Thread: Armir Khan in legitimate challenge shocker? :p

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4850168.stm

Khan lines up Hungarian challenge

Amir Khan believes his next opponent is a step up
Rising star Amir Khan has lined up former European lightweight title challenger Laszlo Komjathi as his seventh professional fight.

Khan, who won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics, will fight the 30-year-old Hungarian at Belfast's King's Hall on 20 May.

"Komjathi is a test for me and it's at the right time," said Khan.

"He's had a lot more experience at championship level than the other boxers I've fought."

Komjathi, who has won 24 of his 35 professional fights, took Italian Stefano Zoff the distance in a European lightweight title fight two years ago.

More recently he was stopped in the 10th round by Giuseppe Lauri, who is taking on Junior Witter for the European light welterweight title later this month.

And his second paid fight was against DeMarcus Corley, who is set to meet Witter for the vacant WBC crown later this year.

Khan, who is unbeaten in six professional fights and has five knockouts, said: "Komjathi has fought some good solid names like Lauri and Zoff and, early in his career, Corley.

"I've watched some videos of him and he's a strong, powerful, boxer with an attacking style so I know that I won't have to go looking for him.

"I'll be looking to bring him onto my punches and know that I've got the power to knock him out."

Promoter Frank Warren said: "Komjathi has been in with some good fighters who have gone on to become world champions or high-level operators at world level.

"This will represent another step up for Amir in his ring education."

Sounds like it to me, any one know more about him?

Anyone Frank Warren classifies as "A threat" = Amir Kahn winner by 1st round KO

He sounds like a reasonable opponent at this stage of Khan's career. I've never seen him fight though.

Reasonable yes but don't act like it's actually going to be a tough fight....I mean his promoter is Frank Warren he'll schedule him with cream puffs until 2010!!!

To be honest I don't think any promoter would stick his most promising fighter in the ring with a dangerous opponent in his seventh pro fight. If Khan is serious about landing a world title when he's 21 we won't have to stay to long for a good fight, but with Warren's track record we can never tell.

Kahn is going to be fighting nobodies for another year or so.
It will be another year before his career get interesting

Originally Posted by LarryB

Kahn is going to be fighting nobodies for another year or so.
It will be another year before his career get interesting

Komjathi is not a 'nobody'!He's fought 3 times for an intercontinental title and also for the WBC international title and the European title not to mention domestic titles!
He is also the most famous boxer from Hajduhadhaza!!! with a pretty reasonable 24-10-1 and only 4 of these loses have come against guys with more than 1 defeat on their record!
.What is your pro record?

i guess he isn't just another russian garbage man that I expected, lol

BoxRecords has Khan fighting someone else

http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=314558

Heres the Hungarians record:

http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=18447

Originally Posted by gogs67

Originally Posted by LarryB

Kahn is going to be fighting nobodies for another year or so.
It will be another year before his career get interesting

Komjathi is not a 'nobody'!He's fought 3 times for an intercontinental title and also for the WBC international title and the European title not to mention domestic titles!
He is also the most famous boxer from Hajduhadhaza!!! with a pretty reasonable 24-10-1 and only 4 of these loses have come against guys with more than 1 defeat on their record!
.What is your pro record?

Im not a pro but won plenty of irish titles junior and senior.
I could still put up a better bout than some of those chumps

well whats your point then larry B? do you want a 19 year ol fighter with less than ten pro fights to his name to go and fight against blokes with more than 30? is that what your trying to say. the kids fighting at least 3 times a year and gradually building up the quality of oposition as he gains experience and puts the round in.