Re: Boxing PART II : Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:53 am  

Looking forward to the Khan fight. Interesting to see if Virgil Hunter will have any impact on his performance, Roach said last week that he won't be able to change Khan.

Re: Boxing PART II : Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:15 am  

Looks like Price is fighting Tony Thompson next in Liverpool in Feb. It will be the 3rd fight in a row Price has fought someone over 40.

On a better note, Fury-Price has now gone to a purse bid.

Re: Boxing PART II : Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:12 pm  

tony thompson what a joke, did you see his last fight? soon as he felt wlads jab he didnt want to know, heavyweight division still a joke.

khan can change his trainer but he cant change his chin.

Re: Boxing PART II : Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:10 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

khan can change his trainer but he cant change his chin.

Yes, but he can learn to protect it in a much wiser way - Look at Lennox Lewis. It could easily be argued he had a dodgy chin, but he learnt to protect it and box to his own strengths.

Khan needs to learn he has to use his speed of hand and foot and to simply box, rather than get engaged in Tyson-style brawls which, while entertaining, are suicidal for Khan's long term future.

Personally, I'm not sure he has the brain or the patience to become a 12 Round points win- type boxer.....I would expect a win tomorrow night and maybe a few more impressive wins in the near future, but he is an accident waiting to happen - Makes for good viewing though...

Re: Boxing PART II : Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:17 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Yes, but he can learn to protect it in a much wiser way - Look at Lennox Lewis. It could easily be argued he had a dodgy chin, but he learnt to protect it and box to his own strengths.

Khan needs to learn he has to use his speed of hand and foot and to simply box, rather than get engaged in Tyson-style brawls which, while entertaining, are suicidal for Khan's long term future.

Personally, I'm not sure he has the brain or the patience to become a 12 Round points win- type boxer.....I would expect a win tomorrow night and maybe a few more impressive wins in the near future, but he is an accident waiting to happen - Makes for good viewing though...

if khan loses this one he running out of people to blame!

fully expect him to win but i expected him to win the last two and he didnt, if he loses its back down to european level.

would of got more respect if he had gone and revenged his losses, prescott etc but instead just picked other easier fights..unlike froch, marquez, pacman

or even get the fight of 2011 back on with maidana!!!! look at pacman and marquez they have rematches... every body wanted to see a rematch but he didnt want to know, thats why people dont respect him like the other true warriors.

the talk of fighting mayweather was laughable.

think he will go for garcia next if he wins but this would be a massive danger with garcias punch power, wouldnt surprise me if he dodges him

Re: Boxing PART II : Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:50 am  

Very accomplished performance from AK.
Molina was brave but limited.

Re: Boxing PART II : Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:22 pm  

yep khan gets the job done against a smaller guy again and someone who shouldnt of been in the same ring really.

but khan broke him up round after round...got caught again which he will at world level.

talking garcia again now.. khan has browen both hands though, wonder how long this will kepp him out.

ward asking froch to make him an offer

groves won on points as expected

Re: Boxing PART II : Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:07 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

but khan broke him up round after round...got caught again which he will at world level.

....Its obvious from the tone of your posts that you don't rate Khan, but you do make me laugh with this assumption that once he gets hit by a big puncher then he will get knocked out?

The fact is, he has only been knocked out twice, both times against fighters he could be accused of under-rating....The biggest puncher he has ever faced, Marcos Maidana, he outboxed and, despite some scares which were only to be expected, he looked very good and very well prepared.

It seems to me that Khan's biggest enemy is over confidence - The more people expect him to get ko'd, the less its likely to happen, and vice versa when he faces a seemingly easier opponent.

Boxing wise, Khan is a class act....He has fast hands and hits accurately, he just needs to be more clever when he steps up to the top level.

Re: Boxing PART II : Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:53 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

:roll: ....Its obvious from the tone of your posts that you don't rate Khan, but you do make me laugh with this assumption that once he gets hit by a big puncher then he will get knocked out?

The fact is, he has only been knocked out twice, both times against fighters he could be accused of under-rating....The biggest puncher he has ever faced, Marcos Maidana, he outboxed and, despite some scares which were only to be expected, he looked very good and very well prepared.

It seems to me that Khan's biggest enemy is over confidence - The more people expect him to get ko'd, the less its likely to happen, and vice versa when he faces a seemingly easier opponent.

Boxing wise, Khan is a class act....He has fast hands and hits accurately, he just needs to be more clever when he steps up to the top level.

nope dont rate khan, only gets credit for beating maidana in my book, showed great heart but that fight so easily could of been stopped by the ref at stages, fight of the year!!! loved it, why not get it on again? oh hang on....

once he gets caught he does his bambi leg wobbles, even fighters like limond and gomez but him on his backside (getting a longer than 10 count for the limond drop )

at world level he will get caught out again.

lightning hand speed though.

Re: Boxing PART II : Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:45 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

nope dont rate khan, only gets credit for beating maidana in my book, showed great heart but that fight so easily could of been stopped by the ref at stages, fight of the year!!! loved it, why not get it on again? oh hang on....

I'm not sure what Khan gains by having a rematch with Maidana....The only time he will need that fight is if he loses again and needs to make cash by getting involved in title-less fights that appeal to US audiences, in a similar way to the Gatti-Ward series.

While the first fight was a great one and Maidana certainly had his moments, the fact is, Khan was a class above him - On my card, he won it clearly by 4 or 5 points, and the suggestion that the ref could have stopped Khan is a bizarre one...Yes, he was wobbled and was on unsteady legs, but if he had been stopped, it would have been a scandal as Khan had similarly had Maidana in big trouble at various points in the bout.