Khan potential for greatness... or disaster

[Taeth]

I felt he put too many rounds away early in the fight to lose it, but I see two things with Amir Khan.
1. This guy has tremendous heart, I think he redeemed his chin a lot this fight, and he better speed than Mayweather or Pacquiao, I was flabbergasted by his speed.
2. He still has all the same problems Pacquiao does, without the big power or incredible stamina. He covers up on the inside and doesn't tie up, he is only effective offensively at certain ranges, but he also only effective defensively at certain distances as well. If you fought Khan at the right distance you could probably get him to not throw a punch the entire fight, and you could land at will on him. THe one thing that he doesn't have that pAcquiao does is that Manny always punches back right away.

If Khan is going to stay with Roach, he will really have to start working on even better stamina though I thought he was in pretty good shape, and he needs to really focus on defense because Manny has otherwordly skills in different areas that allow him to fight this way to effectively against almost anyone. I've seen many Roach fighters fight in a similar style, but only Manny has really dominated consistently with the hoping in and out combination style.

I completely disagree about Khan not having stamina. His conditioning was incredible. You don't make it through desperate situations like that 10th round without being in asbolutely top physical condition.

Khan was hurt and rocked many times by a monster puncher and stood up (just) to the pressure. He may lose a lot of energy through being something of a nervous bundle but anyone can see he is in fantastic shape.

I wasn't talking about that late in, and I think part of the stamina thing is that Khan was moving way too much, but he was already slowing down with the punches thrown by the fourth or fifth round even though he was always more successful when he was throwing punches.

[Rantcatrat]

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

I don't disagree. Bradley doesn't have much punching power and Khan will fight at range. I think I favor him against Bradley right now although I'll be rooting for Bradley.

I agree that I thought he would have an easier time with Maidana after seeing him have easier times with Kotelnik (who beat Maidana) and Paulie who is a better boxer than Maidana. That is why I think punchers are always going to be tough for Khan for some reason.

I like Khan against Marquez at 140.

Did someone really suggest Maidana against Berto at 147? That's ridiculous. Maidana should try and secure a rematch with Khan or the loser of the Bradley/Devon fight. Moving up to fight Berto would be moronic at this point.

[Majesty]

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

I don't disagree. Bradley doesn't have much punching power and Khan will fight at range. I think I favor him against Bradley right now although I'll be rooting for Bradley.

I agree that I thought he would have an easier time with Maidana after seeing him have easier times with Kotelnik (who beat Maidana) and Paulie who is a better boxer than Maidana. That is why I think punchers are always going to be tough for Khan for some reason.

I like Khan against Marquez at 140.

Did someone really suggest Maidana against Berto at 147? That's ridiculous. Maidana should try and secure a rematch with Khan or the loser of the Bradley/Devon fight. Moving up to fight Berto would be moronic at this point.

I disagree that he would have an easier time with Bradley. I disagree greatly with that.

It isn't because of Bradley's power that he would trouble Khan, it is Bradley's counter punching in combination with his smart aggression and 'shock' power. He is a very good aggressive counter puncher with decent speed and straighter punches then Maidana. And one of Bradley's money punches is a counter left hook which Khan has been troubled by in the past.

I think Bradley is very rough style wise for Khan. Khan would have an easier time with Alexander than he would with Bradley