What happened to Amir Khan?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by shookyjank, Jan 19, 2014.


  1. shookyjank

    shookyjank Member Full Member

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    Im interested to hear some theories as to what the hell happened him. I personally think he should have stayed with Freddie roach and thats where he went wrong. I know alot of his problem lies within himself according to Roach before he fought Molina:

    "We'll see how good his defence is in this fight," said Roach said. "Is it my fault that he stays in the pocket too much? Molina's a good fighter. He better not take him lightly. It's a tough fight." And if Khan has another disaster, where would he have left to go? "Home," said Roach

    So then he hires Virgil hunter and gets worse, a trainer knows for defense and not exchanging....I hope Virgil has fixed that left hook problem Amir has cause Floyd has the best counter left hook in the game. I hate him but if Khan walks into one of those....

    I do think the move to 147 will help with his glass jaw a little bit. Khans problem has always been that when he gets rocked he cant get his legs back which is due to cutting weight.
     
  2. shookyjank

    shookyjank Member Full Member

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    with all that said I think Khan is fast enough to steal a 4 or 5 rounds from Floyd...
     
  3. lolercakes

    lolercakes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When you have such a drastic change, it has to get worse before it gets better. In a few years time khan will have made the right decision, it takes time.
     
  4. shookyjank

    shookyjank Member Full Member

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    If a miracle has happened and he has changed under Hunter then he will be a nightmare for Floyd. A few key factors:

    - will the jump to 147 plus rehydration before the fight help with his chin
    - floyd has never exchanged so this favors Khan big time
    - can he get back out after throwing his combinations before Floyd catches him with a left hook. He wont get ko'd from the straight right hand that floyd throws, it will be the left hook.

    If all those things happen and thats a big if then look out.
     
  5. anthony jr

    anthony jr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He wanted to much too soon and now has no room for improvement fans demand real fights no more learning fights
     
  6. shookyjank

    shookyjank Member Full Member

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    your saying Khan has no room for improvement? Thats all he has!
     
  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    What happened to him? His prime at 140 ran out at the end of 2011. Bradley didn't want to fight him to unify 140 so he went down a route which left him in a shitty position.

    Firstly the Peterson fight debacle. Don't really need to explain that...do I?

    Then feeling like he'd faced everyone at 140 but got screwed over or ducked he was left with a kid called D.Garcia who's father got into Khan's head. Underestimated his power and chin stupidly tried to go into that fight to knock him out through thrustration and ended up getting TKO'd himself. Now he is either off prime and broken... or can show against Mayweather that he just had a bad set of circumstances. The biggest problem Khan has atm is that Virgil is trying to make him smart..but he isn't smart.
     
  8. shookyjank

    shookyjank Member Full Member

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    One problem with Khan is he never avenges any of his losses. There should have been a rematch between him and garcia before he got Foyd IMO