Should Khan have stayed amateur?

yeah probably...cause amateurs make sooooo much more money than the pros

 

No, he just should of fought better fighters before Prescott. I mean for the first say 10 fights the opponents were fine but after that the level should of constantly risen. But I feel it stayed too static and as with Prescott he just looked amaturish. Plus havin a weak chin doesn't help, I mean the finishing shots woulda finished anyone, but the shot to the temple that rocked him initially doesn't bold well for the future, it was scary how he just wobbled. Tuck your chin in son!

 

He's not in boxing for medals. He's in it for the dollars and cents at this point. Staying amateur, he probably still would have had his ass knocked out.

Also, helmets don't protect you from the internal damage of punches. Mostly they just protect you from cuts.

 

He should consider going up in weight. Maybe his chin will be more sturdy ala Cotto.

 

Cotto's chin is still shaky. As far as Khan, it won't help him. He doesn't have problems making weight, I don't see how moving up in weight will help him. He'll face bigger punchers. His punch resistence is pretty much non existent. Even if he moved up in weight, put on headgear, and his opponents were forced to wear 12 oz. gloves, he would probably still get starched.

 

He will have a better chance of winning a world title at that weight class though. It's not deep like the lightweight division. Besides Hatton their is not a lot of good fighters at that weight class besides up and comer Victor Ortiz.

 

The guy can't take a punch. Light hitting, former SFWs have put him on the canvas. Presscott is an unknown with a padded record and he brutally stopped him in 51 seconds. Torres, Holt, Hatton, Witter, all these guys knock him out. So would Lamont Peterson and Ortiz.

 

no if your chin is weak its weak thats what cost him in the fight so get the cash cause the amateurs cant make your chin better

 

Can't deny that Cotto had a better chin at welterweight than junior welterweight. I want to see him at junior welterweight to see if his chin is more sturdy if not then yes basically he is screwed and should retire.

 

Why not? Judah, Mosley, and Margo all had him hurt. Margo can hit, but is more of an accumulation puncher. He didn't hit Cotto with many flush shots, but was still able to wobble him on a few occasions in that fight. His chin is the same. Top Rank and the HBO keep trying to sell the notion that the weight change has improved his chin, it really hasn't. He will always have chin issues. It's not glass like Khan, but it's certainly suspect.

 

ino ill probably get killed for this but give the guy a break-ino he was hyped up ino he has a shaky chin but uno he's beaten some solid opposition-ino he's had a padded record at some parts of his career but who the hell hasnt?he got caught by a good punch from a power puncher thats it

 

It's not shaky, it's pure glass.

 

Fighters can overcome chin issues. Hearns was known to have chin issues but is still an atg. Khan getting hit flush by a series of left hooks also puts into question his defence, an unforgiveable flaw at the elite level, unless you have a godlike chin, which he doesn't have.

Bad chin + bad defense = you're ****ed

 

Judah had him stunned like once with a uppercut. Mosley hurt him like a couple of times but at least he wasn't doing a chicken dance like when he was a junior welterweight. Margarito? Well he is big so no shame in getting stun by him. He is a big welterweight and like you said it took multiple shots to put him down not one shot.