By William Mackay: Showtime has taken a big risk by signing former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (27-3, 19 KO’s) to a three fight deal. Khan fought on the Showtime television network last Saturday night in a mismatch against a soft opponent picked out from the lightweight division for Khan. There’s talk that Khan will fight the recently knocked out Josesito Lopez for his next fight in April.
So far so good for Khan, because he should win that fight but it’s not a given because Lopez can fight a little. Where Showtime may end up holding onto a loser is if Khan faces WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia after that. That’s a fight where Khan has a good chance of getting knocked out again like he was in his previous fight with Garcia last July. If Khan gets flattened again that will be his third loss out of his last four fights, and it would give a clear sign that Khan isn’t a world class fighter.
Showtime would then be stuck with having to television another of Khan’s fights so that they could finish out the contract. The negative thing about this is Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for Khan, will likely put him in with another soft opponent along the same lines as Carlos Molina so that they could attempt to rebuild Khan again like what was done after he was knocked out in one round by Breidis Prescott in 2008.
Khan is a knockout waiting to happen. He may do a good job of beating light hitters like Molina and Paul McCloskey, but he have problems when facing someone that is throwing hard shots at him.
I’m not sure if Showtime will be too happy having Khan fight two soft targets out of the three fights they televise for him. Showtime should insist that Khan fight Lucas Matthysse, Danny Garcia and Marcos Maidana in his three fights with them because it’s not a good deal if Khan is able to fight a bunch of soft targets in his three fight deal.
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