Tim Bradley is not ducking Amir Khan.

whilst that may be true, the level of ducking is miles apart. Prescott is a hasbeen now, no sense in fighting him and no gain. Bradley could have won world titles by fighting Khan, so he definitely ducked him.


Khan could handle Prescott 2 out of 3 anyway.



I have never understood why fighters think its good business to not take big fights against someone they might lose against. Surely the idea is that they want to be the best, and they need to keep testing themselves to do so. Ricky Hatton took them all on, and though he lost badly to the very best, he went for it, unlike say Ottke who ducked for 10 years, cheated and even then got beaten 2 or 3 times. I think thats why a lot of people rate Hatton above Otkke, Khan and even Calzaghe, because he had the old-style balls to fight the peak top fighters whereas the latter didnt.

I mentioned the biggest example of this being Ottke. Imagine being Sven Ottke, for instance, putting in all that roadwork and sparring for a decade ..A WHOLE DECADE under the pretence you are top of your division and just kidding yourself that you are the best. What a waste of time and effort when everyone outside your training camp can see your are being something of a joke and dont amount to more than a top ten contender. Imagine being Ottke, posing for pictures for the press to advertise himself as some kind of legend when in reality hes only a top 10 fighter at his peak. Whats the point in living a life of lies? Thats a peice of **** life. How does Sven feel when he looks at his children and tells them what he is? Does he tell them the truth and say 'well i wasnt really a champion, i was a contender who cheated to win'.

How will he contend with the deserved jeers he gets from younger generations when he is older and more reflective and appreciates the extent of much he lied to himself? How would he explain to his kids that he would never have broken into the top ten of the MW or LH division and had to opt for a weak SMW division? Dignity has such a price.

Sorry, nothing against Ottke especially, but he a prime example of such a shallow life in the boxing world so the best example to use.

 

Khan should still face the music and avenge his first devastating, crushing, Ego shattering loss before he tries to move on.

 

i agree totally he should, I was just pointing out the echelon of difference between the ducking. Khan should have done it immediately though, but not now.

Its too late for him to fight Prescott to prove anything now of course, Breidis is almost past it and Khan is close to peaking, so the victory would mean nothing now.

 

:good Funny but after seeing Prescott fight recently, I still thinks he KO's Khan.

 

not in their present states, Khan has moved on considerably, I think Prescott could still KO him 1 out of 3 though.

 

good post-i see what your saying-I doubt Khan handles Prescott 2/3 though-I think it's the other way around-

Khan has a soft chin-it's brittle-his style is very amatuer and this showed with Prescott and Petersen.

Plus you can't duck Amir Khan to fight the #1 fighter (arguably) in the world-:huh

 

There's been instances of each fighter ducking the other. Truth be told, Khan ducked Bradley first.

 

when did Khan duck Bradley?

 

he didnt...

the plan was always that khan and maidana would fight and bradley-alexander. and the winner would unify the belts.

 

Ducked Khan to fight Manny Pacquiao? So automatically that means that Khan is better than Pac

 

:good That's how it is in the boxing community here in ESB.

 

you would if the pay cheque was substantially bigger.

Any dude would - bigger house, better car, much bigger shares in companies - stands to reason, and for the same amount of training effort.


I agree that Prescott was dangerous for Khan, and maybe he would go 2/3 at the time they fought, but the gulf between the two is bigger now. I actually wouldnt be suprised if Khan DID offer a semi-shot Prescott a title **** once he gets a title back - by 2013/2014 Prescott would be a guaranteed win for him since he'll have peaked.

Still doesnt excuse him not having a rematch at the time.

 

He's fighting Manny Pacquiao so all this Amir Khan bull**** is over with really.