Khan: I proved I’ve got one of the best chins in boxing
July 21st, 2011
By William Mackay: Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is still talking about his sparring sessions with various sparring partners as evidence that he doesn’t have a glass jaw like a lot of boxing fans seem to think he has. Khan fights IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) on Saturday night in a crossroads fight for both fighters, and if Khan gets knocked out again, his career could make a downward turn for the worse.
Khan said this to Sky Sports News: “I’ve proved I’ve got one of the best chins in the boxing business. I’ve been hit with huge shots in sparring. Manny [Pacquiao] hit me with a clean back hand, his hardest shot, and I walked straight onto it and still stood there.”
A back hand is Pacquiao’s best shot? I always thought a backhand was more of a slap than a huge power shot. Whatever the case, I don’t agree with Khan that he has one of the best chins in boxing. If that was the case, Khan wouldn’t have been staggered by a jab thrown from Breidis Prescott and knocked out in the 1st round. Further, if Khan had a great chin, he wouldn’t have been staggered by Marcos Maidana in their fight. Khan has only been in with two fighters that can punch during his entire pro career – Maidana and Prescott – and both of those guys had Khan badly hurt.
Khan’s chin is obviously good enough to beat the weaker punchers, as we’ve seen already. However, it’s still hard to even give Khan a lot of credit for taking hits against the weak punchers because he basically beaten a lot of them in one-sided fights without getting hit very much. In his fight against Andriy Kotelnik, Khan ran a lot and didn’t mix it up with Kotelnik until very late in the fight when Khan already had jabbed his way to an insurmountable lead and was willing to take chances.
Kotelnik quickly punished Khan and had both of his cheeks red and swollen in the few times Kotelnik landed late. Had Khan gone toe-to-toe with Kotelnik, I can see Khan getting knocked out. This is why I don’t see his chin as being anywhere close to being one of the best in the business.
If Judah lands something big on Saturday night, Khan will go down and might not get up. If he does get up, he’s going to be in trouble because Judah can punch well on the inside and is a great finisher. He won’t tire out the way that Maidana did after he had Khan staggering around the ring like a drunk last year.
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Now, Khan proved himself that he’s one of the best….no more comments Floydiots,ok?Bwahahahahahaha!
I’m not so sure he will Bacon, i’d like it to happen, but i doubt he will stop dancing long enough to make the fight exciting
Its NOT Khans CHIN thats weak,
IT IS THE TEMPLE!
If zab keeps going for the temple you will see how quick them legs wobble.
I told you they upped amirs dose and now even his gob has gone into overdrive.
true but im still sayin judah will put him on his @ss
Well somebody has to believe it eh????
khan believes his own hype
Fair point Duran. If Maidana had the finishing skills or ineed the footwork, it would have been a different ending.
Khan was running for the last three rounds. He was overwhelmed with Maidana’s agreesion and did what he could do to survive and he did it nicely.
Runining around, dancing around, making the other guy miss and miss is a boxing skills despite what writers write. The truth is Maidana is a poor finisher. He lost. He wasn’t able to finish him that’s all. If Khan did not have the foot work he would have lost, Praise the skills and those you can use it wisely.
Have to agree with Mackay here, where Khan gets this stuff is beyond me. Is there a book for boxing one liners i havent come across???
Its quite possible that he thinks he has a better chin seeing as he hasnt touched the canvas since training with Roach, but this is more a credit to Roach’s defensive training with Khan and great fightplans. As well as Prescott and Maidana rocking Khan, he was put down by Limond, a part timer as well as Gomez, a journeyman at the time, and has been rocked by most of the guys he fought before Roach. But you can’t grow a chin, Khan’s is weak, and as soon as someone gets through his guard, that will be proven
Haha! Is there no limit to this kid’s mouth? He doesn’t have a good chin and all you need to do is look at his bone structure to see that. His jaw is weak and he’ll always have poor punch resistance in that area. Fortunately for Khan, his brain is small, so he’ll absorb more punishment around the eyes and temples to compensate. I hope Zab tags him like he did Mubaza. A pinpoint punch like that, even on a big burly brawler like Mubaza can send most men to sleep so would probably kill Khan stone dead.
hes got one of the best gobs in boxing thats about it
I really hope Judah knocks khan man into the hirtory books. he can join Haye and Bruno and all the other not so great hype jobs Britain loves.
hed better!! hes slower than judah(way slower) and he doesnt hit as hard..plus judah has what u call flash knock down ability!sorry,im by no means a judah fan,,,but i just cant see it!
I’m a big khan fan, but the best chin in boxing? Not even the best chin inBritain. Froch takes harder shots and barely blinks. That said, when maidana tagged amir andhe just ran away it was impressive, bit how much was in that shot? If you look at the start of that round Marcos struggled to get out of his chair. How much power could he really generate from those weary legs? I do believe amir when he says he was struggling to make weight against ver
Against Prescott and that’s why he was destroyed so easily . But best chin in boxing. No way. I think he’ll run around Judah without too much trouble, but only.because of his age
maybe, like haye, he is covering up self doubt. i hope not, i like kahn. for fighters like haye theres an old saying. put the gloves on him, that usually quiets him down.
what is in the water over in england???? every fighter over there talks like they are batman…
Khan proved he could run with the best of them Maidana ran out of gas from chasing him and fighting off Ref. Joe cortez
Why this bump (the writer) insist in not mention that Khan took a really hard right hand from Maidana and yet he wasn’t knocked down not even once?
No he doesn’t.. After the first couple of rounds, Khan never went to Maidana’s body again even though he hurt Maidana with a body shot.. Why? because he exposes he’s head when he goes to the body, and he wouldn’t have been able to handle the counter head shots…
Also, remember that Maidana was not able to work in the inside with out Cortez breaking them up.. What ever happened to ‘punch and get out’!? If Cortez would have let them fight in the inside , Khan would have gone down. He’s body wouldn’t softened up by the 10th. Khan doesn’t have an elite chin.
lol not even close.
Definatly not one of the best chins in boxing although he does deserve some credit for not going down against maidana when he was hurt.
Khan is absolutely deluded that’s all I can say, the man is pathetic at this stage, he will eend his career with even the Brits hating him like Haye.
no you dont hahahahha
khans a fn laugh
hehehehahehaha aaaaaaaaaaaaaheeeeeee aaaaaa hhaaaaaaa aaaa hhhheeeeeee hheee heeeee
Khan is good and exciting to watch, but his chin is weak, everytime he gets hit he staggers around like a drunk.
4REAL, hattons got it perfecty right ” khan has the POTENTIAL to be P4P” but it isnt gonna happen when he gets knocked owt, might not be judah but it wil come eventually once he steps it up
@4REAL
All those guys (except SRL) make money everytime Khan fights, of course they want him to become a huge star, and they will definitely talk him to the limelight.
IMO Amir has a lot of potential, but I’m getting old on him saying that he is the best British out there, has an iron chin, and will be undisputed champ etc etc etc. Guy must STFU and beat Zab first
Lets forget about what Khan or William Mackay says for a second and lets listen to what the greatest people in the sport have to say -
Sugar Ray Lenaord – Khan will beat Judah and will soon be P4P best in the world
Freddie Roach – Khan will be P4P best in the world
Oscer de la Hoya – Khan will be P4P best in the world
Manny Paqio – Khan has a great chin, never been dropped in sparring and can be P4P
Ricky Hatton – Khan has the potential to be P4P best.
Whos right? You or them??????
maybe the arrogance is coming from everyone around him blowing smoke up his a**e great chin no chin as weak as alot of people make out no again just better defence than the past khan late ko after great close 8 rounds
La La La… we heard it all before Mr Mc C £”t!!! Dont listen 2 anything this guy says… Khan win… Yer always wrong!
crag watons knocked khan down willy limond knoked khan down prescott knocked khan out and maidana would have done the same if it han’nt been for that bent Cortez.
Has judah already hit Khan? Have I missed the fight? Khan is dreaming!
theres more chance of tony bellew becoming a world champ than khan having one of the best chins in boxing
I don’t want to agree with you too much Mackay as i think your a pr*ck but Amir Khan does not have a good chin never mind one of the best in boxing! This is coming from a Khan fan who has travelled from Scotland a good few times to watch him. He doesn’t do himself any favours with some of the mince he comes away with. He never struck me as arrogant when he was first starting out but as time goes on he comes away with some belters.