Pressure on Khan to deliver

007KhanIMG_0152(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By John F. McKenna (McJack): The career of former WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) is all on the line tonight when he faces unbeaten Californian Carlos Molina (17-0-1, 7 KO’s) tonight at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Khan’s career is at an all time low after he suffered two consecutive defeats.

A year ago Amir lost a controversial decision to Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s). There was no controversy however over Khan’s loss to the still undefeated Danny Garcia (25-0, 15 KO’s) who scored an impressive TKO victory over Amir in the 4th round last July.

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What does Amir Khan need to win over the doubters?

Carlos Molina and Amir Khan(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Rameez Haider: Amir Khan is a boxer who divides opinion across the boxing world. Some people think he is a great fighter waiting to fulfill his potential, others think he is an over rated fighter with a weak chin. The one thing people can’t deny is that he brings to the ring the excitement of the unexpected.

It’s hard to believe that 12 months ago, Khan was being muted as a potential opponent for Floyd Mayweather and was the undisputed champion at light welterweight. The question is what does Khan need to do to really prove the doubters wrong and fulfill the potential that many see in him?

There is no questioning his positive attributes which he possesses in abundance. Khan’s hand speed is one of the best out there and at times though his technique can sometimes make him reckless.

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Molina: I’m going to make Khan regret he chose to fight me

009KhanvsMolinaIMG_0174(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) is well aware that boxing fans see him as a huge underdog in his fight tonight against Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) on Showtime, but he doesn’t care. Molina knows that he has the talent and the power to take advantage of Khan’s fragile chin to knock him out.

Molina wants to add Khan’s scalp to his resume and then move on to get the big fights that Golden Boy Promotions is planning for Khan after this fight.

Molina said to Radio Raheem “They say I’m a big underdog, but everybody who knows me knows I’m going to win this fight. Mentally and physically we’re ready. We know Amir Khan has a lot of doubts right now and we’re going to bring that doubt back early in this fight.

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Weights: Khan-Molina, Wilder-Price, Santa Cruz-Guevara

005WilderandPriceIMG_0128(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder (25-0, 25 KO’s) weighed in today for his fight on Saturday night against Kelvin Price (13-0, 6 KO’s) at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The 6’7” Wilder weighed a light 223 pounds for the vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title.

The fight is scheduled for only 10 rounds, but Wilder likely won’t need half of those rounds to get the 6’7” Price out of there. The weird thing about this fight is that both Wilder and Price look in incredible shape with nothing but pure muscle.

I’m not used to seeing two in shape heavyweights because much of the time heavyweights look so badly out of shape or just have weird looking physiques. These two fighters actually look like athletes.

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Roach: Khan can’t change his fighting style; he’ll be like he always is

roach43By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s former trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t see Khan being able to change his aggressive fighting style, and he questions whether that would even be a smart thing for him to try to do at this point in his career.

Roach believes that Khan will only put himself in danger if he fights in a conservative manner by standing in the pocket more like his new trainer Virgil Hunter wants him to do, and he doesn’t see Khan being able to turn into a counter puncher all of a sudden because that’s not something that’s easily done. Roach believes Khan is better off staying the aggressive fighter he’s always been, but being a little more cautious instead of looking to throw so many flurries.

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How Much Will Amir Really Change?

Amir Khan(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) Amir Khan (26-3, 18KO’s) is one of the most exciting and lightning fast (hand and foot speed) fighters of the present boxing era and this Saturday night he’ll climb into the squared circle again for the first time since his stoppage loss to Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia to face off with Carlos Molina (17-0-1,7 KO’s). Khan will be looking for a little bit of redemption  and he’ll also be looking to turn the eyes of the boxing world back on to him again.

In some peoples opinion Amir is in the ‘last chance saloon’ with regards to his boxing career, although I don’t think this myself. I feel boxing fans are too quick to judge when a fighter losses and I feel if a fighter losses they are quickly thrown onto the scrap heap too often, unfairly and unjustified.

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Khan: I’ve fixed all my mistakes from past fights; I’m the new Khan

Image: Khan: I’ve fixed all my mistakes from past fights; I’m the new Khan(Photo: Esther Lin/Showtime) By William Mackay: Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) says he’s fixed all the flaws on his game and that he’s ready to unveil what he calls the “new Amir Khan” on Saturday night against the lightweight fighter 5’6” Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) that Golden Boy found for Khan to fight on HBO.

Khan said “I know what mistakes I made in previous fights, and we’re not going to make them again. You will see the new Amir Khan in this fight.”

The mistakes that Khan made in his past fights were attempting to mix it up with his opponents, staying on the ropes too much and shoving. If Khan is going to avoid trading with his opponents he’s going to be a very boring fighter indeed, and that will take a lot of the interest that boxing fans had in seeing him fight.

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Molina sees Khan fighting like his old self once he starts getting hit

Image: Molina sees Khan fighting like his old self once he starts getting hit(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: On Saturday night Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) will be looking to upset the odds against former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) on Showtime. This is a fight where the two guys seem to be miles apart in terms of talent and size. Khan is 5’10”, and lost his last two fights, and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions don’t appear to want to take any real risks with him losing another fight.

For this reason the 5’6” Molina has been pooled from the lightweight for Khan to get an easy win against, and of course to impress casual boxing fans who don’t really understand that Molina isn’t in the same division as Khan and hasn’t had the same amount of hype about his career.

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Molina: Beating Khan will catapult me to where everyone knows me

Image: Molina: Beating Khan will catapult me to where everyone knows me(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By William Mackay: Lightweight Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KO’s) is a huge 7-1 underdog for his fight against former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KO’s) for their fight on Saturday night on Showtime at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.

Molina doesn’t see himself as just an easy fight for Khan, because he’s coming to beat him on Saturday, and make a big name out of himself in the process.

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Khan-Molina: Virgil Hunter can take Khan back to the top

Image: Khan-Molina: Virgil Hunter can take Khan back to the top(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Adam Mccoy: Back on the 6th of September 2008, Amir Khan stood in the centre of the ring staring into the eyes of one Breidis Prescott. Khan looked confident and why shouldn’t he? 18-0 Olympic silver medalist he had the world at his feet. Khan had expressed his desire to fight for a world title after beating Prescott. What happened next shocked the world. In fact just 54 seconds later Khan was knocked out by the huge underdog Prescott.

I’m not sure what was more embarrassing the fact this was Amir’s Sky Box Office debut or the face it was his first fight under new trainer Jorge Rubio bearing in mind Rubio chose Prescott for Khan.

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