK's only boxer in the olympics and Joe Public knew who he was due to that fact, why else do you think Warren has moved to Setanta but is keeping Khan on the Joe Public channel (ITV)

Khan was on TV last week talking about the 700,000 quid he had spent in opening a gym in his hometown...good gesture and hats off to the lad but for somebody as inexperienced as he is having that kind of cash at his disposal is quite frankly (no pun intended lol) ridiculous and what he needs to remember is that the guys he has to face in the future are gonna be the likes of young hungry mexicans etc who have never earned anything more than a couple of quid per week their whole life and the hunger and heart in those guys is always gonna be a lot more than you'll find in a over paid young prospect who is surrounded in "yes" men. Warren is an expert in making a fighter look like the real deal and thats exactly what he has done with Amir (well he's convinced the casual fans anyway) and considering he has invested all this cash into Khan (where do you think he gets the 700k for example ) he will not be risking him against anyone remotely decent anytime soon...thats for sure.

 

Appleby is a good fighter, great prospect, but I dont see his performances as being any better than Khans at that point in his career. neither od I see him doing much thats better than Amir.

Gary Sykes will be a fighter to watch. Again, not ure if he'll go onto bigger and better things than Khan but we'll see.

John Murray was the closest to Khan wasnt he, his career seems to have gone stagnant after leaving VIP.

Notable mentions. Brian Rose, Denton Vassel, darren barker (just back form sparring Kessler), ben Murphy, Nicky Smedley (although I wasnt overly impressed with him out in ireland recently), Andy Lee (do we count him?) & Costello who recently went to New York to spar malinaggi and Lovemore N'dou, by alla ccounts aquitted himself really well too.