By Stevie Ocallaghan: I read an article from another writer on this site about British fighter Amir Khan and the possibility of him taking on soon to be 3 weight world champ Adrien Broner.
First of all I would like to commend our esteemed friend for his first non Brit bash article and secondly for bringing up this story as it would be a superb match up.
The talk , if this fight is made will be about whether Amir Khans chin will hold out against the big punching Broner. Let’s look at facts. When Khan got ko’ed in the first round off Breidis Prescott, he was caught with a punch that could have taken out many a larger fighter. Okay, Khan should have been smarter and avoided it but even the best get put down. Prescott had just beaten Richard Abril in his previous fight.
Danny Garcia fought Khan in round 3, and I suppose it was just a matter of time but Khan got stopped on his his feet in the 4th. What seams forgotten is the way Khan schooled Garcia in the first two rounds, barely allowing Garcia to work and hitting him at will. Khan took some really heavy punches of guys like Marcos Maidana and Lamont Peterson and coped. He struggled but coped.
Broner has really only been in deep once when he fought Daniel Ponce de Leon. He was never physically in trouble but won a close fight. But Khan is a different proposition altogether. His work rate for one is something that will give him problems, whereas Broner likes to settle in every round. Also, Khan is very accurate and also very fast.
Experience most definitely lies with Khan as he has far more big fight experience but also for a relatively young man has far more miles on the clock.
Broner is also accurate. He’s not as fast as Khan but is slick in movement and throws punches that sometimes come out of the blue and take opponents by surprise.
Both Khan and Broner are easy to hit. Broner in my eyes has more power than Khan and less punch weary but I think with Khan’s natural hand speed I think he could take this one possibly by late stoppage. It’s most definitely a fight I’d love to see. Broner in beating Antonio DeMarco really proved he deserves to be on the big stage and in easily stopping the light punching Gavin Rees. He showed he really is a class above domestic level. His next fight against Paulie Malignaggi will show his doubters that by becoming a 3 weight champion that he really is the real deal
I’d like to finish off by paying respects to the family of the talented boxer Michael Norgrove who sadly passed away last week. Boxing is a tough sport and the way these guys earn their living to support their family’s has got to be respected. Every fighter who steps through the ropes is taking risky challenges that have, and probably will in the future take lives.
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