the only fighter amir has lost rounds to is maidana!

Victor Ortiz at 147 would be more than a handful for Khan. And, if he ever moves up to 154 down the road, I suspect their would be a number of fighters that could beat him.

Are you British, by any chance??

 

I had Kotelnik taking about two, and Malignaggi just the one.

But yeah, it's an impressive feat. He's lost most of his rounds after being hurt, as oppose to being outboxed.

 

sarcasm yeah?

 

I'm pretty sure Breidis Prescott won that first round against Khan.

 

You do realize that there is more to fighting than handpseed, yes? With that in mind, what advantage other than handspeed does Khan have over Floyd? And the answer is...... NONE.

Floyd is a special fighter. Khan has outstanding handspeed, modest power, and a decent chin. Period.

Not necessarily.

 

in your opinion. Not on the Judges score cards.

 

Amir is a poor mans Terry Norris (that's a compliment btw). Very difficult to outbox.

 

Kotelnik won about 2 rounds clearly I felt. You could make a case for Malignaggi winning 1 or 2, but there's an equally good argument for him winning none at all. Maidana won about 4 rounds, maybe 5 if you're feeling generous.

So Khan's probably only lost about 2-3 rounds outside of the Maidana fight.

 

His trouble against Maidana may speak for his flaws, but it also speaks for Maidana's very admirable strengths.

 

huh you must be blind I saw a complete shutout by khan

 

Khan matches up well, stylistically, against boxer types. (Assuming your name isn't Floyd Mayweather.) That's because he has good reach, a good jab, a high workrate and top level speed. The combination of those elements make it tricky for boxer types to deal with him, because even if they have some success countering him or making him miss, his high workrate will usually give him the rounds anyway, and he can control the center of the ring with that quick jab.

Pac would stop him and Floyd would outbox him, but most other guys will struggle. Khan's stylistic weakness are pressure fighters with power. They don't play the boxing game with him where he can use his range and speed to dominate -- they push right through it and hurt him, and they make him back up, move, and constantly worry. Khan's not as effective when you continually push him around the ring with hard shots, and he's not as good in the pocket either...we saw his trouble against Gomez early in his career, and the Maidana match is the more famous example of his problems.

That being said, he impressed me in the way he dealt with Maidana -- I didn't expect him to make it through that storm, because of his leaky defence, chin history and vulnerabilities against that style. Khan also might be improving his infighting game, because he KO'd Judah with a short body punch up close, not something he usually does at all.