My article on the Khan McCloskey fight

do you want me to be honest or lie

 

WOW, that's the best thing I've read since Dan Brown's last masterpiece!

 

You read Khan's performance against Maidana wrong. He disproved the heavier doubters about his chin but no way did he display brilliant fundamentals.

However, McCloskey is full of flaws, and isn't exactly elusive. Leaves himself ever so open when he throws because of the nature of his punching and his low guard. Gets wild on offense and often leaves himself without a firm base when he punches so would be easy to counter. If you are going up against someone as quick as Khan with that guard and with his reach advantage you better either have incredible reflexes, excellent ring generalship, or be able to take him out of his comfort zone. He's got akward angles and a good punch, but as an outside fighter I don't think he can do this. He has fair timing, but will that work when he steps up a level and against someone with blinding handspeed?

Maidana was the worst possible opponent for Khan. He looked bad but it was largely due to the style clash, Maidana was able to eat punches, stop Khan controlling range and rough him up on the inside, exposing weaknesses he hadn't been previously exposed to, like the uppercuts. This fight is won by controlling range and I think Khan may have some shaky parts but ultimately he has enough power to keep McCloskey rushing him too much.

 

You don't eat straight rights like that with good fundamentals, or leave yourself open to uppercut after uppercut. Maidana is crude, Khan should have the ring craft yet to control that type of opponent. Despite his age Morales showed how to do that. Too much time spent against boxers happy to stand on the edge of his range and eat his jab, but then he's young and will hopefully learn. Needs to learn better inside work though.

 

This was the only part I had a problem with. You're ignoring Khan's failings in the fight and the suggestion that he purposely went to war is ludicrous, IMO.

 

TBH I don't think I 'admired' his punch resistance. I admired Morales' who in the mid 30's was not as visibly shaken as Amir Khan at any point in the fight. Khan's was a big step up from what we expected, but a thing of beauty it was not.

 

'Beautiful boxing fundamentals'?

I think it's time to start following another sport.

 

Beautiful basic boxing fundamentals?

1. This phrase here is horrible. It reads terribly.
2. Khan still can't throw proper hooks to the head, his shots are far too straight, boxing bascs that.

I shall read the article later and give my scathing opinion. I hope for your sake your grammar and spelling are spot on.

 

It's not Khans hands that are the problem.

It's his feet. They're all over the shop. Which in turn, drastically alters his punching form.

 

Every time someone posts an article you really go to town on them. Except for one guy who never got a response, I take it that means there was no problems with his?