Khan: Where's Thaxton?

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amir has just turned 21 for christs sake, and had what 15 pro fights, cant think of to many guys in boxing that are his age and at his advanced stage already in his carrer... i can remember a huge number of people on thius forum saying Earl would KO him!!!

He should fight thaxton next as its the next logical step in his carrer, by the end of 2008 i predict you will see Kahn winning a world title!

When your as hyped as Con has been (and he's been hyped) your expected to move at an accelerated pace

How do you rate him VD?

Undecided. He's an outstanding talent. No doubt. The skills are there. But his defense is weak. And his chin seems to be weaker. I want to see him step up the competition. And no I didn't consider Earl to be a step up. Pretty much if Con was not as hyped as he has been I would look at him as a great prospect. But since he has been hyped, I expect more from him at a quicker pace.

ah well you rate him higher than i expected.

i think offensively he is brilliant, defensively not so great.

i really feel he needs to boycott fighting the european style of fighter and fight some tough south american styles and some technically sound north american fighters.

i expected him to KO earl....not that quickly mind, but i stil expected it.

That's about as complementary I've seen VD been about a fighter, he must be doing something right. I agree, he needs a serious tough opponent next someone who can take his shots, but not necasarily a dangerous opponent , he's still learning. I don't think Thaxton's the guy to do it, I'd expect Khan to go through him by the middle rounds, plus Khan has a point, I was expecting some sort of comment from Thaxton in the media by now.