only amir khan has any chance against mayweather

wouldnt you agree that maidana has looked a different animal since his move up in weight? amir did very well to stay in that fight especially late on and the fact maidana went down from a beutiful bodyshot and if he had kept his cool and picked it again he might have stopped him but his lack of ring iq let him down there too.

speed and timing equals power when someone is coming at you ala maidana but timing beats speed when you are a counterpuncher like mayweather. mannys hands are every bit as fast as khans mate and he couldnt do anything to floyd last night!!

you still never answered my question. have you spent time with khan and/or virgil hunter?

 

i agree with the height and reach aspects but dont you think that amir has lost a bit of his fast footwork since teaming up with virgil? i personally think that mayweather is too smart for amir and that is teh one thing that virgil cant teach amir.

 

firstly i wouldnt agree that amir has looked any better since moving up. the level of opposition at welterweight has been inferior to that he boxed at light welter. i agree he has improved in certain aspects under virgil but he has also lost regressed a bit in the footwork department. virgil has tightened his defence but also made him a bit flat footed.

on the ring iq, im sorry but holding your hands to your head and continuously circling the ring isnt ring iq billy, maybe that is something you could work on. when maidana was reigning punches in and stalking amir then id have liked amir to show his iq by walking toward him to nullify the wide punches and then grabbing hold and walking maidana backwards until the referee pulled them apart. this would have gave him a breather, let his head clear and put maidana off the rythym he was getting. wouldnt you agree that would have been better ring iq? are you sure you know what i mean by ring iq. lol

 

billy sticking up for his mates again. grow up billy, did i say that my opinion would matter to virgil? the answer is no

at the end of the day billy i will not be put off saying my opinion because you think because you are working in the professional game gives you more of a right to make an opinion. if you can honestly say that khans footwork is still as fast as before i really think you are in denial about how much you still need to learn!! everyday is a school day billy boy

 

i have never said that amir hasnt improved under virgil but where he has improved his defence and shot selection amirs footwork is not as good. surely even you can see that there has also been areas where virgil hasnt improved amir?

where did i try and tell you or virgil for that matter how to do your job? answr is that i havent. your biggest problem is billy that you only respect your own opinion and nobody else can speak sense when in fact you make silly comments out of loyalty to boxers/managers/coaches etc without fully explaining your comments or giving real reasons why we should understand your side.

and you cant just say 'i work with boxers everyday' because there is a lot of well respected journalist that know every bit as much as you and they werent involved at any level.

am i not right that enzo calzaghe never boxed in his life but did pretty well as a coach even better than you!! . so on your thinking he should never have tried because he was never involved in boxing? your points are not valid in real life only in billys nelsons fantasy island

 

i dont deny that billy has done good for ricky burns and scottish boxing as a whole or that at times he can also give a good opinion but it sometimes he can only see his opinion as correct and if you go against it you know nothing about boxing because he is a professional coach!!

like i said in another post there is loads of well respected journalist/commentators that havent worked in the pro game but give avery good insight. its called knowledge and you can gain that by watching boxing/training videos/taking part and reading books etc to be able to give an educated opinion without billy ridiculing other posters on their knowledge

 

lol when im with my wife we dont usually talk about boxing. enjoy the rest of your day and good luck with the gym.