You don't seem to get the fact that kahn wants to be the youngest champion so if warren doesn't sort that out for him he might leave him and then warren will be ****ed. If he wins the belt he will then take on better fighters as he has said many times he wants to be a multi weight champ etc.
But what will he be champion of if he wins the vacant WBO belt? I really dont think you grasp what I'm getting at here. If he wins it he'll spend years in England defending his strap against whatever sub par opponents the WBO throw at him just like Calzaghe. Dont get me wrong I'm not knocking Calzaghe who is up their with the p4p best now but he let Warren waste the best part of his career defending the WBO at home. He was champ for 10 years but has only jsut cleaned up the belts. You tell me why the same wont happen to Khan.
It probably depends on how much confidence FW has in him. Calzaghe was WBO champ for years before he fought for a world title, same with Hatton. Naz stepped up a lot quicker.
It will not happen with kahn as he has a different attitude the only reason i think kahn is going this route at the moment as warren knows kahn wants to be the youngest world champion. Kahn wants to be the best of the best and if warren doesn't get him the big fights he will leave warren and get is family involved.
If Warren ****s it up with Khan (doesnt match his ambition), you have Golden Boy, Arum etc all waiting in the wings. the problem with Warren is he thinks the 0 is the most important thing to market a fighter.
So its official - Khan v Thaxton not happening after Khan withdrew from the purse bids. Disappointing but predictable.
I hate Frank Warren, he's a rat who treats his boxers like sh*t. However, I'll give him credit he's doing an excellent job of bringing along Amir Khan. To date Khan's opponents have looked semi good challengers but never really posed any significant risk. It is clear Warrens strategic plan is to get Amir Khan an easy WBO title shot with liitle risk. Warren has an excellent rapport with the WBO and I'm very confident both Warren and Amir Khan will be able to pull it off. Warren also has to think of his future, With Joe Calzaghe looking at retiring in the next 12 months Warren needs another big name fighter to continue brining in those big pay days. All in all its a bit of farce although I think in 3 or 4 years time Amir Khan will become a very strong competent fighter and definitely acheive a recongised world title (as long as he doesn't kill himself or someone else driving) Regards, John
I don't think he'd fight Thaxton. I bet FW avoiding the fight so much has gotten it into Khan's head that he can't beat Thaxton. Just like when FW never let Hatton in with Witter and once Hatton left Warren he still never made the Witter fight.
I reckon that Khan and his team have seen from Thaxton's last fight that he's on the slide slightly. Considering Amir is so young and Thaxton approaching 34 that they'll fight a few more journeymen and wait til its an easier test. Just how they chose Graham Earl on the basis that he'd been inactive and therefore rusty, they're hoping to get the advantage that Thaxton will be deteriorating by the time he comes to fight Amir. I dont think its a lack of confidence, its just cynical matchmaking. Khan's blowing out everyone in his path at the moment, and he's still so young! He can afford to take his time he's only 21 he's still learning. No rush.
