Was Khan ever the top guy at 140??

[Primo Carnera]

No. Bradley was recognized as the top 140 guy when khan was there. He ducked Bradley so he never became the top guy. Then he was knocked out by Garcia who then became the top guy when Bradley moved up. At 135, he was still up and coming and got knocked out by Prescott.

I've only been really impressed by him in one fight and that was the maidana fight. I thought he showed heart and great skill. He has never showed that again.

100% spot on.

[p4pking]

Probably not. He could have been if he fought certain guys or fights went differently, but he didn't and he was knocked out before he really built up the momentum, at both weights. I think realistically he has/had a very good style to fight Bradley, but he's so vulnerable that you can't really give him credit for anything until the fights happen lol.

[Silkeyjoe]

No. Bradley was recognized as the top 140 guy when khan was there. He ducked Bradley so he never became the top guy. Then he was knocked out by Garcia who then became the top guy when Bradley moved up. At 135, he was still up and coming and got knocked out by Prescott.

I've only been really impressed by him in one fight and that was the maidana fight. I thought he showed heart and great skill. He has never showed that again.

100% spot on.

I may be mistaken but Im pretty sure Bradley ducked Khan? Well at lest chose to fight Alexander ahead of him

[Master]

No. Bradley was recognized as the top 140 guy when khan was there. He ducked Bradley so he never became the top guy. Then he was knocked out by Garcia who then became the top guy when Bradley moved up. At 135, he was still up and coming and got knocked out by Prescott.

I've only been really impressed by him in one fight and that was the maidana fight. I thought he showed heart and great skill. He has never showed that again.

100% spot on.

I may be mistaken but Im pretty sure Bradley ducked Khan? Well at lest chose to fight Alexander ahead of him

You are mistaken

[Silkeyjoe]

No. Bradley was recognized as the top 140 guy when khan was there. He ducked Bradley so he never became the top guy. Then he was knocked out by Garcia who then became the top guy when Bradley moved up. At 135, he was still up and coming and got knocked out by Prescott.

I've only been really impressed by him in one fight and that was the maidana fight. I thought he showed heart and great skill. He has never showed that again.

100% spot on.

I may be mistaken but Im pretty sure Bradley ducked Khan? Well at lest chose to fight Alexander ahead of him

You are mistaken

I was being modest. Im never mistaken

[Master]

Modestly mistaken

[Primo Carnera]

The only difference is that I'm giving Khan the Maidana fight, and I'm saying it's his best ever performance.
I'm not disputing it as a debatable loss.
He beat Maidana , he lost to Peterson. And like I said before, even if he had scraped through against Petertson (which I don't think he did btw.), it couldn't have been seen as a great or even good performance.

[Fenster]

Fair enough.

I don't think a close loss to Peterson is bad form though (even though he didn't lose )

[Primo Carnera]

Fair enough.

I don't think a close loss to Peterson is bad form though (even though he didn't lose )

Ha ha. No worries. I'm just going on what we knew at the time. With the benefit of hindsight , I would agree about Peterson.

[Mr140]

No he was never the top of anything all the talent in the world but his chin is shit and he makes dumb moves in the ring at times. In the end that what makes it fun got a guy that can punch who is fast and has one worst chins ever for a champ just makes for a fun fight regardless.

[Master]

Fair enough.

I don't think a close loss to Peterson is bad form though (even though he didn't lose )

Ha ha. No worries. I'm just going on what we knew at the time. With the benefit of hindsight , I would agree about Peterson.

Amir Khan says compulsory drug testing must be introduced in boxing in an attempt to clean up the sport.

The British former light-welterweight world champion lost his WBA and IBF belts to Lamont Peterson in December but the Washington fighter has recently failed a drug test.

Khan, 25, told BBC Radio 5 live that taking on Peterson had been "like fighting two people".

"All fighters should be tested before and after a fight," he added.

"It will make the sport cleaner and that's what we need."

The Bolton-based fighter had been due to meet Peterson in a rematch of their controversial December bout on Saturday.

But the fight was cancelled after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone.

Peterson says he took the testosterone for medical reasons and has rejected calls from Khan to surrender his WBA and IBF belts.

But Khan said: "I think he knows deep down he did wrong. It's a shame the fight didn't happen. I trained out of my skin and wanted to win those titles back."

Peterson has apologised for the fight being cancelled but Khan said: "It will take more than an apology for what happened last December, my life was at risk. One punch can change a fighter's life.

"The way he kept coming forward after he was put down twice in the first round, the way he was recovering, I knew this was not the same Lamont Peterson I had been watching in videos, this guy was totally different.

"It was like fighting two people in the ring. I was hurting him and putting him down and he was still coming forward.

"I have fought big punchers like Marcos Maidana and other names out there and he seemed to punch harder, be a lot fitter than them. It just shows that performance enhancing drugs do make a difference and I saw the difference.

"He should be punished for what he did."

Khan said he now wanted the independent Voluntary Anti-Doping Association to be involved before and after all his future fights and hoped more fighters would follow suit.