Was Khan's performance an illusion? I take back what I said last night

Khan is a head hunter.
He still crosses his feet.
He still gets too happy and stays in range for too long.

I don't think it will be incredibly difficult to get Khan off his game when you start making him think like a Floyd or Manny would. He's going to need more than flashy 1-2s to compete.

Can anybody explain to me why Alexander felt the need to continue moving to his left when Khan is orthodox? What was the rationale? Made no sense to me.

 

So Khan can't position himself on the outside away from Alexander's jab & right hook.

Alexander had to move left otherwise Khan would have got his own jab & left hook off as he controls it better than Alexander & is more versatile with it.


Khan is the better boxer..does the same to orthodox fighters. Nothing is an illusion.

He dominated two solid orthodox fighters in Paulie & Kotelnik.

 

Alexander is a very limited guy. It's amazing he has gotten as far as he has with his limitations. Alexander fights southpaw, but his body moves like he is a converted southpaw. It doesn't seem natural. He is somewhat stiff, with no defense, and he also shorts his shots. If he doesn't have a flat footed guy in front of him, he usually has problems. So it was actually a good showcase fight for Khan, falsely advertised as a 50-50 match up. Khan looked good. I don't have an issue with him never hurting Alexander, because Alexander has an iron chin historically. But, I wouldn't float Khan too high, because again, he was fighting Alexander. He had more height, and more reach than Alexander, and was also a combination puncher, while Alexander is not. Punch for punch, I didn't see much difference in speed, I did see one guy throwing one shot at a time, and the other guy with longer arms throwing combos.

 

I would think Alexander would want to establish his left without having to reach to do it, all the while staying away from Khan's right.

Khan is the better boxer, no doubt. Devon has no versatility.

 

Daily sparrings with Prime Pacquiao prepared him for southpaws.

 

Mario Kindelan at aged 17 prepared him for slick southpaws. Check out that olympic footage.

Mario is like a southpaw Mayweather in there...

 

You called this one right anyways you and be real TV lad had it spot on

 

How did he look like shiit vs Peterson.

First......he wasn't properly credited for his KD in rd 1. Second, he wrongfully deducted a point for pushing down on Peterson when Lamont would put his head on Khans chest pinning him on the ropes.

Then finally, the judges still couldnt rob him properly and they had to resort to changing thier scores to give Peterson the decision.atsch

Khan won that fight no less than 117-109. That's not looking like shiit vs a guy who had drawn with a surging Ortiz, and only lost to a future p4p top 5 in Bradley who also happened to be the universally recognized LWW Champion atm.atsch

 

He's dominated many Orthodox fighters, Kotelnyk and Paulie just to name a few. He is a vastly improved fighter under Hunter and answer yourself this honestly, does Garcia or Peterson (Even though he was roiding and the fight should be a no-contest) have a chance vs this disciplined, fast, composed Khan? HE would school both no doubt in my mind.

 

Beat me to it - thought the Peterson fight was great and Khan deserved the win

 

An illusion ?come on lad, I see what your getting at but if any fighter isn't prepared to lose a few rounds and take a few shots are goin to have serious trouble with khan he's a big man now too and inside he's a little better the bull rushing won't work aswell either

 

According to you he looked like **** against Maidana. But he still won and had Maidana rolling around on the floor in pain. Peterson he should won inspite of the PED advantage, the referee and the bad scoring. Garcia's own dad was saying "Son he's taking you apart" untill the point Garcia scored the first knock down.
Khan has been careless in his attack and he seems to have controlled that.

 

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Good post:thumbsup

 

Yeap spot on and even though he's controlling going full on he still did it at times anyway last night when he was comfortably ahead to give the fans some excitement , it's a joke the way he gets so much criticism because of the way he fights