Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
I thought Khan dominated Barerra even before the cut, though I've only seen it the once and I'd had a little bit to drink at the time. Khan looked really good against a much smaller, older fighter. Without the cut he'd have won on points if he hadn't been caught. But when he fights a proper top level lightweight he's going to outspeed and outpoint them but will inevitably get sparked at some point in the twelve rounds. If it wasn't for his mandible he could be a world beater. He's extended the big payday portion of his career for a few fights with that performance though. Maybe he can get through a couple of world title fights without somebody managing to land on his chin but I doubt it.
exactly how i feel, i'm not taking away that Khan did look improved, cause he did, his guard was a lot better than it usually is, and his combinations were nice, but you can't really rank him among the elite lightweights based on that performance, like i said i think the next logical fight would be against someone like Raheem, even though he's boring as hell, it would be a good test for Khan, seeing how Raheem does have skill, has fought top level opponants (Morales, Freitas, Juarez, Funeka, etc.) but he's not too big of a risk, doesn't have huge power and well Funeka did quite a number on him