Khan's chin has improved by moving up in weight to 140

lol. The kid has had 1 bloody fight at 140 against a featherfisted fighter and now he has an Iron chin?? Comical and quite embarrasing.

 

Roach has changed a lot about Khan in a short time. they worked on his body shape after finding him to be too top heavy, brought him up to 140, and placed more emphasis on defence and giving him a sensible gameplan to win a World Title. There's still a lot of work to do with Khan but he seems to be responding to Roach and if he's carefully matched for the next two years will likely improve further. Personally i don't like the new improved Khan i find it a bit boring but good luck to the kid he has come back well from the Prescott fight.

 

Khan is now a world champ so if he faces world class opposition all the way from here on in then we can all say he is the real deal but if his people pick and choose his opponents for him and try and pull the wool over our eyes then we will know he is still a 'kid mae oaner' (scottish phrase lol )

I reckon his chin is shite and thats why he is a hit and run guy, usually against the lightest punching guys of the 135-140 division but if he shows the courage of a warrior and faces all comers then we have no choice but to give him props but in my honest opinion he will face the easiest opponents available, but thats just me lol

 

^ fair assesment ^ The way I see it is he's taken a gamble now winning that belt because he cannot avoid them all now. As world champ he should be fighting the top guys or at the very least top 10 guys which is where eventually we will see him having to test his chin/defense and we'll find out what his resolve is all about when he's in trouble

 

Khans chin has definately improved with the weight. Theres a simple way of showing this.

Q: Would Gomez's cuffing shot which knocked amir down at 135 have knocked him down at 140?
A: No

Q: Would Kotelnik have put amir on his ass over the course of 12 with some of the shots he landed at 135?
A: Yes

Q: Does kotelnik punch harder, and operate at a higher level than limond, gomez and the other guys that knocked amir down?
A: Yes

Conclusion: Amir chin has now become average which means him can hold a shot to avoid being knocked down, but would probably still be koed by a puncher.

However Khan is only 22, as Darni pointed out earlier he wont hit his for another 4-6 years. Will he become even more sturdier as he physically matures? Only time will tell how far Freddie can take khans potential.

 

Wrong conclusion^^^^

His chin is not average......it has improved tho

 

I agree with this. No fighter wants to take flush punches (except maybe Gatti and Ward in their pomps). I don't blame any fighter for wanting to avoid taking shots where at all possible. However, at some point he is likely to have to take a shot on the chin flush from a decent banger. Moving up may well help his punches resistance as being drained never did anyone any good. However, I am still to be convinced that it is some sort of magic bullet which will sort all his problems out (I hope I am wrong). There is no other option really, he cannot realistically stay away from any fighter who can punch his whole career (the boxing world would soon "smell a rat") and nor is he realistically going to be able to take all those fights on without ever getting hit flush. I guess what I am saying is I won't be totally convinced until he takes a fight with a top 140lber who can punch and comes through it.

 

Fortunetly 140 is **** weak and has been awful since Kostya was in his prime. Khan can sit around there for a few years beating average opponents like Alexander/Judah/Hatton/McCloskey and the rest before trying to really step up in class and fight a great fighter.

 

lets not get overexcited about khans chin,we all know its ****,i agree with darni thats its improved a bit but not much,remember he was getting knocked over by feather/superfeathers,not lightweights or lightwelters,the 1st banger he fought,night night,sleep tight sweetlips.

koltinik was not a known banger,i put money on him not having many 1 punch ko's,a bit like khan really,not a auful lot of power,but **** fast hands.(i know koltinik aint got fast hands:good)

i was impresed the way he fought,has he improved,yes,at keeping well away,quick bursts and out,but most lww are a lot faster and bang harder than koltinik,and will catch up with khan,this is why warran got khan the fight,world title,more dosh,a defence against weak oppornents,more money,then bang he outa there,even warren can't keep the wolves from the door forever:hey