Khan won't have to be on PPV every single time to make good money and continue to remain a cashcow for Warren, though......ITV will pay well to have him prime time and 20k people will pay to see him in the flesh too! What's wrong with that? Hardly a reason to retire... The thing is...even if Warren doesn't believe in him anymore if he loses to Barrera, as long as the kid himself continues to want it badly and try hard to get it, as he's been doing so far...there's no reason to stop the gravy train in its tracks, especially if people are going to continue paying an interest (even if that interest doesn't amount to PPV status).
Agreed. But it will be the end of the PPV milkrun I would think. Certainly it would be for me if I was Khan's manager. We'd all take the **** and rake the money in while we can, but I can't see any viable way to sustain that after 2 KO defeats in 3. That loses peoples confidence in getting value for money. Hell I'd take him off PPV out of morals.
Well it doesn't exactly help punch resistance when you struggle to make weight, and as someone else mentioned if Khan lands the first blows in a fight, he has as much chance as stopping the opponent, as the opponent would landing on his weak chin.
Are you suggesting he has devastating power? He's an arm puncher. He barely has proper punch technique and relies on flurrying people into the ropes and hoping for the ref to jump in. He might have great chances of knocking out Oisin ***an's early but against proper fighters he has to wear them down. His opponents can knock him out with one punch.
Did anybody watch Khan/Barrera countdown? Khan's physio guy confused me. He said they think Khan is small up top and has big legs?? Was he getting confused or do they truely believe this?
Whether he loses by KO, TKO or decision, it would be another loss on his career, the second in a three bout period. I'm not sure what direction his career would take, but you could forget about being a world champion anytime soon. MAB is a great fighter, but he's 35, is not a LW by any means, has been a pro for 20 years, so if Khan loses he will not be allowed anywhere near the elite guys. Freddy Roach seems like a guy who tells it as he sees it so if Amir were to lose, I wouldn't be surprised if Roach advised Khan is some sort of way in respect of his future! If Khan is KO'd then that's truly the worst type of outcome for him. He certainly would not be on Box-Office thereafter. Warren would be left stunned. He shouldn't even be on box-office anyway. The guys not even a world champion!
i would suggest moving up to light welter, i feel he can put the bulk on his legs it might improve his punch resistance
hes saying theyve toned his upper body down and made his legs stronger so his legs wont give so easy when he gets taged in theory anyway
He would lose all shortcut privileges that his olympic medal earned him and go back to below british title level. Don't forget he still has a contract with sky to fulfil so he'd end up doing 2nd fights on undercards cards and either work his way up the long way or become a journeyman.
one thing i have noticed is his upper body strength is usually fine when hes KD but moving up in weight and concentrating soley on his leg strength and neck strength his chin could be improved vastly
i agree but thats the reasoning behind it there making out theyve found a miracle cure for a bad chin