** Pros and cons of AMIR KHAN at this point...after the MAIDANA fight. **

First of all, lets not forget that he's only 24 years old and has plenty of time to develop into a more complete boxer. He's actually done quite a bit a this point in his young career.

I think Khan has one of the best jabs in the game right now but he didn't use it convincingly enough in all of the rounds yesterday. He's capable to dominate a fight from the outside with that crisp jab and he seemed reluctant to let it go at times.

Everyone knows Amir has some of the quickest hands but he's not that accurate with most of his punches. If need be, I suggest to take off a little speed on his combos if necessary, in order to raise his connect % on slicker, unstationary fighters.

His right hand is a little too wide. I also think Pacquiao is rubbing off a little too much on Khan. Maybe Pacman and his chin can afford to lay on the ropes and take flush shots every now and then, but Khan shouldn't. He's litterally playing with fire by doing that.

If Maidana wouldn't be as wide and sloppy with his punches + had a bit more leverage (proper weight transfer), Khan would have been laying on the canvas before the 10th round.

Khan seriously needs to roll much more with the punches while giving more angles to his opponents defensively.

When it's all said and done, at this point of his career, Amir Khan is not even on a Pacquiao skill level yet, therefore nevermind beating a guy like Mayweather either !!

 

His jab is quite accurate but the rest of his punches aren't that much as far as I'm concerned.

If I compare him with Mayweather & Pacquiao in regards to accuracy, out of 10 :

Mayweather = 10
Pacquiao = 9
Khan = 7

 

I agree, he's getting better all the time and I think he should take a little speed off his combos to land them better.

Besides Roy Jones, not many people can dream to have such great hand-eye coordination with blazing speed, throwing many punches at once.

 

If Maidana was constantly throwing 100+ shots per round like Margarito did for most of his career prior to his hand wrap fiasco, I'd kinda agree. The thing is...Khan should be able to see those slow & wide looping punches coming a mile away and counter effectively to stop Maidana in his track.

I thnk part of Khan's defensive problem is that he doesn't really have a good inside game, therefore his output ain't there once the bout is fought inside, plus he just doesn't accurately counterpunch.

Mayweather diminishes other fighters' output because he's a master counterpuncher with great accuracy. That's why eventually other guys stop walking through punches.

 

It may be good or much better than say 3 years ago, but not anywhere near being on par with the best yet, like Mayweather & Pacquiao.

He's much more accurate than Maidana...