How is Khan going to develop if he’s shielded from big threats?
February 13th, 2010
By Nate Anderson: Recently, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan moved from promoter Frank Warren to Golden Boy Promotions. Instead of facing World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, Khan is being positioned to fight former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi. In other words, Khan is being put in with a fighter who is little threat to knock him out because Malignaggi has almost zero power to speak of.
The thing is Khan was already matched against an older fighter last year in 35-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera, and if he was to be put in with another older fighter, it seems as if this is a move that is being done for no other reason than to build a name for Khan at the expense of matching him against younger fighters the same size as him that would test him.
Khan and Maidana are supposedly building a name for themselves by facing other fighters before they meet up in a bout later possibly next year. But if Khan is going to be continuously matched soft in an effort to make him better known and more of a money maker, what’s going to happen when he finally gets put in with a fighter that’s young enough and talented enough to beat him? Khan needs to be put in with Maidana so that Khan can learn how to face a big puncher.
Maidana won’t the first big puncher or the last one that he faces during his career. Khan has to learn how to deal with fighters like Maidana now while he’s still young. If Khan is purposely shielded from big hitters until he’s older, he’s going to have even more problems dealing with them because he will have become used to being able to dominate light punchers and won’t have the tools to deal with them.
If not Maidana, then put Khan in with Victor Ortiz or Ricardo Torres. If neither of them takes off Khan’s head, then he might have a career. I would then look to put him in with someone like Kendall Holt or Juan Urango. Those guys can punch a little and are good at putting pressure on their opponents. Khan has to learn how to deal with fighters that are going to be backing him up trying to level him with every swing.
After establishing that Khan is capable of beating all the big punchers in the light welterweight division, then I would put him in with WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and WBC light welterweight title holder Devon Alexander to see if Khan has the boxing skills to beat skilled opponents. Those guys are awfully good and it would require a lot for Khan to beat them.
Even if he loses, he’ll still likely learn a great deal from the defeats and grow as a fighter. I can’t say the same thing if Khan keeps getting put in with paper champions and weak ex-champions like Malignaggi. That’s a big waste of time for Khan. Honestly, the way that Khan is being brought along now it seems that they’re looking to make him a star based on fights against old guys and fighters that shouldn’t be champions to begin with.
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Power is not needed. Khan has a glass chin thats why he ducks punchers
Ha HA HA oli
What have i wrote wot isnt logical and a complete lie???
OLI your just a khan hater who isnt very good at the job son.Like i said im not even a khan fan u dimwit !!! Its you who says the same tosh every article about khan.
Ive even given bradley credit something your unable to do with amir even thou he has more tools at his disposel than b&q.
Bradley is a good all round fighter who has already hit is peak and has demonstrated good boxing skills if bradley had ko power he would beat amir.
But unlike yourself i understand boxing alot more and to be the best you need tools oli and amir has got more of them than bradley already and he isnt even in his prime when amir gains HIS MAN STRENGH boxers wont be gettin up of the canvas in a hurry oli.
Any way thanks KING KHAN at least another boxing fan has commonsence and can have a decent debate without name calling i wont be talking to this joker anylonger.
Anonymous- Im sorry but you are just an idiot. Plain and simple you are a moron, a stupid clown whose ignorance of glaring evidence and fact disturbs me. You’ve blown nobody out of the water son, ur just repeating the same denials with no reasonable logical explanation. Im using fact, logic and reasonable assumption, your just choosing to be oblivious to it all just like how a woman does. You are flogging a dead horse with him. He will never be a top fighter NOT EVER. He cant face big punchers. Your lust for khan is blinding you son. Bradley will embaress him.
Mallignaggi will probably take him to a split decision if not beat him. Khans a protected fighter and doesnt even want to fight bradley. HE DOESNT WANT TO. and thats all iv got to say about that. Because your just too staunch khan too get any real sense from. We will speak again when khans beat a top fighter, which will probably be never
Anonymous
completely agree with you in your convo with oli.
@ oli
To answer your question !!
Probebly because bradley doesnt bring money to the table !!!
Hes only got you as a fan.
Example for you oli.Hatton called out floyd for years everyone said floyd was ducking him.
What floyd was doing was letting hatton build a profile,A fanbase,and loads of cash to the table so when they did fight it earned floyd money !!!!!!! not peanuts.
Bad for us fans but thats how the sport of boxing works oli.
If you know boxing then you no khan will beat bradley and anybody else at 140.
@ oli
Hey oli no need for name calling.I told you i would blow you out of the water at the start of the debate.
Look i dont even like khan as a fighter you silly boy but i cannot deny talent when i see it.
Ive stated nothing but facts and shot you down in flames.
Bradley DUCKER
AMIR DUCKER
Amir vs bradley = amir winning by ko!!
Anonymous- Bradley ducked devon? Thats rich! So did khan. And i could also go on about all the other fighters khan has ducked in his career but id still be here next week! A khan fanatic talking to others about ducking!! iv heard it all now!
Why did khan reject the offer to fight bradley then? nobhead
LEAVE KHAN ALONE!!! HE HAS FEELINGS TOO… HE OBVIOUSLY HAS PROBLEMS…. LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!! YOUR ALL NAST NASTY MEN!!!
@ oli
Fact bradley ducked devon son.
Fact bradley cannot ko a decent fighter has a 46% ko record.
Fact amir has a 69% ko record and puts people on the canvas.
Where are the lies there mate your fighting a losing battle like bradley will when he fights khan.
@king khan
Agreed i aint biggin up amir here mate but bradley wouldnt stand a chance.
Khans problems will start at 147 in my opinion.
Anon- You havnt used ANY facts lad. You’ve just given a daft opinion that khan,.. whos YET to face a world class opponant,…whos had THREE trainers in 21 fights…..is YET to fight outside of Britain,… YET to face another puncher since getting destroyed in ONE by a journeyman,… whos got NO power,…. who DUCKED his last mandatory…and who CONSTANTLY looks for the easiest opponants he can possibly find…and is THE most protected fighter in world boxing….is somehow better than the number 1 ranked lightwelterweight and is somehow going to become the next P4P king!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
i guarentee you that mallignaggi at least has him down
Anonymous
I agree with you and hayemaker there he most defo chose the easier fight in Nate instead of Devon… In my opinion Khan & Devon are the two best fighters at 140 and they would both dispose of Bradley. Bradley is just a good all round fighter nothing special to him…
@ king khan
one other thing hes bashing hayemaker saying bradleys ducked no one.
WHEN THE FACT IS HE DUCKED DEVON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO FIGHT AN OLD NATE WHO HAD TO MOVE UP IN WEIGHT.
if you’re going to claim to be the next greatest thing in boxing then its time to step up and prove it.
fighting mailignaggi wont prove anything, the fight isnt even interesting. this is why people call him a fraud. because talk is cheap and its all khan does. he’s even got a video boasting about how he would run circles round prescott. well where’s the fight then?
khan is coward he should fight his mandatory fight
Anonymous- lets get it right, peterson was NOT another salita, Peterson was another KHAN.
Khan hasnt fought a world class fighter PERIOD! And hes been knocked clean out before. The point is bradley WANTS to fight the best, whereas khan wants to AVOID anyone who can punch.
Are you honestly trying to say khan is a power puncher? Well thats a joke because he ISNT. Khan is NOT a big puncher thats fact. And theres no evidence whatsoever to even suggest he could beat tim bradley.
If its so definate why dont they fight him? Hes number 1 in the division after all.
Khan is a protected fighter, his chin is among the worst in all boxing, and sooner or later he will be taken out AGAIN
Anonymous
there is no point in trying to have a logical and unbias convo with oli he hates khan end of he can’t even comprehend that khan is a good boxer prob one of the most talked about in the world… He is what people call a ‘hater’
However, I do think criticism of Bradley is not justified neither is criticism of Khan. I do see your argument though Bradley has taken a similar route as Kahn (barrera and Nate also Paterson and salita) very similar opponents. So I understand your point anonymous.
Khan has shown a less than impressive chin since his amatuer days, an example is when he was decked by Craig Watson, who isn’t exactly a banger. Kotelnik is a light puncher. Until Khan faces someone with a decent KO percentage and takes their best shots he won’t shake his glass jaw status. Also, Prescott isn’t as huge a puncher as we thought, proven when Mitchell took all of his shots very well, even after moving up in weight. Watson, Limond and Gomez aren’t KO artists either, and they had Khan quite shook up.
@oli
you only hug bradleys nuts because you dont like khan.
Answer my questions first before i blow you out of the water.
Bradley hasnt faced a world class fighter pal who is a legit 140 mate end off.
Im not even a khan fan i watch boxing as a whole sport bradley is at the same level as khan opponents wise oli !!!
Bradley is another paulie waiting to be exposed amir has power in his arsanal bradley hasnt its a shame because bradley is a good fighhter but the judges wont save him forever oli
khan beats bradley get over it !!!!!!
its like khans the only uk fighter with any hope!!!!! what about mitchell cleverly brook froch and much much more!!! stop obsessing about khan!
shut up about khan everyone its boring!!!
Hayemaker- Maybe its coz nobody wants to fight bradley?? You twit. Whenever an opponat is mentioned for khan, all you get is excuses. Bradley ducks nobody, khan ducks everybody. Hes a protected fighter.
And why does my argument sound stupid? What part of isnt true? sounds reasonably factual to me son. If you honestly think khans not a protected hype job then your the mug boyo
This olly mug makes me laugh – Bradley will prob end up fighting valero and maidana haha good joke when has Bradley ever fought anyone with power? All I ever hear from him is I want to fight this guy I want to fight that guy but he never actually does so when he fights someone decent who also has power then olly mate u can criticise Khan and suck up to Bradley.. But until then your argument is just sounds stupid!!
Here we go again with the same old crap A.he’s only 23 B.he’s still growing C.why should he fight a harder opponent,then people wonder why he gets so much criticism his career has been one big hype up circus from day one he’s multi millionaire from side stepping the domestic and Europeans fighters and took the easiest route to a world title by fighting smaller boxers or over the hill one’s and don’t make me laugh saying he,s going to be a legend!!!Jerry while you were p!ssing your self with your mate i’ll just mention this one Limond Gomez PRESSCOTT thats what i call a p!sser.
Khan has absolutly NO claim at all to say he is the best in the division. Bradley HAS got a claim, and he is rightly ranked at number 1. So until khan grows a pair of balls and fights him, anonymous and the other idiots might aswel shut up.
Its a lot like paul williams at 147, everyone claimed to be the best without facing him. Bradley will end up fighting valero and then maybe maidana while khan fights mallignaggi then probabaly calls kostya tsyzu out
Anonymous- I bet you even sent khan a valentines day card.
Why doesnt KHAN fight valero then? why doesnt khan fight maidana? In fact why doesnt khan fight ANYONE who can punch who isnt old and under sized?? Answer these questions.
Bradley is recognised the number 1 in the division.
Why then did Khan recently reject a fight with him?
Roach says hes not ready for bradley, khan says hes not ready for bradley. But YOU think khan destoys him??? Contrary to what the fighter himself and the trainer are publicly stating.
Khan is a protected fighter and always will be. And thats all iv got to say about that
@ James mc
Urango’s a massive puncher too mate and gave Hatton a few scares when they fought a few years ago, i reckon he’d nail Khan at some point!
i think khan would beat bradley,alexander,holt,urango and ortiz but put khan in with maidana or torres,he wnt last more than a few rounds,i think khan has the boxing abilitis to beat preasure and skillful fighters,but i just cant see khans chin holding up against a huge hitter.
i agree 100percent but i think juan manuel would of schooled kahn,,, but kahn and his promoters are cherry pickers if they go for paulie
Khan is making his debut in the US why should he fight someone challenging straight away. When khan is 26 he is going to be the best boxer in welterweight division. Alex ariza says that the only thing stopping him from giving khan a intense workout is becase khan is still growing.
People can say what they like but the fact is that the criticism of Khan has a genuine reason behind it, the kid is talented there’s no doubt about it but there is no reason to believe that he can beat any of the guys being mentioned as he hasn’t mixed in anything like that class yet! Not saying that he can’t but it does look a tad suspect that he has only fought one puncher in his career so far and was destroyed in under one minute, MMA fighters come straight back and fight punchers again, Khan has steered clear since that fight and won’t entertain a rematch (with Prescott). Not really the actions of a £4£ legend in the making is it!
To all the khan haters.
Just get over the fact amir is going to be the next best thing in boxing.
Ok he got dropped by prescott!!! big deal MMa fighters get kod all the time and still come back and win fights.
Amir will clean out the 140 division without a problem.Maidana will be outboxed from round 1 even the haters no amir will beat maidana.
Then theres supposedly the BIG BOY AT 140 BRADLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fair play hes a good all round fighter anybody can see that.
But mark my words he is still unproven he ducked devon for a start beat witter just.And faced old nate who had to move up weight and butted him.And sorry but peterson himself only is a feather puncher like bradley.
Lets look at the facts.
Khan vs salita = khan destroyed him.
Bradley vs peterson= bradley by desition.
Even thou bradley has 2 belts he still hasnt faced tough opposition.Ok amir hasnt yet but when these too meet my moneys on khan.
Bradley is another paulie a good boxer but lacks the killer blow only diffrence being paulie got thrown in with the lions early cotto and hatton bradleys had a smoother ride so far pretends to call everyone out but its funny how the Valero fight has gone quite??????
Mark my words khan will destroy bradley when they meet better speed and power with bradley only havin the footwork advantage not enough !!!!!!!
Jerry – I agree with you 100% and as for joker your name says it all mate…
Bifrin Halgrate- the reason why these people can’t understand is because they are idiots not boxing fans they just want to see Khan lose.. All they want is for him to face Maidana, Valero, torres all in one night and they still wouldn’t be satisfied..
Khans getting so much forum time because the opinions on him are so varied, if everybody agreed on everything said about him then what would be the point of discussing it.
Theres no experience like ring experience and getting a reputation for ducking punchers can be very damaging to your fanbase which affects tickets, ppv sales and all the rest.
I dont think GBP, Roach and Khan can afford to dodge anybody else now. Kotelnik, Salita and Malannaggi are respectable names in the division but after he fights Paulie who is there left that hasnt got punching power?
I think nobody, this has to be his last one before he starts facing power or he will start to cement the rumours that he ducks punchers
joker you can laugh all you like mate, truth remains hes the next best thing,
“ïts not becoz his skin color its becoz his sorry”??? i showed this comment to my workmates, we laughed our asses off thanks for making our day mate, you are away with the fairies
Khan is an accident waiting to happen
joker the reason he is getting so much attention is because of the media, if your jealous please hit the boxing gym or the weights room to vent your frustration, over here its not gonna work. at 23, being a multi millionaire having the chance to become a legend, already being compared to the best in the division (bradley), being rated top 5 in the division, possesing fastest hand speed in boxing, win or lose his fights are more entertaining then anything in the uk…jus a few reasons to name a few y hes got so much attention
Amir Khan is the most talked about boxer in every forum.