Khan - World Champion within 5 Fights?

Good post. So many fighters have had their careers destoryed by being thrown in too soon. Warren is good, if nothing else, at building up fighters through fighting. Would Hatton be where he is now without him, would Calzaghe?

 

No they would probably be more respected and have fought alot more top fighters.

 

i seem to remember appleby on the undercard of anderson - nuumbebe earlier this year. tall featherweight with a jedi haircut?

khan has been packaged very well and he'll have made a lot of money before we know for definite whether or not he'll make it. people may not like it but boxing is a business and the team have taken full advantage of khan's youth and the olympic medal. everyone loves an olympic medalist, even if its in some crappy sport like hurling or archery or somethin! (no disrespect to any archers or hurlers here)

i know its difficult but i try to look beyond the hype and his bad interviews and see a good skillful prospect with a lot to learn. i think its ridiculous to proclaim him a future atg or multi-weight world champion, but i reckon he'll make a decent pro and give us some exciting moments on free television which can't be bad.

becoming a world champ within 5 fights is not impossible but unlikely. for me, good progress would be for him to rise above the domestic scene by the end of next year which means proving himself against the likes of thaxton and earl.

 

i have no sympathy for warren.

warren was the one who induced khan to leave the amatuer ranks .

the olympics will be coming around and khan will be thinking he could have been fighting for olympic gold in 9 months time rather than fighting for a northern area /intercontenental /abc interim bolton pollards belt v victor meldrew.

warren is under pressure with khan and khan`s family ,unlike any fighter he has had before at an early stage of there career`s.

 

I think you may be thinking of Curling , hurling is an Irish sport(not part of the Olympics)[yt]AM-kB1e96CA[/yt][YT]XIHHJNW6qfM&mode=related&search=[/YT] IMO the greatest spectator sport(alongside boxing of course) and that's from someone who has (Association) football closest to his heart .

Anyway Paul Appleby looks a great prospect to me , and yes he was the tall featherweight with the Jedi haircut .

As for John Murray , he was meant to be fighting a 13-0 on Shobox a few months ago but had to pull out with injury . He's now fighting for the English Lightweight title against Dean Hickman on the undercard of Froch v Reid which is a step in the right direction .

 

Bollocks. Warren may not be perfect but he has nurtured these two fighters and they've given the uK some great fight nights. Hattons development from very young pro to #1 in the division was superb. calzaghe has missed out on a few top fighters in his weight, but lets get real, if he beats Kessler he'll have been top of the tree in his division for the best part of ten years.

 

Mate i like hatton and calzaghe but the general opinion is that frank warren doesn't get fighters the big fight's and he over protects them. Hatton left him becuase he wanted to go for the big time and i respect that, and calzaghe could have been ranked as one of the all time greats with his talent if he had left warren and pursued the big fights. Now his legacy rests on beating kessler, if he loses everyone will call him overrated (i think he is a great fighter and maybe the best britains had to offer but compoare his resume to most all time fighters and it comes up well short)

 

I'm a Khan fan but no way he becomes a champion within five fights. Warren wont let him for a start and he has a lot to learn before he is put in with world class opponents, let alone champions.

 

No chance that happens anytime soon , or it would be something like:
[Romanov lands hard precise right hand on Khan , Khan goes down , repeat twice more and then the fight is stopped] .

Thaxton is one thing because even if I do feel he would stop Khan he can be outboxed and it is possible(although unlikely imo) that Khan could avoid his heavy shots while landing good enough ones himself to stop Thaxton . Where as with Romanov no matter how well Khan is boxing he will have to take that right hand , Yuri is very like Tszyu in that sense that no matter what he will always have that laser guided missle of a straight right and unless you're Willie Pep it's gonna hit you quite regulary .

 

atsch ah yeah. thats what i meant!