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Jimbeam3678 said:
He isn't a big puncher? http://boxrec.com/boxer/348759

Also since when do you need to be a big puncher to knock Khan on his arse?!
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He's not a huge puncher. Tends to wear guys into TKO stoppages, rather than unleash a one-hitter-quitter.

Khan does have a suspect chin, of course - though I'd say it's less his chin and more how crap he is at dealing with getting scrambled. Either way, he'll have to be cautious.
 
What a mismatch, I cant see any other outcome than khan getting KOed. Carnelo won't even have to land cleanly to shatter Khan's jaw. Will still be watching with an almost morbid fascination so kudos to khan for making the fight happen.
 
Fury V AJ on?

Gypsy King ‏@Tyson_Fury 17h17 hours ago
Some massive news coming soon, had to come to London for an urgent meeting about a massive fight,TBA very soon, u will not believe who!!!!!!
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Eddie Hearn ‏@EddieHearn 1h1 hour ago
Good morning..At 6pm this evening,across our social media,we will be announcing @anthonyfjoshua next fight at @TheO2 on April 9 @SkySports
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Turns out it's Joshua V Martin for the IBF title on April 9.

Great fight for AJ, it's the easy route to a world title but if he wins it it brings him into play for all the big paydays against Haye, Fury and Wilder.
 
The best thing is it almost forces him to take the big fights. We could have had another 12-18 months of him fighting nobodies while he's 'developing' and because of who he is, he'd have still sold out venues and done well from PPV.

If he wins on April 9th then put your money on a mega fight between him and Fury or Haye in the summer at Wembley. Eddie Hearn's been desperate for another massive pay day since Froch/Groves and was banking on Khan fighting Brook - iinm he even provisionally booked a date at Wembley for it.

edit: Fury's tweet makes me think it'll be a Fury/Joshua fight.
 
I think it's too early for a Fury or Haye fight but if he's in a title fight already then perhaps that is how it's going to be.

I think he should fight David Price or Chisora first, probably the latter.

e36Adz said:
What a bizarre fight for Khan to take, his advisors clearly have no regard for his health. He's only fought a few times at 147lbs and against hand picked feather fisted welterweights, and suddenly he decides to take a fight at 155lbs against someone who comes into the ring closer to 170lbs.

If Khan had shown in his career he can adapt, theres the possibility he could nick rounds, box and run for 12 rounds and there's a small chance he could get a decision. He hasn't shown he can adapt at all though, what he has shown is that he leaves himself wide open and has a v poor defence. I just see one outcome for this fight, a devastating KO loss for Khan.

Canelo needs to fight GGG. Khan should have fought Brook, the money can't be worth your health. I just don't see him having any chance in this whatsoever. He doesn't have the ring intelligence to win imo.
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100% agree with this, what on Earth are his team thinking?
 
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sigma said:
I think it's too early for a Fury or Haye fight but if he's in a title fight already then perhaps that is how it's going to be.

I think he should fight David Price or Chisora first, probably the latter.
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If he wins the world title how can he then go backwards and fight a Price or Chisora? Once he goes to world title level then he's got to stay there - he can no longer justify fighting journeymen and ultimately people won't pay for it.

I agree it's probably too early for him but this is a business. I've seen a lot of interviews with the likes of Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn over the last few months and one thing that's stood out is how calculating they are and how they pick and choose if and when fights happen to maximise the returns to be made.

If Fury and Joshua win their respective fights, a unification fight between them, from a financial point of view, would be epic - it almost couldn't get any bigger. Two unbeaten, high profile British heavyweights fighting to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world? Sounds good. There couldn't be a better time for the fight to happen and the money that's there to be made almost makes the fight a no brainer. If it wasn't to happen now and 1 of them were to lose elsewhere then suddenly a £20m+ fight becomes a £5m fight.

edit: It's the exact same reason why Eddie Hearn was so desperate to make the Khan/Brook fight this summer. The pressure is on for Brook to fight a big name soon and financially the Khan fight was 10x bigger than anything else on the table. With Khan now no longer an option, not only does Brook have to accept a far less lucrative fight but if he loses it kills the Khan fight in the future. Suddenly Brook goes from looking at a £10m payday vs Khan to £1m elsewhere and the value of the Khan fight in the future plummets to £2-3m.
 
BaZ87 said:
If he wins the world title how can he then go backwards and fight a Price or Chisora? Once he goes to world title level then he's got to stay there - he can no longer justify fighting journeymen and ultimately people won't pay for it.
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Same way as Brook does, say it's fighting guys in the IBF rankings. Since beating Porter his resume is awful... Dan, Gavin and Bizier are hardly fighting world class opponents. Chaves was slightly better (if Brook never got injured) but nothing to write home about.

The current heavyweight IBF rankings are:
1 NOT RATED
2 NOT RATED
3 Erkan Teper Germany
4 Anthony Joshua England
5 Carlos Takam France
6 Joshua Parker New Zealand
7 Vyacheslav Glazkov Ukraine
8 Steve Cunningham United States
9 Andy Ruiz Mexico
10 Bermane Stiverne Haiti
11 Kubrat Pulev Bulgaria
12 Robert Helenius Finland
13 Derek Chisora Zimbabwe
14 Alexander Ustinov Russian Federation
15 Dominic Breazeale United States

Teper failed a recent drug test so take him out and then with the exception of Pulev and possibly Parker it's hardly a list of world class fighters.
 
And Brook's not earning big money. That's the difference there - Brook isn't a big name among the casual boxing fans like Joshua, nor is he a PPV fighter. Tbf to Brook too, you have to remember that because of the time he's been out with injuries and the knife attack, 2 of those fights were mandatory fights. And as per my edit, the pressure is on Brook to step up and have a big fight now.

The Joshua/Whyte fight was PPV because of who Joshua is (+ the grudge match element) rather than the fight itself and that can't last. To make the big money from PPV you can't rely on Joshua's name alone or even simply making decent fights. You've got to capture the imagination of part-time boxing fans and get them to pay £15-20. I don't think fighting anybody on that list will do that.

To be fair he probably could get away with fighting Chisora. Chisora's high profile enough and has a big enough reputation (for being a ****) that they could sell that fight but do you risk missing out on a mega fight vs Fury by losing to Chisora?

edit: Maybe not. Just seen an interview with Eddie Hearn and he's tempered expectations of any massive fights in the near future - talking about Chisora, Pulev etc as potential first defence fights. Disappointing :(
 
It's not disappointing in my eyes, he needs to focus on the long-term. It's more of a relief if anything.

Sure, the heavyweight division isn't as great as it used to be but there are a few reasonable fighters out there, he needs to take cautious steps as he clearly is far from the finished article. Haye, for example, would probably dance around him and make him look slow.

I think Chisora fits the bill perfectly. He'll hype up the fight, probably without even being asked to.
 
As much as I dislike Mayweather I really do hope he comes out of retirement to fight Khan and ends his career with one punch. Khan's almost as deluded as Fraudley if he thinks he's earned the right to fight Mayweather.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
As much as I dislike Mayweather I really do hope he comes out of retirement to fight Khan and ends his career with one punch. Khan's almost as deluded as Fraudley if he thinks he's earned the right to fight Mayweather.
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Brilliantly put, I still can't work out why he didn't take the Kell brook fight and the money.

Alvarez will hurt him badly
 
Because win or lose, the Brook fight will still be there for him. Had he took the Brook fight first and lost, then he had no hope of a big fight in the US.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
As much as I dislike Mayweather I really do hope he comes out of retirement to fight Khan and ends his career with one punch. Khan's almost as deluded as Fraudley if he thinks he's earned the right to fight Mayweather.
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and as much as i would like to see that fight, i dont feel Khan deserves it.
 
Khan would struggle at his normal weight of 140lb but the 155lb category, meaning that he'll have to put on 7kg (!!!), is surely going to mean an early night for him? I knew he was stupid, but seriously, this is a very dangerous fight for him. Not only can he Alvarez hard but he can take a beating too.

I thought they were always going to keep Khan out of harms way since some of his big losses? Yet now they pick the guy who has the potential to be one of the best? In fact, he just beat one of the best... Miguel Cotto.

WTF.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
GGG will apparently fight the winner of Alvarez v Khan.

Almost want Kahn to win now so he gets even more wrecked against GGG.

GGG vs Alvarez is a juicy prospect though :cool:
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GGG will fight the winner.... if the winner's Alvarez. Khan's not getting in the ring with Golovkin.

Khan has something of a chance against Alvarez. He'll likely lose to mid-to-late stoppage, but he should be competitive for the first half (I think he'll be ahead early). As well as being simply too big, GGG is just too good at cutting off the ring, as well as being defensively solid, with a good chin and heavy hands - Khan wouldn't be able to stay away and would be cut down easily. There's simply no way for Khan to win that fight.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
As much as I dislike Mayweather I really do hope he comes out of retirement to fight Khan and ends his career with one punch. Khan's almost as deluded as Fraudley if he thinks he's earned the right to fight Mayweather.
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Except for the fact that Mayweather doesn't finish anyone with one punch, he never has and he never will, that isn't his strength and its not something he was ever known for.

I absolutely agree Khan hasn't earnt that fight, but I've said it before and I'll say it again.. Khans style would have troubled Mayweather the most, if you look at most the welterweights out there. The only slight weakness Mayweather may have ever shown in his career is against speed (see Mayweather vs Judah fight, early rounds in particular) and we know Khan has blistering hand speed. Khan's huge flaw are big punchers, which Mayweather isn't. This sets up a more competitive fight than most of Mayweathers recent ones.

Make no mistake, most the guys who Mayweather took to school would lay Khan out but boxing is all about styles and Mayweather Khan would have been good to see. It's a shame it never happened because I would have loved to see Mayweather adapt. Look how Khan did against the slicker boxers... Malignaggi, Judah, Alexander etc whereas he got KO'd by much weaker boxers/bigger hitters.

Looking at Khan v Canelo again, I still see Khan getting KO'd because I can't see his defence holding up for 12 rounds. He has the tools to win, he simply doesn't have the ring IQ imo. He has seen what Mayweather did and thinks he can repeat it, unfortunately his defence and Mayweathers are world's apart.
 
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