What do you expect from Khan in the next 10 years?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by SugarRays, Feb 15, 2010.


  1. KCD

    KCD All aboard. Full Member

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    Me too.

    Plus i hope Morales, if he comes back, wins his fight and then calls it a day again.

    But i think if we all had our own way the legend would stay retired.:good
     
  2. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He might have all that, but not the chin.
     
  3. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    aint he signed a 6 fight deal. he's been sparring edwin valero
     
  4. BOSTONREDSOX

    BOSTONREDSOX The Ghost Full Member

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  5. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    He will be out of the sport by 2012. Eventually he is going to have to fight a power puncher again and it will be 'Shattered Glass' all over again.
     
  6. conkers

    conkers Member Full Member

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    I think he will win a few decent fights and then get sparked out. This cycle will be repeated several times. In ten years he will be retired he will probably be a multiple world champion he will also be on the wrong end of some ugly KO'S.

    I dont think he will be anywhere near P4P.

    He has been a pro for about 5 years and has only 1 remotely impressive victory Kotelnik. Any talk of P4P is hugely optimistic unless he takes challenging fights this seems unlikely.

    In the next few years I expect him to fight featherfisted or very faded opponents and then claim this proves he is a great champion.
     
  7. freelaw

    freelaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If he could improve his chin - and I think it's possible to some extent - I wouldn't be surprised if he would win a couple of belts in a couple of divisions by then. Top 10 P4P
     
  8. Davew430

    Davew430 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    As soon as he come's across anyone who can even slightly box, with a bit of power he'll be gone. Golden Boy won't know what to do with him once he's been exposed again
     
  9. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I expect him to be brutally ktfo enough times for me to make a decent "Amir Khan doing the Bambi Dance" highlight reel.
     
  10. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    :lol:

    Seriously... I think even as he cherrypicks 'Floyd style' he still gets KOed a few times, and if he's still around 10 years from now he will be a step up for young prospects.
     
  11. ctown

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    Joe Calzaghe Jr.
     
  12. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    I expect him to defend his title at 140 a few times maybe lose a fight and then move up to WW win a title off a no namer then have another couple of big fights... Maybe challenge for a 154lb title somewhere down the road probably lose that fight.
     
  13. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    "He will be koed in the first round by any average fighter" - Any moronic hater.
     
  14. Pavlik is Champ

    Pavlik is Champ PDub is RUNNING scared Full Member

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    I love my fighter the best. :|
     
  15. TheUnstoppable

    TheUnstoppable Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hard to say at this stage: it'll probably go one of two ways.

    Roach works wonders with him, he keeps his chin protected and uses his assets well, which takes him quite far.

    OR, he looks great for a bit, then he gets flattened again, and the cycle repeats. Or even worse, he gets stopped multiple times in a row, or in quick succession.

    The problem i see here is that Khan is a fighter of polar opposites - he has great speed and brilliant work ethic, yet his ring IQ and footwork SUCK, and he also lacks in other departments; low amount of experience in quantity, quality and styles. Finally, his chin is genuinely DIRE - being dropped by significantly smaller, feater-fisted opponents is bad enough but Prescott absolutely annihilated him; not just a stoppage but Khan was wobbling from the first jab, and he dropped like someone had flipped a switch in him. and when he was down he'd lost control of his central nervous system rpactically. Insanely bad chin.

    It's the lack of key instruments; footwork, durability, ring IQ etc, that I feel you have to be born with to be truly GREAT at them, that makes me feel Khan will never unify, or never get beyond a title or two in a couple of weight divisions.

    I just feel that his intangibles and weaknesses leave him open to many losses, by many different people. I think with his chin we can rule out future middleweight titlist ..