Khan still hasn’t done enough to get Mayweather fight

By donnell.young202 - 05/15/2014 - Comments

khan67By Donnell Young: Since Floyd Mayweather Jr’s win over Marcos Maidana on May 3rd, I have read several articles about Amir Khan (29-3, 19 KO’s) and his worthiness to be awarded a fight against Mayweather.  What gives him the audacity to say foolish things like, “Floyd is ducking me.”  The last time I checked, Khan was an overrated fighter living off of the potential he showed 2-3 years ago.  I personally thought he could be a special fighter.

After watching him being misguided by former trainer Freddie Roach, my thoughts quickly changed.  Then Khan switched trainers and began working with Virgil Hunter in an effort to reclaim his status as one of the best young fighters around.  After watching his few fights under Hunter’s direction, it’s becoming quite clear to me that Khan just doesn’t have “it.”  

He used to be an exciting fighter that used his fast hands and combination punching to overwhelm his opponents.  Then he was outpointed by Peterson, destroyed by Garcia, and nearly destroyed by a C or D class fighter in Julio Diaz.  It’s been obvious for a few fights now, that Khan’s chin is suspect.  

When we add to his suspect chin the facts that he has moved up in weight and has never really had any defense to speak of, we come up with the fighter we saw on the Mayweather vs. Maidana undercard.  We saw nonstop clinching and headlocks in an effort not to get hit. Along with lots of movement or running as the ignorant fans like to call it.  On top of that he was fighting a fighter in Luis Collazo, who has never truly been a force and is past his prime.  

Still, Khan gave himself praise as if he accomplished something by beating Collazo in a clinching and head-locking fashion.  All this being said, at the end of the fight, Khan was still pretty bruised up for a guy who did everything he could, both legal and illegal, not to get hit.  Bottom line, Khan needs to fight and dominate a meaningful opponent at 147lbs before he begins to think he is ready for Mayweather.  

The likes of Keith Thurman or Shawn Porter would be a good measuring stick to tell us whether of not Khan is as good as he hypes himself up to be.  I believe that Khan knows he can’t beat either of the aforementioned fighters and is just trying to get a major payday by fighting Mayweather without having proven himself first.  I have seen many frauds in the sport of boxing.  The type of guys that want to talk their way into a big payday.  I hate to say it, but Khan has all of the tendencies of one of those guys.



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