There's quite a few styles that are bad for Khan. I think a good counter puncher would wipe the floor with him. A wild banger would KO him. A boxer puncher would school him and then KO him. A pressure fighter would kill him on the inside. He's too sloppy on the outside, too weak on the inside. Unless Roach has made drastic improvements with him.
if he wins: depends if the wba grow a pair and put forward maidana or let him have a freebie. salita would make sense as he isn't very good is he. :yep if he loses: if he stays at the weight then someone average like gianluca branco. u have to tread so carefully when it comes to amir don't ya. ricky hatton would crush him. don't even go there amir. :nono
counter puncher who beats him - witter or campbell. a wild banger - maidana or prescott. boxer/puncher - bradley or holt. a pressure fighter - hatton or diaz. not much who he beats out there for me. the kotelnik fight is a real tester. he may never get a better chance to claim a version of the title than this. :bbb
Said in yesterdays paper that Roach is quoted as saying along the lines that if they win they will vacate and go for a fight with Morales. If they do go for Morales then it is a bull**** fight, a guy who has retired and never fought at 140. He said that titles are fun to win but they dont mean everything. In other words they are going to avoid Maidana.
Salita I think. Not much pop, not a very good boxer, but could be promoted in the States. If he vacates rather than face Maidana we know he is a fraud. Maidana's unpredictability and power will be a nightmare for Khan, but it's triumph over adversity that makes a great fighter :deal
As a fan it pains me to say it but I feel Hatton is done. His punch resistance seems gone, I think Khan would stop him and would HATE for Hatton to go out on a loss to Khan. I think Kotelnik is the more difficult fight. Even the hatton of the Lazcano fight would wipe the floor with Khan though.
Palomino would be too much, remember how he battered Stracey??? Even at his advanced age he'd stop Khan, not sure whether he can still make 147 anymore anyway
He'll knock kotelnik silly. i dont see it going past 4 rounds. 6 if he's lucky (kotelnik) Kahn's improved a lot under freddie roach, but even the pre-prescott kahn would have beaten kotelnik. i just dont rate him. i agree tho that kahn will probably face morales next, while they assess who's the least dangerous proposition amongst the other title holders. but who knows what will happen tonight. thats one of the reasons i love boxing, anything can happen once that bell rings. those of you who've read my post on kahn in the past may have me pegged as a kahn hater, but i'm not. he's just not as good as all the hype they've built around him. but i would like to see him redeem himself, and he can only really do that by beating prescott soundly, like they way mayweather ****ed hatton. outbox him for 10 rounds or so then spark him out. but i cant see it happening.
The Maidana fight would be the one I'd like to see, I thought he beat Kotelnik and if he came through that then someone like Bradley.