By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) says his trainer Virgil Hunter wants to turn him back into a boxer rather than someone that gets excited and starts slugging it out with his opponents like Khan has foolishly done in the past. Khan sees himself as having transformed into a brawler after becoming overconfident from finding success.

Khan faces unbeaten Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) on December 15th in Khan’s first fight under the guidance of new trainer Hunter at the Sports Arena, in Los Angeles, California.

Khan said to Sky Sports News “When you start winning fights so comfortably you can forget about the meaning of being a boxer. What Virgil wants me to do is go back to boxing again but be smart…sticking to a game plan because sometimes when I see red forget.”

Good luck with that. It sounds like perfectly good advice given to Khan by Hunter. However, I don’t know that Khan’s problems will be solved entirely by sticking to a game plan and fighting smart. That chin of Khan’s is going to remain a real problem for him whether he fights the way that Hunter wants him to or not. The guys that face Khan are going to be loading up with everything they have for head shots, hoping that they can knock him out the same way that Breidis Prescott and Danny Garcia did in the past. Even the feather-fisted Molina is probably going into this fight with Khan on December 15th thinking he’s got to plant a big shot right on Khan’s chin if he wants to win the fight.

Where Hunter may have difficulties in turning Khan’s career around is with his desire to slow down Khan’s movement and make him more of a pocket fighter like his top fighter WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward. If Hunter tries to do the same thing with Khan, it’s going to end in failure. Khan can’t be a pocket fighter because those types of guys get hit a lot unless they’re like Andre Ward and highly skilled defensively.

Khan is going to have to be able to do a lot of running in order to keep from getting hit. And he’ll probably have to continue to do a lot of holding and shoving of his opponents to keep from getting eaten up on the inside. Hunter isn’t going to be able to change Khan’s lack of an inside game overnight, if ever. A good inside fighter would be a nightmare for Khan because they would have so many opportunities to land big shots at close range on his fragile jaw.