Khan vs. McCloskey: Amir will get knocked out if he stands in front of Paul
February 24th, 2011
By William Mackay: Right now WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is cocky and over-confident after dodging a huge bullet in the form of his close 12 round decision win over Marcos Maidana last December. It was like Khan tacking a homework project that he was putting off for months and then barely scraped by with a D- for his performance.
The southpaw McCloskey has been picked out after a careful analysis of the top contenders in the division. McCloskey is currently ranked #5 by the WBA, but should probably be ranked well below that because of his total lack of experience against top level fighters. With that said, I still think McCloskey has a good chance of knocking Khan out in this fight because Khan is going to be wanting to show off more and won’t be respecting McCloskey’s power like he was Maidana. We’re going to see Khan going back to his style of fighting where he throws a lot of flurries to try and impress the fans and the judges.
This is going to be the perfect opportunity for McCloskey step forward and throw one of his hardest left hands straight down the middle to connect on Khan’s fragile temple area. It won’t take much power because Khan’s ability to take punishment will likely have diminished after the savage beating he took from Maidana. Khan can’t punch with any power when he’s throwing his meaningless flurries and his accuracy if terrible. All McCloskey has to do is wait Khan out.
Once he opens up with one of his flurries, McCloskey needs to spring his trap and fire down the middle to stagger Khan. As long as there’s not a referee working the fight that will step in to separate the action when Khan is being finished off, McCloskey should be able to put Khan out of his misery at that point.
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Khan is an overated boxer, regardless of what you say he is. The guy is quick, and accurate but Mckay is right in the sense that a fighter like dudey will have no problem in KOing him if the opportunity emerges. The fact is this fight will be closer than most people are thinking, dudey has not fought high level opponents, but I won’t be shocked if Khan is beat.
Khan I think may win, and im rooting dudey. But the fact khan, can give abuse, but he can’t take it. Dudey can take it, and give it.
KO – Dudey
or
Majority to Khan..
calling it here folks, qoute me.
khan wil win!!!
McKay you’ve been writing the same article for the past year now. I realise that you’re hurting that Khan won but get used to it. To say that Khan lacks accuracy is ridiculous and despite being badly wobbled, he had the knowledge and courage to see it out. If he’d stood and been taken out he would have been called naive. The fact he kept illusive in the 10th proves the fight SHOULDN’T have been stopped as he was fully aware of what was happening.
As for Paul McCloskey, he did a better job on Colin Lynes than a peak Junior Witter.
The punch that had Maidana rolling around the floor in agony looked pretty powerful and accurate to me! And his “meaningless flurries” (i like to call them combinations) may not have had a lot of power behind them but ultimately won him the fight, so hardly meaningless!
i gave kahn a B plus…i think i have more experience to judge by.
where u hear that man ?
Mayweather v Pacquiao is happening in November!!!!!!!!!!
what’s he gonna make of it …
i hope khan gets knocked out.
Total and utter nonsense. The McLoskey fight is a stay busy fight against someone with limited power to ensure that Khan is not beaten or injured before a July 23rd fight with Tim Bradley for The Ring title and undisputed status.
It’s a shame that Khan’s people chose a fighter who is obviously being selected not to give him too much trouble, but to suggest that he could KO Khan when Maidana couldn’t is laughable. I’d like to have seen Khan – Bradley on April 23rd, seing as Bradley seemed game, but given Khan wanted a UK fight then it was sensible to leave Bradley until an LA or Vegas fight could be made.
Amir Khan could KO Mayweather, Pacquiao, Alvarez, Judah, Bradley and Ssergio Martinez and McKay and Gilfoid would still say he couldn’t fight.
Good job Khan won’t stand still infornt of him then isnt it Mackay.
Moron
What a load of bollocks, ” Khan still has a fragile chin “, Maidanas powershots would have floored anyone in the division, Khan took multiple of them flush & stayed on his feet, even if he had gone down it would have had nothing at all to do with a fragile chin. “Khan wont respect his punch power, like he did Maidana “, He didnt respect Maidanas power?, did you even watch the fight?, he ws constantly moving around the ring trying to avoid any powershots, i think if he didnt respect the power he would have went toe-to-toe.
Hey aaron its only a game of chess lol
no better buachalli to put khan on his back….
Khan landed over 270 punches against maidana at an accuracy of 45%! and this guy says khan has terrible accuracy hahaha what a joke!
i retract that, i am a tool, sorry