Amir Khan

[ono]

Khan moaning again he still hasnt stopped. There could be a number or reasons behind what happend with the judge. He didnt do the job and beat Peterson who isnt 1 of the better fighters in the division he is in. There will be a rematch no matter what and for Khan he has to win it or he will find it hard to get another shot at World title for a long time. He got so much so early now when things go against him he moans straight away to the media.

Yeah but to be fair Leighton, you spent a good 6 months moaning about how the McCloskey fight wasn't fair, and you weren't even physically involved in it nor did it have any effect on your career. And the fight wasn't remotely close.

Peterson must be on of the better fighters in the division. He holds two of the belts.

 

[leighton]

Khan moaning again he still hasnt stopped. There could be a number or reasons behind what happend with the judge. He didnt do the job and beat Peterson who isnt 1 of the better fighters in the division he is in. There will be a rematch no matter what and for Khan he has to win it or he will find it hard to get another shot at World title for a long time. He got so much so early now when things go against him he moans straight away to the media.

Yeah but to be fair Leighton, you spent a good 6 months moaning about how the McCloskey fight wasn't fair, and you weren't even physically involved in it nor did it have any effect on your career. And the fight wasn't remotely close.

Peterson must be on of the better fighters in the division. He holds two of the belts.

Ono that stoppage was a joke. I have never seen a ringside doctor jump in the ring as fast as that doctor did for the cut on Paulie's head that night. He called the fight off there was nothing Paulie could do. Khan wasnt great that night Paulie was fighting to a gameplan that night and in the round were he got stopped he was starting to come into the fight. If you knew what was going on behind the scenes of course you would be a bit pissed off. That fight could of been Paulies only chance at a World title fight and to be stopped like that was a poor decision by the ref.

Khan has got some good calls from refs in the past. The Barerra fight should of been called off earlier than it was over that nasty cut but Warren at the time made sure it went by the 4 rounds to get Khan the win and then the fight got stopped.

Just because I dont rate Peterson it doesnt mean they couldnt win a world title. If its your night and the champion looks past you for a bigger fight then you have a great chance of winning the title. Just saying Peterson was out classed by Bradley and drew with Victor Ortiz.

This could well be a division to have a Super 6. Maidana is fighting Alexander in Feburary I think so the options for Khan only leaves Peterson who isnt sorted for a fight yet. Only if he wants to fight McCloskey again?

 

[ono]

Khan moaning again he still hasnt stopped. There could be a number or reasons behind what happend with the judge. He didnt do the job and beat Peterson who isnt 1 of the better fighters in the division he is in. There will be a rematch no matter what and for Khan he has to win it or he will find it hard to get another shot at World title for a long time. He got so much so early now when things go against him he moans straight away to the media.

Yeah but to be fair Leighton, you spent a good 6 months moaning about how the McCloskey fight wasn't fair, and you weren't even physically involved in it nor did it have any effect on your career. And the fight wasn't remotely close.

Peterson must be on of the better fighters in the division. He holds two of the belts.

Ono that stoppage was a joke. I have never seen a ringside doctor jump in the ring as fast as that doctor did for the cut on Paulie's head that night. He called the fight off there was nothing Paulie could do. Khan wasnt great that night Paulie was fighting to a gameplan that night and in the round were he got stopped he was starting to come into the fight. If you knew what was going on behind the scenes of course you would be a bit pissed off. That fight could of been Paulies only chance at a World title fight and to be stopped like that was a poor decision by the ref.

Khan has got some good calls from refs in the past. The Barerra fight should of been called off earlier than it was over that nasty cut but Warren at the time made sure it went by the 4 rounds to get Khan the win and then the fight got stopped.

Just because I dont rate Peterson it doesnt mean they couldnt win a world title. If its your night and the champion looks past you for a bigger fight then you have a great chance of winning the title. Just saying Peterson was out classed by Bradley and drew with Victor Ortiz.

This could well be a division to have a Super 6. Maidana is fighting Alexander in Feburary I think so the options for Khan only leaves Peterson who isnt sorted for a fight yet. Only if he wants to fight McCloskey again?

It might have been a dodgy stoppage, and McCloskey had every right to be disappointed. I disagree about him coming into the fight but that's a moot point.

The point i'm making is, Khan's claims shouldn't just be dismissed as him 'moaning'. Something quite clearly isn't right with all of this.

Agree that Khan doesn't have a host of options left. 140 is quite weak compared to what it was 4 or 5 years ago.

 

[ello_jo]

This situiation is dodgy as fuck and needs to be explained asap. Shit like this shouldnt be happening in professional boxing with the amount of money it is worth.

 

[Bluemoonbaldboy]

like Khan or loath him what happened ringside isn't normal according to Golden Boy he was an IBA employee but wasn't assigned to the fight therefore he had no business interfering with the officials to be seen touching scorecards etc..something isn't right and then to cap it off he was in the ring with Peterson after the decision. Can see the result being changed to no contest

 

[kiam06]

All this is very shameful, I don't care who was next to the ring AmirKhan lost every round apart from maybe two. This is his sky sports team trying to keep milking the cash cow.

Most over rated boxer I've ever seen.

I don't even want to write anymore about it.

 

[leighton]

'Heres a Close up pic The question is.. Who is this guy? And what was he doing? I'm sure someone outthere knows'

Well I'm not naming names but, "nothing Premier but the price"

I think it is Rev Run at ringside.

 

[zak_attack]

I train with a semi pro boxer because his cardio routines are intense he tells me that most in boxing world have zero respect for Amir and that most of his fights were chosen because they were easy. He says that he will be exposed soon for his weakness.

rubbish! The general public who don't know much about boxing dont rate Khan and the majority of them are prejudiced for one reason or another. Khan has plenty of respect among the boxing world. His credentials, both amateur and pro, back that up. And by the way, theres no such thing as a 'semi pro' boxer - you're either an amateur boxer (licensed by the Amateur Boxing Association), a professional boxer (licensed by the BRITISH BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL) or you are an unlicensed boxer (not officially licensed by anyone).

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I train with a semi pro boxer because his cardio routines are intense he tells me that most in boxing world have zero respect for Amir and that most of his fights were chosen because they were easy. He says that he will be exposed soon for his weakness.

rubbish! The general public who don't know much about boxing dont rate Khan and the majority of them are prejudiced for one reason or another. Khan has plenty of respect among the boxing world. His credentials, both amateur and pro, back that up. And by the way, theres no such thing as a 'semi pro' boxer - you're either an amateur boxer (licensed by the Amateur Boxing Association), a professional boxer (licensed by the BRITISH BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL) or you are an unlicensed boxer (not officially licensed by anyone).

Well a few years ago when Khan went pro my Boxing trainer said Khan would be shown up in the Pro's as he didnt have the chin or the heart when it got tough. Now this guy knew boxing like no one else i have ever met and i would say so far he has been proven right

 

[zak_attack]

You must have missed all the interviews where he says he's not ready for Mayweather yet but he would like the chance to fight him further down the line. In any case, you won't meet a world level fighter who doesn't think he can beat the best. Without that belief and confidence, they would never be a champion.

He never fought Prescott again because Prescott went on a losing run against average fighters. And Khan moved up to 140 as he struggled with the weight at 135. Prescott stayed at 135, and has only recently moved up to 140. Khan's has always maintained that he'd fight him again. You can hardly say he's not got the bottle for it since he made a voluntary defence against Marcos Maidana who is a massive puncher at 140.

As for Hatton steamrollering him...

Hatton was a good fighter, but there was a reason he was kept away from fighters who had fast hands, and threw punches in combinations. As soon as he left Warren and fought Luis Collazo, it became obvious why Warren had been so selective about his choice of opposition. Good fighter, but to say he 'would ov shit all over Khan' is frankly insane.

Mayweather and Pacquiao would obviously beat him. Ortiz is 50-50, although Khan floored him 3 times in the amatuers in a first round stoppage win, so i wouldn't hold up huge hope for Ortiz going full circle and battering Khan.The only reason i'd give Ortiz a chance is because he can dig a bit. Problem is, he quit against Maidana because he was being hit too much, so unless he got Khan out of there early, his heart would be tested big time. In any case it would be exciting. Mosley can't pull the trigger anymore so he won't be beating any top level fighter.

Hatton fought Callazo at 147 and after that fight everyone knew that weight was pretty much beyond him and he only fought at it once again in his loss to Mayweather. Also i think Hatton would of beat Khan as he used to get inside and tie people up and as we saw in the last fight Khan hates that

I fail to see how the weight played a huge part. He was almost knocked out because he has no way of dealing with a fighter who is fast and accurate. Collazo didn't lean on him, he didn't use his strength to walk him back. He just hit him often and accurately. What did Hatton do to stop this? Nothing. He literally held on for dear life.

What happened when he faced Pacquiao? As soon as Pacquiao opened up, Hatton was down. Then down again, then knocked out. Granted, Pacquiao is a freak, but he'd not had an early stoppage since stopping a washed up Erik Morales down at Super-Featherweight, in a fight where Morales was in no condition to even be in the ring. He just doesn't have the basic defensive skills to deal with that type of fighter. He can't counter, he doesn't really move his head.

Against Mayweather he did well in the sense that he closed the distance, but he only did so because it was obvious that Mayweather have tortured him had he stood off him. His aggressiveness wasn't rewarding because he didn't really land anything, and then once he stopped doing that, he was pretty much hit at will.

I'm not saying Hatton wouldn't have a chance, because Khan isn't as good as the above 3, but Hatton certainly wouldn't piss it (not that it was you who suggested he would).

ONO. How refreshing to hear from someone talking about boxing who knows what they're talking about. big thumbs up