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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.

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    his stocks really gone up after that as he can now sell an exciting fight and the ££££ will roll in.

    He will be destined for great fights but not greatness - though at same time another knockout loss could shatter his career.

    I just watched fight again and can't believe he survived that tenth round so credit to him.

    I had him a comfortable UD winner last night for his early work and haven't changed my mind after rewatching BUT I think Maidana got the better of him physically in the fight overall - if you know what I mean here Apart from first Maidana wasnt really in trouble - and I am still amazed he managed to get up from that body shot !

    I think he will have an easier time against Bradley than he did last mind
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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bcollins View Post
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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.
    Exactly, when it came to boxing skills Amir DID handle him easily and was quickly piling up the points in the early rounds. But Maidana's heart, endurance, toughness and ability to absorb punishment are simply outstanding. He absolutely has a world class chin and toughness.

    What I cannot understand from Ice though is that he is big on Lucian Bute despite first time around getting completely smashed in the last round by Librado Andrade, again a fight with practically zero fighting skills. He was completely wrecked in that last round and is so lucky not to have a ko loss on his record.
    Andrade went something like 0-16 as an amatuer, he is all heart.

    Unfortunately for Andrade I think he has now absorbed too much punishment in his career in bruising beatdowns against Bute and Kessler, and his toughness will be diminishing, in the same way as Edison Miranda's has been.

    In subsequent fights I expect Miranda, Andrade and Maidanan to slip as their fighting styles do not lend themselves to long careers.

    So Maidana may well get taken out early in future fights.

    But lets not use that as an excuse to diminish his abilities now. He wrecked one boxing's hottest prospects in Victor Ortiz. Khan stood up to him.

    Devon Alexander was almost ruined by Kotelnik, a fighter who Khan breezed past.

    On the form guide now I think it's going to be a Bradley/Khan winner takes all fight, and I think Khan will surprise everyone by completely dominating that fight.

    I think Khan stops Alexander and wins by at least 3 or 4 rounds against Bradley.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.
    Exactly, when it came to boxing skills Amir DID handle him easily and was quickly piling up the points in the early rounds. But Maidana's heart, endurance, toughness and ability to absorb punishment are simply outstanding. He absolutely has a world class chin and toughness.

    What I cannot understand from Ice though is that he is big on Lucian Bute despite first time around getting completely smashed in the last round by Librado Andrade, again a fight with practically zero fighting skills. He was completely wrecked in that last round and is so lucky not to have a ko loss on his record.
    Andrade went something like 0-16 as an amatuer, he is all heart.

    Unfortunately for Andrade I think he has now absorbed too much punishment in his career in bruising beatdowns against Bute and Kessler, and his toughness will be diminishing, in the same way as Edison Miranda's has been.

    In subsequent fights I expect Miranda, Andrade and Maidanan to slip as their fighting styles do not lend themselves to long careers.

    So Maidana may well get taken out early in future fights.

    But lets not use that as an excuse to diminish his abilities now. He wrecked one boxing's hottest prospects in Victor Ortiz. Khan stood up to him.

    Devon Alexander was almost ruined by Kotelnik, a fighter who Khan breezed past.

    On the form guide now I think it's going to be a Bradley/Khan winner takes all fight, and I think Khan will surprise everyone by completely dominating that fight.

    I think Khan stops Alexander and wins by at least 3 or 4 rounds against Bradley.
    Ruined? Come on, he won a disputable decision and the fight exposed some obvious limitations. If he hadn't got the decision it would have been a major setback, but he wouldn't have been ruined.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by bcollins View Post
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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.
    Exactly, when it came to boxing skills Amir DID handle him easily and was quickly piling up the points in the early rounds. But Maidana's heart, endurance, toughness and ability to absorb punishment are simply outstanding. He absolutely has a world class chin and toughness.

    What I cannot understand from Ice though is that he is big on Lucian Bute despite first time around getting completely smashed in the last round by Librado Andrade, again a fight with practically zero fighting skills. He was completely wrecked in that last round and is so lucky not to have a ko loss on his record.
    Andrade went something like 0-16 as an amatuer, he is all heart.

    Unfortunately for Andrade I think he has now absorbed too much punishment in his career in bruising beatdowns against Bute and Kessler, and his toughness will be diminishing, in the same way as Edison Miranda's has been.

    In subsequent fights I expect Miranda, Andrade and Maidanan to slip as their fighting styles do not lend themselves to long careers.

    So Maidana may well get taken out early in future fights.

    But lets not use that as an excuse to diminish his abilities now. He wrecked one boxing's hottest prospects in Victor Ortiz. Khan stood up to him.

    Devon Alexander was almost ruined by Kotelnik, a fighter who Khan breezed past.

    On the form guide now I think it's going to be a Bradley/Khan winner takes all fight, and I think Khan will surprise everyone by completely dominating that fight.

    I think Khan stops Alexander and wins by at least 3 or 4 rounds against Bradley.
    Lucian Bute made one mistake by trading in the last round, which he almost payed for but didn't. Apart from that he dominated the fight, and never looked in trouble apart from when he stupidly traded.

    Thats alot different to Amir Khan being out on his feet, in atleast 7 rounds. Im not trying to take anything away from Amir Khan.

    I've already gave him credit and i think its a step in the right direction, but i still see massive flaws in Amir Khan. And he got caught far too much and he could of made it alot easier for himself.

    He still looks very vulnerable, and had Marcos Maidana not kept smothering his work. He probably would of finished Amir Khan off.

    Was it a brave performance ? yes of course it was. But the fight to me also showed up Amir Khan's major flaws.

    Atleast Lucian Bute fought a big puncher in Alejandro Berrio, and won convincingly without ever really looking in trouble. He also destroyed Librado Andrade in the rematch, and has learnt from his mistakes.

    Has Amir Khan though ? he's still very macho which is stupid, because his chin isn't great. He loses his game plan completely anytime he gets tagged. And he uses up too much nervous energy

    Yes maybe he can improve, but then again maybe he can't. But i still don't see him beating some of the top boys.

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    When has Maidana been an "easy" fight? Kotelnik and Ortiz would disagree with that. And Khan was out for 2 1/2 rounds starting from the last half of the 10th round, not an entire 7 rounds. And woulda coulda shoulda finish him off. Maidana had 2 1/2 rounds to do that.

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    I think ICB is right..I havent seen the fight but I agree with his theory. I think hes saying Khan was good....but lets not call him the next big thing like sooooo many fighters get hailed as. Everytime after people see a good performance they go "oh wow hes awesome, hes definitely going to be the best in the division" and then all of a sudden the guy gets hammered in the next fight and he was just a "hype job". I think ICE is just adding objective criticism, i dont remember reading things like "i hate Khan" just fair comments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.
    Exactly, when it came to boxing skills Amir DID handle him easily and was quickly piling up the points in the early rounds. But Maidana's heart, endurance, toughness and ability to absorb punishment are simply outstanding. He absolutely has a world class chin and toughness.

    What I cannot understand from Ice though is that he is big on Lucian Bute despite first time around getting completely smashed in the last round by Librado Andrade, again a fight with practically zero fighting skills. He was completely wrecked in that last round and is so lucky not to have a ko loss on his record.
    Andrade went something like 0-16 as an amatuer, he is all heart.

    Unfortunately for Andrade I think he has now absorbed too much punishment in his career in bruising beatdowns against Bute and Kessler, and his toughness will be diminishing, in the same way as Edison Miranda's has been.

    In subsequent fights I expect Miranda, Andrade and Maidanan to slip as their fighting styles do not lend themselves to long careers.

    So Maidana may well get taken out early in future fights.

    But lets not use that as an excuse to diminish his abilities now. He wrecked one boxing's hottest prospects in Victor Ortiz. Khan stood up to him.

    Devon Alexander was almost ruined by Kotelnik, a fighter who Khan breezed past.

    On the form guide now I think it's going to be a Bradley/Khan winner takes all fight, and I think Khan will surprise everyone by completely dominating that fight.

    I think Khan stops Alexander and wins by at least 3 or 4 rounds against Bradley.
    Lucian Bute made one mistake by trading in the last round, which he almost payed for but didn't. Apart from that he dominated the fight, and never looked in trouble apart from when he stupidly traded.

    Thats alot different to Amir Khan being out on his feet, in atleast 7 rounds. Im not trying to take anything away from Amir Khan.

    I've already gave him credit and i think its a step in the right direction, but i still see massive flaws in Amir Khan. And he got caught far too much and he could of made it alot easier for himself.

    He still looks very vulnerable, and had Marcos Maidana not kept smothering his work. He probably would of finished Amir Khan off.

    Was it a brave performance ? yes of course it was. But the fight to me also showed up Amir Khan's major flaws.

    Atleast Lucian Bute fought a big puncher in Alejandro Berrio, and won convincingly without ever really looking in trouble. He also destroyed Librado Andrade in the rematch, and has learnt from his mistakes.

    Has Amir Khan though ? he's still very macho which is stupid, because his chin isn't great. He loses his game plan completely anytime he gets tagged. And he uses up too much nervous energy

    Yes maybe he can improve, but then again maybe he can't. But i still don't see him beating some of the top boys.
    Out on his feet in at least 7 of the rounds? Ok ICE
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    Khan will be Bradley fairly easy. Bradley is not a big puncher. Khan got that fight, easy!!!
    ANY BETS!!!

    Why are people sleeping on Alexander so much? Alexander is going to put bradley down if not to sleep, and win their showdown.
    ANY BETS!!!

    Khan vs Alexander, spring of 2011!!!

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    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    That's only an opinion though, and not backed up by any facts. Nobody has ever had an easy time with him. According to many he should have been undefeated coming to the fight with Khan.

    He might be like Carl Froch, in the way that everyone has been saying for years 'Of course when he fights an elite fighter he will get picked apart and exposed the crude slugger he is.'. Well after fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler and Abraham nobody has had an easy night's work with him yet. I think Maidana may well be like that, you see his flaws and so presume the tops guys should have an easy nights work with him, but it may well not work out like that.
    That's a great point. A lot of people get blinded by superlative skills, and forget that that is not the sum total of a successful boxer. Maidana is a prime example - he gets by with almost no skill to speak of. He fights with power and heart, a slow plodding style that should be a breeze to pick apart. Yet he gets in there and proves a tough night's work for the highest level of competition.

    Boxing history is chock full of fighters who defied the assumption that skill always wins.
    Exactly, when it came to boxing skills Amir DID handle him easily and was quickly piling up the points in the early rounds. But Maidana's heart, endurance, toughness and ability to absorb punishment are simply outstanding. He absolutely has a world class chin and toughness.

    What I cannot understand from Ice though is that he is big on Lucian Bute despite first time around getting completely smashed in the last round by Librado Andrade, again a fight with practically zero fighting skills. He was completely wrecked in that last round and is so lucky not to have a ko loss on his record.
    Andrade went something like 0-16 as an amatuer, he is all heart.

    Unfortunately for Andrade I think he has now absorbed too much punishment in his career in bruising beatdowns against Bute and Kessler, and his toughness will be diminishing, in the same way as Edison Miranda's has been.

    In subsequent fights I expect Miranda, Andrade and Maidanan to slip as their fighting styles do not lend themselves to long careers.

    So Maidana may well get taken out early in future fights.

    But lets not use that as an excuse to diminish his abilities now. He wrecked one boxing's hottest prospects in Victor Ortiz. Khan stood up to him.

    Devon Alexander was almost ruined by Kotelnik, a fighter who Khan breezed past.

    On the form guide now I think it's going to be a Bradley/Khan winner takes all fight, and I think Khan will surprise everyone by completely dominating that fight.

    I think Khan stops Alexander and wins by at least 3 or 4 rounds against Bradley.
    Lucian Bute made one mistake by trading in the last round, which he almost payed for but didn't. Apart from that he dominated the fight, and never looked in trouble apart from when he stupidly traded.

    Thats alot different to Amir Khan being out on his feet, in atleast 7 rounds. Im not trying to take anything away from Amir Khan.

    I've already gave him credit and i think its a step in the right direction, but i still see massive flaws in Amir Khan. And he got caught far too much and he could of made it alot easier for himself.

    He still looks very vulnerable, and had Marcos Maidana not kept smothering his work. He probably would of finished Amir Khan off.

    Was it a brave performance ? yes of course it was. But the fight to me also showed up Amir Khan's major flaws.

    Atleast Lucian Bute fought a big puncher in Alejandro Berrio, and won convincingly without ever really looking in trouble. He also destroyed Librado Andrade in the rematch, and has learnt from his mistakes.

    Has Amir Khan though ? he's still very macho which is stupid, because his chin isn't great. He loses his game plan completely anytime he gets tagged. And he uses up too much nervous energy

    Yes maybe he can improve, but then again maybe he can't. But i still don't see him beating some of the top boys.
    Out on his feet in at least 7 of the rounds? Ok ICE
    And you wouldn't agree with that ? his legs were gone in the last 3 rounds. He was rocked in the 1st round, and atleast out on his feet in quite a few of the middle rounds. Granted i haven't rewatched it.

    But i remember Amir Khan being hurt numerous times where his legs went. It seemed everytime he got hit flush he was ready to go.

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    Give the kid a chance ICB. I think he's gettin there slowly. Roach and Ariza are leading him to the right path. You're right, Khan has many flaws. But he's only 24 years old and he's pretty right on schedule if you compare it to Manny's fight history.

    Now. Is it just me, or Khan emulates Pac too much?

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    Question to Khan supporters...

    How many times did you look at the boxing clock on your monitor screen last night?



    Bwoy. Whew! The fight was like a freaking heart dropping roller coaster ride.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    He will never ever be great, he's good fighter but he has too many flaws. And there's too many good fighters around him at the moment, i can't see him beating Timothy Bradley nor can i see him beating the top boys at Welterweight.

    He will have an exciting career and will probably win, another world title in another weightclass at some point.

    He showed good heart and better survival skills, but i've always thought he had heart and decent survival skills. Its just he got caught cold vs Breidis Prescott.

    And to be honest he should of had an easier time vs Marcos Maidana, because he is very limited. But as i said before its a step in the right direction for Amir Khan. But his defense is still very leaky.

    And he should stick to the gameplan of boxing, and not being macho and trying to trade, because that attitude will get him KO'ed.

    He got hit far too much, i mean for all his speed. He's quite easy to tag which is suprising. Even Marcos Maidana's wide slow shots hit the target too many times.

    But all in all its good to step him finally step up, lets hope thats a taster for things to come.
    Look how many flaws Manny had when he was 24... Or Martinez. I agree with you, but he can change his defensive skills.

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