Thread: What Next For Amir Khan ??

Im not really a big fan of Khan's but he has good skills and he has improved a lot. I think he should face Yuri Romanov for his next fight, and if he wins in good fashion then take on Michael Katsidis, then take on one of the big boys at Lightweight like Juan Diaz who i think would beat Khan, but whats your opinions ??

I rekon he should fight Thaxton next and just shut him up. I wasnt impressed with St Clair last night, he just didnt throw anything. He had a good guard but I believe that a better fighter at lightweight will be able to throw more and Khan wasted a lot of shots just hitting him on the arms.

Im not taking anything away from that victory last night because Khan looked very dominant against a former world champion. I did have him winning every round in the fight too. So well done to Khan. He showed he can go 12 rounds, but there is still a long road ahead for him.

I look forward to see the next Khan fight and hope he keeps the better fighters coming.

I would like it to be Thaxton but i think the Promoters are playing power games at the minute and it might backfire on the fight getting made.

Khan is improving though... i just see Thaxton as the next step up

Sorry but Kahn isn;t to me improving at all. He is getting older and its a boy turing into a man, but thecrystal clear flaws are still there.

The boy has a piss poor stance and has a pathetic jab. UNtill he works on them he will never be a world champion.

Originally Posted by ICB

Im not really a big fan of Khan's but he has good skills and he has improved a lot. I think he should face Yuri Romanov for his next fight, and if he wins in good fashion then take on Michael Katsidis, then take on one of the big boys at Lightweight like Juan Diaz who i think would beat Khan, but whats your opinions ??

He definitely should fight the K Man this year!

Originally Posted by ICB

Im not really a big fan of Khan's but he has good skills and he has improved a lot. I think he should face Yuri Romanov for his next fight, and if he wins in good fashion then take on Michael Katsidis, then take on one of the big boys at Lightweight like Juan Diaz who i think would beat Khan, but whats your opinions ??

Katsidis won't be in the picture after his loss to Casamayor

Originally Posted by Preme

Sorry but Kahn isn;t to me improving at all. He is getting older and its a boy turing into a man, but thecrystal clear flaws are still there.

The boy has a piss poor stance and has a pathetic jab. UNtill he works on them he will never be a world champion.

Gotta disagree here. He kept his left glove up well all fight and his jab seemed stiff. Looking at St Clairs face after the fight it was pretty screwed up for a black fighter. Usally they do not show up marks very easily, but his face and eyes were red and swollen and there was enough blood on the towel after the fight. That was mostly from Khan's jab which was slipping through Gairy's defense quite easily.

Khan is wide open for the overhand right. When he faces somebody who can punch that's going to be a real problem for him.

Casamayor is going to have to improve drastically against Katsidis or he'll lose again.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Khan is wide open for the overhand right. When he faces somebody who can punch that's going to be a real problem for him.

Casamayor is going to have to improve drastically against Katsidis or he'll lose again.

Katsidis is open for everything.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Katsidis is open for everything.

He certainly is. He's a head-first fighter that makes Ricky Hatton look like a defensive master, but he's got far too much for the burnt-out wreck claiming to be Casamayor who clearly lost his last fight against a fighter katsidis would beat. If Casamayor doesn't improve to somewhere near his old self he won't have the offense to make a dent and he'll lose to Katsidis.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

He certainly is. He's a head-first fighter that makes Ricky Hatton look like a defensive master, but he's got far too much for the burnt-out wreck claiming to be Casamayor who clearly lost his last fight against a fighter katsidis would beat. If Casamayor doesn't improve to somewhere near his old self he won't have the offense to make a dent and he'll lose to Katsidis.

I think Casamayor was just rusty his last time. Which is easy to understand when your 36 and coming off a year layoff. The smartest thing he could have done was set up a fight as soon as possible. Which is what he did.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Katsidis won't be in the picture after his loss to Casamayor

Maybe so but i still think that will be a future match up.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I think Casamayor was just rusty his last time. Which is easy to understand when your 36 and coming off a year layoff. The smartest thing he could have done was set up a fight as soon as possible. Which is what he did.

Im willing to give Casamayor one more chance to show he has still got it. I have never thought much of Katsidis except he is exciting, and if Casamayor is on the ball, then he will batter Katsidis.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

I think Casamayor was just rusty his last time. Which is easy to understand when your 36 and coming off a year layoff. The smartest thing he could have done was set up a fight as soon as possible. Which is what he did.

There's rusty and there's shot. If he'd just been rusty he still would have had enough to win the fight against a guy who let's face it was nowhere near world class. I think Casamayor was a fantastic boxer and a prime Casamayor would have toyed with Katsidis, but he's a long way from his prime. The question is was that the best he could do last time out and at least he'll be motivated to be all he can be when he faces Katsidis. This fight will be a hell of a test for both of them.

If Kahn next fights in Vegas on the Calzaghe-Hopkins undercard the opponent will most likely be way below Romanovs class.

St Clair was decent but clearly undersized and has power equivalent to Ian Napa. I thought Khan did what was expected.

Romanov would be his first "dangerous" opponent.. although probably more likely will be knockover job in Vegas.