why the hell isnt khan fighting yuri romanov???

Yuri destroyed some of our best british lightweights some years back. He would spoil Khans gravy train very very badly. FW knows this. Theres no way Frank would put him in the rig with a guy like that. His destruction of Murray and Vanzie was absolutely brutal espcially Murray. As for his Earl bout he was blatantly robbed.

 

Thaxton can certainly chin check Khan but think Khan will see those slow hooks coming. If he was quick and not a poor mans Witter with them I'd think he'd chin check Khan but Amir will see them coming.

 

Thaxton looked pretty uneducated in his last fight but he can throw shots a lot sharper and more accurate than that . Even if he doesn't I reckon he will still land a good few .

Thaxton doesn't mind having to take shots to land his own , he's not the type of guy like Lawton who covers up while being hit and waiting for the assault to end before trying to give anything back . Khan is most vulnerable while he's throwing and when he's on the offensive , and for me his lateral movement isn't good enough when he's looking to land combos on opponents and while he is a very slick fighter he can be a little upright .

Limond caught Khan while Khan was coming in trying to land some hard shots in combination(Khan trys to throw a double left hook to the head and got caught with a clubbing right hand) .

This is why I think Khan having success against Thaxton(which I'm guessing he will) will lead to his downfall as he is very open when throwing his own shots and against the type of guys that aren't discouraged to counter by their opponents shots and can take a few shots themselves , he will have a lot of problems .

Whenever Khan gets brave and goes in to trade it will be his downfall . If he boxes an altra cautious fight he may be able to win a wide decision.........but I do mean ultra cautious .

 

Yuri is a good fighter - he was unlucky against Earl in Dagenham - though to be fair Earl rallied well. Yuri is much more slick.

 

I like the look of an Earl vs Khan fight more then Romanov vs Khan. Romanov is another European never was. He is talented but happy doing nothing.

 

So for this stage Khan at 20 and 14 fights, hes has had decent enough competition. Those asking for Khan to be rushed are usually the ones want that want to see him fail.

 

His last bout with Scott 'didn't try alot' Lawton was a step backwards from his previous fight in terms of level of opposition - unless you call completely one sided contests decent enough competition when you are predicting you will be a World Champ within 5 fights.

Perhaps someone should tell Khan that - he seems to be the one in the biggest rush of all.

 

Come on man, Limond had only fought twice in the time Khan had racked up all of his 12 bouts and lets not forget that Limond is a natural super feather who had only just moved up to lightweight the previous fight. Oh, and Limond is only a part time fighter who has a full time job with Glasgow council (not to mention his lower that average KO ratio)

 

Limond haas said on this site himself, he was more comfortable at Lightweight...ffs...he wasa the commonwealth champion at that weight, he didnt move up to fight Khan at 135. He only may havae fought twice, but it was against better quality than what Khan had fought previously.

And it is disingenous to write off Limond as a part-timer. He trained as a full-timer for that fight, and imo put up a brilliant performance. I dont know why people are saying hes a shower of shite when he is fact a very good highly skilled pro.

 

That may be true, but all his other opponents have been far from tests. All his matchups (apart from Limond) have been for the purposes of whipping up media hype rather than developing Khan's talent.
Take a look at who he's faced so far, they're all out of the same mould. Upright with little head and upper body movement, (to highlight Khan's speed and accuracy), lacking aggression or ambition (so as to not dent his confidence). They usually have reasonable records and are fair boxers. (this is to give the illusion of a "test"). Oh, and of course, as we all well know, little power. This is to prevent the bubble bursting before the big payday.
Limond has been the only risky opponent, and look how it all nearly came off the rails!

He seems to be rushing to build up an impressive looking record, statistically speaking, without learning how to fight. The Scott Lawtons of the boxing world will not help him prepare for the likes of Romanov one little bit.

 

I have never said Limond is shite and have always rated him as a decent domestic level boxer. He won the commonwealth in his previous fight against another guy who moved up from superfeatherweight. Limond is a proud fighter and he will never back down from an opponent and Warren saw him as a fighter with a decent pedigree that Khan could look good against without much risk (due to his inactivity) and he very nearly knocked him out. The long count was a disgrace and the ref actually pulling Khan to his feet instead of continuing to count was a disgrace. Limond IS a part time fighter and still had to work whilst he trained for the Khan fight coz unfortunately he hasnt got the kind of cash that allows him to take weeks off his work.
The hype of Khan was almost brought to an abrupt end that night and that is why he was put in with Lawton, he's a light puncher(well, that night he was a non puncher). Warren, the pundits and most importantly the fans are all now questioning his whiskers and until he is tested against an opponent with a bit of a dig and comes back from adversity so to speak this question mark will always be there.

Khan can also comfortably make Light Welter which suggests to me his days at lightweight are numbered and then he will havee no choice but to be tested aginst guys with better power (its no coincidence that he looks huge compared to all his opponents and neither is it a coincidence that they all have lower than average KO ratio's)