What tip would you give to Khan after the third round?

My advice: Stay right here, you will be safe......haha!!!

 

Guard up, chin down, grab, hold, spoil, DON'T go on the ropes and try and recover. Don't throw any other punch but the jab until you have recovered!

 

keep that guard up, jab, and hold!!!! he should've held for a full round.

 

Chin transplant.

 

Tie his ass up. Let Garcia initiate the action. Dodge, jab and move backwards or dodge move forward and clinch until you get your legs back.

 

Clinch when he was feeling too much pressure he couldnt get away from and keep distance. Throw a couple low blows like garcia hit him with.

 

I would have told him to clinch and hold, but seeing as though he's not very good at that, it could have put him further in the firing line. In which case, I would have just ordered him to run and not engage - similar to the way he responded in the 11th round against Maidana. Although he would have needed to be more alert with it this time round, because Garcia was a lot fresher. And if Garcia managed to corner him, he should have thrown low-blows of his own, because Garcia was hitting him low repeatedly. If he did this, then I think he would have had a great shot at surviving the round. Even when he was trading it seemed like he was recovering a little bit. But being the idiot that he is, he engaged and put himself on the end of some titanic overhand rights and swinging lefts. Totally ruining all chances of recovery.

So yeah, run and do not engage, would have been my instructions.

 

When your chin is less than average, you need to learn survival techniques which to employ for those circumstances.

When Khan's legs go rubbery, his first instinct is to panic, thats why he starts to run when his legs cant carry him.

I just had a look at the knockdown suffered by Juan Manuel Marquez at the hands of Katsidis.

Like Khan, he went down hard and suddenly from a left hook.

I just look at the demeanor of both while they're butts are on the canvas.
Marquez gets up pretty much right away, but he's calm and feeling himself as just how bad he's hurt from the knockdown as he gets up.
Then when he's fully up, he stands stationary and does'nt try to run it off.
He's stationary, but you see the focus. He's unpanicked and I'm certain his brainwaves are calibrating the condition of his legs to carry him.

With Khan, right away you see him wide eyed and panicked!

The greater part of the battle to survive a hard knockdown is to not panic and stay focused.
It you think your legs are unsteady to run and you cant get a hold of your opponent to clinch, stay in place or even on the ropes and move your head and waist instead, all along having your guard up and parrying shots.


Its a mindset approach that has to be instilled in training for such an occurence. It can be taught. Tommy Hearns learned it after his loss to Leonard and perfected it after his loss to Barkley!

 

RUN Khan RUN!!!

 

Running is the worst thing for a fighter who loses his legs .

Its hold more than Hopkins and throw some low blows ala Trinidad vs Vargas

 

In his defence tho, how much stick has he got for running/pushing/spoiling on these forums alone. Maybe he is aware of the criticisms and its imprinted on his patchier to stand and trade

Just a thought

 

* psychie

 

I would tell him;"whatever you're thinking of doing,forget it and do the complete and absolute opposite"
I'd also suggest that urging Garcia towards him with cries of "Come on" isn't the smartest move when you've just had your senses scrambled.