Richard Schaefer : Bradley Then Zab Judah For Khan

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Good post

 

Bradley hits a lot harder than Paulie.

How is he tailor made for Amir? Paulie was tailor made for Amir. Bradley as a fighter who can slip a jab and work inside is far from it.

Are we talking about the same Bradley? :think

 

That's an unfair comparison.
Paulie has managed to win by stoppage in the last 4 years....

 

Khan decision I suppose. As padded records go, Abregu's right up there.

 

Both tough fights for Khan, to be honest.

He still looks very vulnerable and he needs to work on his foot placement and balance when he's throwing shots. Bradley and Judah can both hurt him badly if he goes in as recklessly as he did against McCloskey.

And Bradley's power is defo underrated. People look at his KO % and assume he can't punch but when you see him fight its clear he's not feather-fisted. Wouldn't be all that surprised if he stopped Khan.

 

The question is will Khan in such a big fight go in there recklessly, or will he even need to?

 

Well yeah that's a good point, he surely wouldn't. Maybe against Judah though?

Zab's a slippery customer and if McCloskey was making it difficult for Khan to land cleanly then he can do the same. If Khan starts running in throwing wildly just trying to land something then Judah is quick and sharp enough to catch him with something big.

But yeah, either way, I expect he'll be much more patient and methodical than he was the other night.

I do actually want Khan to win by the way, I like watching the guy, but he has plenty of flaws that top level opposition can and will exploit.

 

Schaefer says that he is moving ahead with making a July 23rd bout between Khan and Tim Bradley. Golden Boy just resigned Khan to a promotional pact, believed to be a four-fight agreement. One of the issues they have to deal with now is the fractured relationship with Sky Sports, which abruptly pulled the plug as the pay-per-view distributor for last weekend’s bout, leaving Khan with a significant financial loss and forcing him to go with Primetime, a much smaller platform. There is talk that this may lead to Khan leaving the UK for good.

"They say, ’Never say never,’ so I don’t know," said Schaefer, when asked if this rift with Sky Sports was irreparable. "It certainly was a blow and I have to tell you; I don’t understand why Sky took that position because the fact is, you have a young fighter with Amir, who legitimately had 17,500 or 18,000 people at the M.E.N. Arena on night when MAN City and Manchester United had a soccer game and the guy still drew and sold out the M.E.N Arena. He’s obviously a star; he’s obviously being embraced there and it’s not as if England has so many pay-per-view stars."

Sources indicate that McCloskey brought over a sizable contingent of fans, between 5-7,000, who came out for “Dudey” from Ireland. Regardless, the point is that a Khan-McCloskey fight probably couldn’t fill a phone booth in the States. In England, it was a major event, any way you look at it.

Schaefer adds, "And for Sky to walk away from the pay-per-view because Hasim Rahman pulled out of fighting Tyson Fury, I really have to scratch my head. I talked to the Sky people; I know them quite well and honestly, I have a good relationship with them, respect them and I couldn’t believe it. I could not believe that one of the emerging stars- not just in England but in the sport, period- that they would pull the pay-per-view because of the Hasim Rahman-Tyson Fury fight. Who the hell would have bought the pay-per-view because of that fight? That’s what I told them. Rahman may have been a great champion at one point but at this point, who the hell cares?"

Golden Boy has a clear, detailed plan for “King” Khan.

"Assuming [Khan] wins against Tim Bradley, we would have him back in the fall,” Schaefer detailed. “He’s going to have Ramadan in August, then back in like November, December, fighting potentially a Zab Judah to unify all the belts to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion and then once he cleans up the 140-pound weight class, assuming he wins that fight, then move up to 147 sometime in the spring of next year, potentially from England against somebody like Kell Brook, which is the highest-rated welterweight in Europe. So do that and after that, you go for the pound-for-pound crown, which is Floyd Mayweather.

"So this is like a dream set up, like a blueprint. So why the hell would Sky walk away from a guy who has these big fights lined up? I just don’t get it."

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/a-golden-weekend

 

You know it depends on the types of fights fighters are in and what is their aim.

Vs McCloskey Khan was ment to win, so his aim was to look good doing so, i think that did not happen because of McCloskey's style and odd gamplan.

Vs Bradley a 50-50 fight in many people's eyes Khan's aim will be just to get the win, no matter how he does it, he will wait for Bradley to come on, and i dont think he will be doing anything reckless or jumping in.