do people really think khan would have stayed amateur for another 4 years after the hype created by the olympics? no way...i think the ABA did offer him good money but he knew that it would be nowhere near the amount of earnings he'd get out of turning pro off the back of the olympics. i believe a wise man once said..."cash rules everything around me. dollar dollar bill y'all".
Remember this guy (Romanov) getting beat by Earl on points approx. 18 months ago. Agree that he would be too much of a risk right now especially with Khans careless defence.
Romanov would eat Khan alive. He is very strong with a heavy punch, similar to Tzsyu. He will be another fighter Khan won't be allowed anywhere near.
I remember a fight where a rusty Romanov lost a very close decision(I scored it to Romanov by a point) against Earl after being out of the ring for over 13 months . I remember thinking to myself several times in that fight that an active Romanov would of stopped Earl . Romanov has beaten Steve Murray , Bobby Vanzie(the only man to stop Vanzie , putting him down 5 times) , Steve Conway , should have won the Earl fight imo(but I've no qualms with the decision going the other way) , stopped Juan Carlos Diaz Melero and Tonchev and in my opinion he is also going to stop former WBA Lightweight champ Stefano Zoff in just over 2 weeks time . I know all about Romanov , and I know all about how he's all wrong for Khan .
There wasn't a lot in it with the judges - just a couple of points I think. Haven't seen anything of Earl since the Katsidis fight and do wonder how much that took out of him. He is meant to be fighting on the undercard of the Sports Network bill on 6th October but don't think an opponent has been named yet.
Khan can be a world champ in 5 fights. It's believable. But between Thaxton and the big fight I don't think he'll be set up against anyone dangerous.
Khan needs to shut up about the title. He is doing what Harrison did and digging his grave. First it was - champ by 21. Now it is - champ in 5 fights. It is reminiscent of Harrisons - I'll be British champ in 5 fights, then - I'll be unified champ by 07. Its very disrespectful to look so far ahead. Take it one step at a time. The ONLY person he should be thinking about is Jon Thaxton. Thaxton gives em all a tough time so he shouldn't be looking past him.
I could see Khan unifying pretty soon. He could hold the WBU, WBF maybe even the IBO and IBA as well easily making him Britains most successful fighter.