How far will Khan's chin take him?

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It's only bamboozling general sports fans into believing he is special. Proper boxing fans are in a better position to judge a fighter's career and resume.

The Marquez fight will be a defining fight just like Tszyu was Hatton's. Most prospects fight a former world class operator at a time which is deemed as the 'right time'. If you've got something against Khan for doing it, then you're not going to like many other prospects.

As you pointed out yesterday, other fighters have had similar or better resumes at 23. Unfortunately all the fighters you listed were probably shoe ins for the Hall of Fame. Then you went on to say Khan is a Hype job....which he may be.

So i don't get it. If you think he's a hype job why are you using future hall of famers as a yardstick to measure Khan's ability and resume against?

Surely you should be comparing him to other hype jobs such as Bojado.

Why am I using other great's resume? I already explained this in the other thread. It's because guys like you and Bilbo (wondered what happened to him) keep on bring up "He's only 23, give him time!" Well at the same age a lot of 23 year old boxing greats who just like Khan were once boxing prodigies/prospects and they dazzled and accomplished more than Khan. How did those guys accomplished so much? They took on dangerous guys to build their names and resume. So stop with the "He's only 23, give him time" excuse.

The guy is now an world champion, time to take on a Bradley, Maidana, Alexander, and not a past his prime fading legend.

Why did Roach want Khan to fight Erik Morales at 140 a few weeks back? Roach mentioned this. We all know the answer don't we?

Yeah but he is only 23. You cannot expect him to have faced the best in his division yet. He has only recently won a world title and he's planning on defending against a top 5 p4p'er. The reason Roach wanted the Morales fight is simple. It gives chance to share the ring with a legend. Khan will more than likely learn more from this fight then he would from destroying a mandatory inside 1 round. Khan hasn't been with Roach for that long and i believe he still has bad habits that Roach wants to eradicate before putting his arse on the line against a big puncher. it's common sense. Roach didn't get where he is by going all kamikaze on his fighters.

As much as the fighters you mentioned, took on dangerous opponents, they also took on 'safe bets' just like any other prospect has done. Mayweather wasn't in a fight where he wasn't the firm favourite until he fought Diego Corrales....just before he turned 24. That's why i'm saying give him time.

Incidentally Khan won't be the firm favourite against Marquez.

Yes Roach wanted Khan to fight Morales was because he's a legend with a name, but he was completely shot as a fighter. ANother legend that's shot, geez what a surprise!

Sure all of those legends I mentioned took safe fights, but up to a certain point, then they started taking on rank contenders and then champions. Then they took on dangerous fights. If Khan wants to learn his craft and have more tutelage under Roach, fine then he shouldn't have fought for a title and then calls himself an world champion. What kind of world champion keeps on taking easy fights?

Mayweather was only 21 and took on Genero Hernandez after only 15 or 16 pro fights, I don't remember him being an firm favorite in that fight, later on he took on a dangerous fighter in Manfreddy in the same year who had just stopped an prime Gatti earlier in the year. It's laughable to mention Mayweather's and Khan's name in the same sentence.

And like I said, enough with the "He's only 23" excuse. That's an sad excuse for an world champion to avoid dangerous guys like Tim Bradley and the hard hitting Maidana, both are even willing to take on Khan in England where he's going to have home court advantage with the ref and crowd.

But surprise surprise Khan is willing to take on another fading legend. BTW, at age 23 Leonard and Delahoya were fighting very dangerous opponents already, and they were both Olympians like Khan. They sure as hell didn't use the "I'm only 23 and you can't expect me to face tough challenges" excuse.