Khan: I’m going to prove that I’m not chinny against Judah; watch me

By Boxing News - 07/02/2011 - Comments

By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) has a reputation for having a weak chin after being flattened in the first round by Breidis Prescott in 2008 and then failing to try and avenge the loss to him. Khan will be fighting IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) in a unification bout on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Khan wants to show the world that he doesn’t have a glass jaw and that he’s someone that deserves to be in the same ring with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr., who Khan badly wants to fight in 2012.

“People calling me out, calling me chinny. They said I was treated like the golden child, but people can say what they want. I’ll just go out there and prove them wrong. watch me.”

Judah can punch really hard and has good hand speed. Khan is saying he’s not going to run from Judah, but if he does right at him we may be seeing another Prescott-style knockout of Khan. Khan showed in the Marcos Maidana fight that his chin isn’t up to the task of being hit without him being wobbled. In the Maidana fight, Khan literally ran and held for nine rounds without stop and when he did slow down finally in the 10th round, Khan got badly staggered and almost knocked out. Had the referee not opted to break up a lot of the inside action while Maidana was pounding Khan in the last three rounds, it’s very likely that we’d be talking about Maidana vs. Judah and not Khan-Judah.

Khan says “The winner of Mayweather and Victor Ortiz would be ideal for me. I think I have the style for Mayweather. I don’t think he has fought anyone with the speed and angles I can create.”

It sounds like Khan is deluded. Mayweather would destroy him, as would Ortiz. It would be interesting to see Khan run around the ring against those two but as soon as they land, it’s over with. Khan simply isn’t in their league and really needs to stay at 140 to avoid getting blasted out again. If Khan wants to fight someone he should try and prove he can beat Prescott.



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