Khan-Gomez Confirmed

[Fenster]

It was obvious it wasn't gonna be Rees with Gomez and Burns mentioned.

BBC SPORT | Boxing | Khan to face Gomez in Birmingham


The build up will be fun.

But the fight will be over inside 6 mins. Fact.

[HattonTheHammer]

It was obvious it wasn't gonna be Rees with Gomez and Burns mentioned.

BBC SPORT | Boxing | Khan to face Gomez in Birmingham


The build up will be fun.

But the fight will be over inside 6 mins. Fact.

so khans gone from a world title eliminator, to fighting michael gomez at an indoor arena

I assume this and is a tune up fight before amir goes onto to fight nate campbell at the end of the year??

[totalboxing1]

More classic match-making from Frank Warren. I think everyone is starting to get bored of it. My mum might still get excited at him knocking out another bum. Gomez isn't as bad as some of them, but he is well past his best. He'll win inside 2 rounds. Definately not a very good warm up fight for his world title challenge. He's going to have to leave frank warren if he hopes to be a genuine world champion by the years end.

[Fenster]

An old shot crazy superfeather to Nate Campbell? No chance.

Unless Khan's mob give Frank Warren the spanish archer he wont be in with any "world" champs anytime soon.

[Kirkland Laing]

Gomez has about six rounds in him if he lasts that long, which is unlikely. I fail to see how Frank can be blamed for making this fight. The lightweight situation is going to take a while to shake out due to the fighters and politics being really complicated right now, so Khan making money and keeping busy is a good thing to do.

[SweetPea]

More classic match-making from Frank Warren.

To be fair, Khan is only 21 years old. You'd expect his handlers to be ultra-cautious, because there's no rush.

This is different than putting a 30-something year old Calzaghe in the ring against Bika and Manfredo.

[DatsiK]

So is this Gomez any good? Personally I've never heard of him, which leads me to believe he isn't quite up there in the world rankings. I've been told he's an ex-british champion, but Khan should definately be aiming to fight ex-world champions (correct me if i'm wrong, Gomez may have been a world champion haven't really looked into him) if he wants a good idea of what he's getting himself into.

[HattonTheHammer]

An old shot crazy superfeather to Nate Campbell? No chance.

Unless Khan's mob give Frank Warren the spanish archer he wont be in with any "world" champs anytime soon.

Out of the 2 WBO lightweight champs casamayor has a fight coming up in september which pretty much leaves campbell free for an end of year pop at amir if he wishes too.

Wouldnt be surprised to see this go down, warren doesnt have the ability to sell a fight to an american audience, campbell will travel to bolton take his beating head on and hopefully retire with a bit of grace.

Amir gets his record as the youngest british world champion, warren gets another world champ in his stable, campbell gets that one last decent payday to retire with.

whats to be surprised at here??

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

It was obvious it wasn't gonna be Rees with Gomez and Burns mentioned.

BBC SPORT | Boxing | Khan to face Gomez in Birmingham


The build up will be fun.

But the fight will be over inside 6 mins. Fact.

so khans gone from a world title eliminator, to fighting michael gomez at an indoor arena

I assume this and is a tune up fight before amir goes onto to fight nate campbell at the end of the year??

If that fight were to happen and Campbell fought like he did against Diaz... Kahn doesn't have a shot.

[Master]

Gomez biggest claim to fame is that he blew away Alex Arthur in 5 rounds, it was a competative fight and a joy to watch. However Gomez has never achieved those heights again and lost his last big fight against Johannessen who has recently lost to Kevin Mitchell. It will be exciting for a couple of rounds and Gomez will come in motivated but should not be a competitive fight if Khan is serious about becoming a world champion.

[GAME]

Gomez biggest claim to fame is that he blew away Alex Arthur in 5 rounds, it was a competative fight and a joy to watch. However Gomez has never achieved those heights again and lost his last big fight against Johannessen who has recently lost to Kevin Mitchell. It will be exciting for a couple of rounds and Gomez will come in motivated but should not be a competitive fight if Khan is serious about becoming a world champion.

Yet another opponent whos coming off a bad k.o loss. Atleast Rees was coming off a loss at world level but this is silly .

Everytime I see Gomez he is getting badly kncoked out by some bum and thats not an exageration . Poor fight . Kahn should be in with better

[No Contest]

I'm think if Gomez comes into this fight well prepared and no bullshit out of the ring gets in the way, he should do alot better than some think. He most likely will get outboxed, but he has a decent chin and good offense, so it should be a good fight to watch. I give Gomez a shot at least.

[Tam Seddon]

Ill tell you what, this Geez can hit a lot harder than Limond and if he can shit Khan up early, you never no. But its unlikely, Im backing Khan by stoppage here, but Gomez is a hard bastard and will bring the fight.

[killersheep]

I like when Gomez said: "I'm going to be in his face before the first round begins."

I interpret that as when the ref says touch 'em up Gomez gives Khan a full force uppercut.

[littlebif]

Gomes will come to fight but will slow down very fast and Khan should stop him in 4.Khan will have to be sensible in first round cause Gomez can punch.