Khan is in the wrong gym

[Kirkland Laing]

Khan's chin is worse than you think. Watch any of his recent fights, but particularly the Maidana/Peterson fights. The bell for the first round goes and Khan is unbelievably quick, people struggle to get near him. Then eventually after a round or three they land a decent punch. Khan doesn't go down but he's seriously buzzed and his speed deserts him. Guys like Maidana suddenly are as quick as Khan is.

So it's not like he's in wars because he likes to fight like that, it's because he hasn't got any choice in the matter after he gets slowed down. And there's no way to fix this. If he moves back down to 135 he's so weakened he can get knocked on his arse by feather-fisted domestic fighters. If he moves up to 147 world alphabet level he gets badly sparked. And forget about tightening up his defence, he's going to get hit at some point no matter how he fights. All he can do is remain at 140 and take part in a few more entertaining wars for whatever world-level fights Golden Boy can make. Due to his unbelievably bad chin guys like Peterson and Maidana who don't have a fraction of his skill are Khan's level in boxing.

[Kirkland Laing]

And when was the last time you watched a Vegas fight and saw a bunch of refs/judges sitting in the ringside TV seats? Cortez, Nady etc. They couldn't even give those seats away to casino customers? And all the empty seats in the arena too. Why do HBO and Golden Boy say Khan is any kind of draw in Vegas?

[rjj tszyu]

And when was the last time you watched a Vegas fight and saw a bunch of refs/judges sitting in the ringside TV seats? Cortez, Nady etc. They couldn't even give those seats away to casino customers? And all the empty seats in the arena too. Why do HBO and Golden Boy say Khan is any kind of draw in Vegas?

Does anyone know the official attendance?

I've always wondered how Khan has gotten so popular over in the states(according to himself). He was saying just last week that he is more popular in America than Kell Brook is in Britain. Not that Brook is particularly popular here but Khan sounded like he was Elvis when he said that.

I think that should be the next fight for each man now, with the winner moving up a level!

[Kirkland Laing]

And when was the last time you watched a Vegas fight and saw a bunch of refs/judges sitting in the ringside TV seats? Cortez, Nady etc. They couldn't even give those seats away to casino customers? And all the empty seats in the arena too. Why do HBO and Golden Boy say Khan is any kind of draw in Vegas?

Does anyone know the official attendance?

I've always wondered how Khan has gotten so popular over in the states(according to himself). He was saying just last week that he is more popular in America than Kell Brook is in Britain. Not that Brook is particularly popular here but Khan sounded like he was Elvis when he said that.

I think that should be the next fight for each man now, with the winner moving up a level!

I'd like to know how many people actually paid money for a ticket. Anybody know?

[Master]

Heard him on radio and he said that he has been moving and training at a lot of different locations and that he needs to fight in one training camp. He wants his next fight in the UK preferably against Garcia.

[jahmez]

Hard to believe that he still has absolutely no inside game. Watching him hurt now and all he's doing is either earmuffing right in the centre line or trying to run?

[Youngblood]

People are quickly forgetting here how much Roach did to transform Khan. He was a walking KO ready to happen. Roach taught him how to work from the outside, to protect his chin (cuz he knew it was glass), and made him into a fighter we were soon talking about fighting the best in the world. Hell, he even changed his training regime to build him stronger from the ground up, legs, core strength...to be able to withstand more and stronger punches. But ultimately when it comes right down to it, you can either eat hard shots or you can't. And alas, we all know that answer.

It doesn't help either when plan B,C, D or wtfever goes right out the window the second you get touched no matter how much ahead you are in the match... that is all on Khan. Roach did a hell of a job with him. But at the end of the day, it is what it is.

[Althugz]

And when was the last time you watched a Vegas fight and saw a bunch of refs/judges sitting in the ringside TV seats? Cortez, Nady etc. They couldn't even give those seats away to casino customers? And all the empty seats in the arena too. Why do HBO and Golden Boy say Khan is any kind of draw in Vegas?

7000 I believe they said the attendance was. Either Sky Sports or HBO mentioned.

So not exactly a huge draw. He filled half an arena. Mandalay Bay holds about 14000, right?

[Kirkland Laing]

And when was the last time you watched a Vegas fight and saw a bunch of refs/judges sitting in the ringside TV seats? Cortez, Nady etc. They couldn't even give those seats away to casino customers? And all the empty seats in the arena too. Why do HBO and Golden Boy say Khan is any kind of draw in Vegas?

7000 I believe they said the attendance was. Either Sky Sports or HBO mentioned.

So not exactly a huge draw. He filled half an arena. Mandalay Bay holds about 14000, right?

7000 people were in there but how many paid for their tickets and how many were freebies?

[Dia bando]

Interesting all this crap about a game plan, this is no game plan he has no survival in stink, and no chin
may I suggest Andre send's over, a old steel Ned Kelly helmet for Khan, he needs it.