Is Amir Khan getting too big? + all things Khan vs Canelo
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I don't understand why there isn't more hype for this fight - it's easily the fight of the year for me. I know 5th May is still a little way off, but I'm not seeing a lot of official promotion and embedded videos on YT like you might see for a Mayweather fight for example.
My heart says Kahn, my heads says Canelo, but surprises happen so who knows? Looking forward to it for sure
My heart says Kahn, my heads says Canelo, but surprises happen so who knows? Looking forward to it for sure
Not long to go for this one now. Absolutely buzzing. Don't really want Khan to win as WBC said Canelo has to fight GGG or be stripped and thats a fight EVERYONE should want to see.
Plus if Khan loses he'll go back down to fight Garcia, Thurman, Porter or Brook. Hopefully Brook sooner rather than later.
Plus if Khan loses he'll go back down to fight Garcia, Thurman, Porter or Brook. Hopefully Brook sooner rather than later.
http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/10260237/gennady-golovkin-would-fight-kell-brook
Slightly related but Golovkin's manager has spoke about possibility of Brook fighting him at middleweight. Completely stupid if you ask me, Brook needs to concentrate on fights at Welter before he moves up, plenty of tough opposition there and is only thinking of jumping up because Khan gave him the wide berth and went for the money against Canelo!
Will be frustrating if this fight happens as Golovkin will dispatch him in 3 rounds would be my guess.
Slightly related but Golovkin's manager has spoke about possibility of Brook fighting him at middleweight. Completely stupid if you ask me, Brook needs to concentrate on fights at Welter before he moves up, plenty of tough opposition there and is only thinking of jumping up because Khan gave him the wide berth and went for the money against Canelo!
Will be frustrating if this fight happens as Golovkin will dispatch him in 3 rounds would be my guess.
I don't understand why there isn't more hype for this fight - it's easily the fight of the year for me. I know 5th May is still a little way off, but I'm not seeing a lot of official promotion and embedded videos on YT like you might see for a Mayweather fight for example.
My heart says Kahn, my heads says Canelo, but surprises happen so who knows? Looking forward to it for sure
I think the problem is the Brook fight never happened. Kahn had a year to get into the ring, but instead sat around getting out of shape when he had the chance to take a meaningful fight that the fans and boxing world wanted. His fan base wants to see him box, not act like a celeb and follow Mayweather around begging for fight that probably know body in the UK is really interested in. The UK has much more exciting fighters like Brook, Fury, Joshua and Saunders. All of them flying around the world and winning world titles.
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Danny Garcia pretty average? really.....
your also talking about fights 5 - 6 years ago khan is a completely different boxer to back then.
your also on about his fights being boring in comparison to brook/Joshua/saunders
yet all 3 of the above have fought absolute nobodies apart from saunders vs eubanks jr. Joshua had to be gifted a belt by a stupid regulatory boxing board because tyson fury decided to organise a rematch with klitchko rather than fight an absolutely unknown nobody for his ibf belt
your also talking about fights 5 - 6 years ago khan is a completely different boxer to back then.
your also on about his fights being boring in comparison to brook/Joshua/saunders
yet all 3 of the above have fought absolute nobodies apart from saunders vs eubanks jr. Joshua had to be gifted a belt by a stupid regulatory boxing board because tyson fury decided to organise a rematch with klitchko rather than fight an absolutely unknown nobody for his ibf belt
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Garcia had maybe 20 fights when he fought Kahn and was rated just inside the top 20 IIRC. Garcia is dangerous but nothing special.
I've not said anything about fights being boring. The Garcia fight was exciting, but it wasn't a great boxing contest. Just a pair of noob's slugging it out.
I've not said anything about fights being boring. The Garcia fight was exciting, but it wasn't a great boxing contest. Just a pair of noob's slugging it out.
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But Brook is a nobody. Yes, he's Champion, but he's not inspiring; I'm not surprised Kahn doesn't want to waste his time with him.
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The problem with Khan is he is thick as pig **** and doesn't have a boxing brain.
He's entertaining no doubt about it especially when he gets tagged and puts his hands up pretending he isn't hurt
He's entertaining no doubt about it especially when he gets tagged and puts his hands up pretending he isn't hurt
Nobody has managed to relieve him of his belt and right now Brook is rated higher than Kahn.
Brook is a top level welter and more than a match for any top 10 fighter. He's a world champion with 36 and 0 and 25 KO's. You don't fluke a record like that. I've got to say Brook is possibly the best welter in the world and to call him a nobody is a bit disrespectful to be fair. I don't see how Brook isn't a name that anyone wanting to be seen as an elite level fighter wouldn't want on their record. Especially if your record is mediocre.
Kahn need's to start fighting the best in the welter weight division or move up to 160lbs and start working on getting up the rankings. The Welterweight division will just leave him behind if he continues to take top 20 fights and suffering losses.
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I think your out of touch with things
Kahn wants big fights hes not bothered about holding some meaningless IBF belt
He's been there and done it he was a two time world champion already
He wants to face the best and have big mega fights in vegas
Whats brook doing? He cant even attract the big names because they aren't big money fights
Kahn is a much bigger name than brook
Kahn wants big fights hes not bothered about holding some meaningless IBF belt
He's been there and done it he was a two time world champion already
He wants to face the best and have big mega fights in vegas
Whats brook doing? He cant even attract the big names because they aren't big money fights
Kahn is a much bigger name than brook
The problem with Khan is he is thick as pig **** and doesn't have a boxing brain.
He's entertaining no doubt about it especially when he gets tagged and puts his hands up pretending he isn't hurt
I have to agree to some extent. I seen an youtube interview with him. One of the questions was about his future fights and he said something along the lines he has no clue what he would be doing after this fight, but when asked about possible fights with welters, Brooks name come up and his reply was he thought the time for that fight has passed and called Brook king of mandatory defences. Thats a stupid thing the say for someone thats spent the last 12 months begging Mayweather and Pacquiao for a fight and then going on to say he still hopes to be mandatory for the WBA Super Lightweight title. Even more so when all Kahn has done is say how it's too much of a struggle to get down 147lbs.
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You have to work for big fights and Kahn's not put that work in.
I'd love to fight for a super middleweight title maybe James DeGale will give me a shot
I might get lucky and KO him to become IBF champ.And so he should. Who's the best?
It seems Kahn size as settled down a lot and he looks more like I would have expected now. The interesting thing is Canleo seems to have dropped some mass too.
Maybe Kahn has got Canelo thinking that he will need to try and match Kahn on speed to some extent. If so that might play a little to Kahn's advantage during the first half of the fight and maybe into the middle rounds. It might also make Canelo a bit more susceptible to the body and Kahn's got all the tools to hurt Canleo as he's usually a very solid body puncher.
Also I've noticed how well drilled Canelo is at covering up for counter shots by keeping his right hand pinned to his cheek when throwing his left hooks. It seems like a bit of a habit (not a bad one to have to be fair) but one that you could take advantage of. If Kahn can throw the left hook to the body with some mustard on it, but avoid planting himself to much to throw with menace he could really take the sting out of Canelo. He's also has a bit of a habit of turning very side on and slightly over extending when throwing big left hooks and crosses. It would be rather difficult to generate power that way with a separated rib.
Any body know what gloves Kahn will be wearing for this fight?
Maybe Kahn has got Canelo thinking that he will need to try and match Kahn on speed to some extent. If so that might play a little to Kahn's advantage during the first half of the fight and maybe into the middle rounds. It might also make Canelo a bit more susceptible to the body and Kahn's got all the tools to hurt Canleo as he's usually a very solid body puncher.
Also I've noticed how well drilled Canelo is at covering up for counter shots by keeping his right hand pinned to his cheek when throwing his left hooks. It seems like a bit of a habit (not a bad one to have to be fair) but one that you could take advantage of. If Kahn can throw the left hook to the body with some mustard on it, but avoid planting himself to much to throw with menace he could really take the sting out of Canelo. He's also has a bit of a habit of turning very side on and slightly over extending when throwing big left hooks and crosses. It would be rather difficult to generate power that way with a separated rib.
Any body know what gloves Kahn will be wearing for this fight?
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