Khan may be too flawed to be helped by any trainer

By Boxing News - 08/09/2012 - Comments

Image: Khan may be too flawed to be helped by any trainerBy William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) wants a trainer that can spent a lot of time working with him on the areas in his game that need serious attention. Khan isn’t happy with sharing his current trainer Freddie Roach with all the fighters that are constantly vying for his attention.

Unfortunately, it’s one of the sacrifices that fighters have to be willing to take when they agree to be trained by Roach. Since he’s so popular right now, a ton of well known fighters want to be trained by him. This leaves a guy like Khan to have to squeeze in between all of the people that Roach trains.

Khan is still debating whether to stay with Roach or go with another trainer that can spend more time with him on a day to day basis. It’s unclear who Khan can get that’s well known and who doesn’t already have a a massive amount of other fighters that they’re training. I’m sure whether Khan is aware of this or not but the best trainers in boxing all have a lot of guys that they’re training.

If Khan wants to be trained by the popular trainers then he’s going to have to be willing to work around their busy schedules with other fighters. It’s either that or Khan will have to consider finding a less well known trainer that can work with him all the time without interruption.

The real question is whether there’s a trainer on earth that can fix Khan’s many flaws to keep him from suffering additional losses in the future. Khan has lost his last two fights and that suggests that there’s some serious flaws in his game that may be resistant to training. Khan’s chin will remain a weak point for him no matter who trains him. Also, Khan’s tendency to stress out when under attack could also be something that will stay in place regardless of who’s doing the training.



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