Quote Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy
Kahns been pro for over 2 and a half years. and imo he isnt being kept busy enough. i mean 14 fights in over 2 and a half years, is pretty crap for someone who wants a title shot before he's 22, and as a young pro he needs fights and experience which he isnt getting, i dont know why warren would not let khan fight often? i know povetkin has had around the same but look at the opposition, the guys already fought former WORLD champions.

khan really believes he's the real deal, and he has a right to believe that after his amatuer success, i know he is talented but he doesnt know his weaknesses as a pro imo. it was easy for him to dance around and outpoint everyone for maximum 8 minutes in the ams, but in the pro ranks, he always tires when he gets past round 6. he's already not a heavy puncher, but becos of his speed he can knock a few ppl down with some good shots but after he gets tired, theres hardly anything on his shots!

worst yet is his chin. he seems to wobble everytime he gets hit proper.
imo khan (who im a big fan of) is going to find it very difficult to win a world title.

ali had the legs and the power to dance around for 15 rounds, khan cant do that for barely 6 rounds.

his defense is awful imo. when i watch tapes of a young mayweather or a young toney, these guys never ran on to shots the way khan does, khan will throw a combo, and will keep throwing even if the guy is throwing back at him. i have noticed this a while ago, i hate to disspoint you but khan is not a young toney or a young mayweather.

if you watch a tape of mayweather or toney fighting journeymen, and then you watch khan, you can see the difference froma mile off. im not sayin mayweather or toney are far more talented, they jst beta fighters from the beginning, even tho toney is aggressive he still has defense on his mind and would never (NEVER) get caught by stupid shots, like limmond caught khan.

do not be surprised if grahem earl stops khan, i hope not!!!

worst yet is, the champ at 135 is juan diaz, i really feel sorry for khan now, i dont know how khan will deal with so much pressure!

december we will see how khan does, if khan beats earl easily then he has improved, if not then its same ol khan (which aint ol very good).

does anyone agree?
CC for writing a post this long and for putting the time and effort into it. However i do disagree with most of it :P

Here's where i disagree...

Kahns been pro for over 2 and a half years. and imo he isnt being kept busy enough. i mean 14 fights in over 2 and a half years, is pretty crap for someone who wants a title shot before he's 22

IMO 14 fights in two years is plenty for an up and coming fighter. His next fight is against an interim world title challenger and his next fight is on his 21st birthday (which is the minimum age he can fight for a world title). So baring in mind he is already commonwealth champion he is coming along just fine.

When you compare that to other british fighters challenging for world honours, Kahn's resume is very favourable.

Froch didn't win a commonwealth title until he was 27
Junior Witter didn't win a commonwealth title until he was 28


i know povetkin has had around the same but look at the opposition, the guys already fought former WORLD champions

Povetkin is a heavyweight and there is a bit of a gulf in class between the heavyweight contenders and the lightweight contenders. I'm not saying that all of Kahn's opponents have been great but neither have Povetkin's. Povetkin is also 28 so he doesn't exactly have time on his side.


he always tires when he gets past round 6.

I don't see how you come to that conclusion.....seriously. Did you not see the Willie Limond fight?


worst yet is his chin. he seems to wobble everytime he gets hit proper

For the last time, Limond hurt Kahn with a temple shot. He didn't wobble him by hitting him on the chin. See how Cotto got wobbled by Corley. See how Cotto's chin was against Mosley.


imo khan (who im a big fan of) is going to find it very difficult to win a world title.

Nobody is exactly going to find it easy. He has more potential than any of Britain's current World Champions have ever had.


he's already not a heavy puncher

Martynov, Medjadji and scott lawton would all disagree with you on that one.


but becos of his speed he can knock a few ppl down with some good shots but after he gets tired, theres hardly anything on his shots!

Again i have to refer to the Willie Limond fight. If there was hardly anything on his shots after the 6th round, how did he manage to break Limond's jaw and nose? Not to mention stop him?


his defense is awful imo. when i watch tapes of a young mayweather or a young toney, these guys never ran on to shots the way khan does, khan will throw a combo, and will keep throwing even if the guy is throwing back at him. i have noticed this a while ago, i hate to disspoint you but khan is not a young toney or a young mayweather.

I agree his defense isn't the best but his offensive arsenal is pretty shit hot. Not every fighter fights like Toney or Mayweather. Each fighter has their own style. Ricky Hatton's defense isn't that great, Joe Calzaghe's isn't, Junior Witter's isn't, Naz's wasn't.....but they are all/were world champions.


even tho toney is aggressive he still has defense on his mind and would never (NEVER) get caught by stupid shots, like limmond caught khan.

What about the time he tried to mimic what Roy Jones was doing and he got put on his arse?


worst yet is, the champ at 135 is juan diaz, i really feel sorry for khan now, i dont know how khan will deal with so much pressure!

I agree that Diaz is a fight that Kahn would not have much of a chance in at the minute. But a few years down the line he will have improved drastically. Warren won't (quite rightly IMO) put Kahn in with Diaz until he has had 30+ fights so we don't have to worry about that just yet.