
Originally Posted by
skel1983

Originally Posted by
feeney
bilbo. Kahn has done the exact same thing as hatton did moved up a weight and fought a paper champ but the main difference is hatton won a version at his natural weight first. Against KOSTYA TSZYU. Clearly hatton is not at his best up at welter but at least he wasnt running from his natural weight just to claim a world title.
It also took Hatton 39 fights to fight for a world title, Kahn did it nearly in half the time.
Kahn won a silver medal at the olympics and has been fast tracked to a world title. Hatton had to go the long route central area champ, wbo,wba intercontinental belts, british belt. Then hatton made the wbu title his own defending it against good and bad opposition. My point is kahn won a world title yes but he would need 39 fights to go in against someone as dangereouse as kostya. By his own admission he said he is not in marquez class the true lightweight world champ. So his easiest route to a title kotelnick. Crappy way to become champ.
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