Round-by-Round: Amir Khan vs. Samuel Vargas - 8 September 2018

[samwbr]

Where can I buy a jacket like Brook’s? It’s fabulous.

Surely you want the Macklin dogs dinner outfit?

[jamamb]

its funny because some ppl still argue his chin is decent and he merely has shaky defense, um, no, dudes chin is not good

It is obviously a thing but he stood 12 really hard rounds v Maidana and got a great win. One of the best away wins by a British fighter in the last decade.

I think what it is, is....
Khan has a paper chin, but incredible powers of recovery. The amount of times non-punchers have him going it MUST be a bad chin, but his heart and fitness get him back in the fight.

thats prob it

[rossij8]

Ive always believed its Khan whos ducking Brook and its clear as day now

Also does Khan know what a flash knockdown is?

haha - I've never thought Brook was ducking Khan at any point but it is so obvious now - why do some people think the other way around

[rd350lc]

Where can I buy a jacket like Brook’s? It’s fabulous.

Car boot sale

[Boxerbeetle]

Anyway, that was a really enjoyable night of boxing

[Datsue]

Basically that was Amir's Greatest Hits—fast start, hanging his chin out to be knocked silly by overhand rights, loadsa heart, stirring 50 punch flurries then gassing & going back in straight lines with ineffectual earmuffs on to get his torso leathered on the ropes, which combined with gassing from throwing 11000 punches leads him to struggle & flounder late.

He's basically got to fight Brook next, who knows if he makes it through his next fight without getting levelled? If you get to pay a couple visits to Discombobulation Station versus the Sammy Vargas's of the world, you may as well take all the money you can as quickly as you possible, if you ask me.

Also, I realised just how much I missed watching Amir Khan fights. Unless he's fighting someone who won't/can't come forward (step forward, Devon Alexander—or rather, don't. Ever), they're pretty much all awesome to watch. Every time he left his chin hanging out for a right hand (so like pretty much 8-9 rounds tonight) I was jumping up in my seat.

PS: Shocking, shite refereeing. There's probably a good joke to be made about O'Connor signing for Matchroom, but I for one cannot call anything to mind.

[handsofstone]

Basically that was Amir's Greatest Hits—fast start, hanging his chin out to be knocked silly by overhand rights, loadsa heart, stirring 50 punch flurries then gassing & going back in straight lines with ineffectual earmuffs on to get his torso leathered on the ropes, which combined with gassing from throwing 11000 punches leads him to struggle & flounder late.

He's basically got to fight Brook next, who knows if he makes it through his next fight without getting levelled? If you get to pay a couple visits to Discombobulation Station versus the Sammy Vargas's of the world, you may as well take all the money you can as quickly as you possible, if you ask me.

Also, I realised just how much I missed watching Amir Khan fights. Unless he's fighting someone who won't/can't come forward (step forward, Devon Alexander—or rather, don't. Ever), they're pretty much all awesome to watch. Every time he left his chin hanging out for a right hand (so like pretty much 8-9 rounds tonight) I was jumping up in my seat.

PS: Shocking, shite refereeing. There's probably a good joke to be made about O'Connor signing for Matchroom, but I for one cannot call anything to mind.

[samwbr]

Anyway, that was a really enjoyable night of boxing

Yep. Wait for the hate tho.

[Coco]

Khan is always great value, that's why he puts bums on seats and why he earns the big bucks, great to watch, damn exciting

[Ruthless-RKO]

Khan is always great value, that's why he puts bums on seats and why he earns the big bucks, great to watch, damn exciting

True!

[Nightmare Roy]

He's got big balls and he's always in good fights, think he might get Manny finally now, he'll fancy it big time after tonight. Brook would stand him on his head in a couple of rounds I think, that fight is never happening.

[samwbr]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

[leejonesjnr]

Pacquiao looked good last time out and Khan obviously feels like whatever used to go on at the Wildcard gives him the win.
For me personally, Khan v Pacquiao is the one I would rather see.
Brook looked much larger than Macklin, I don't believe he can still make 147 and still put in any kind of performance.

[Boxerbeetle]

He's got big balls and he's always in good fights, think he might get Manny finally now, he'll fancy it big time after tonight. Brook would stand him on his head in a couple of rounds I think, that fight is never happening.

I’ll take your word for it, I never watched that leaked video

[dookus]

O'Connor is a wasteman

[leejonesjnr]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

If Khan was to box someone else and still wanted to box Brook, Matchroom would still be thrilled.

[samwbr]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

If Khan was to box someone else and still wanted to box Brook, Matchroom would still be thrilled.

Not if he lost.

[leejonesjnr]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

If Khan was to box someone else and still wanted to box Brook, Matchroom would still be thrilled.

Not if he lost.

Meh, still be a goer I reckon

[samwbr]

If Khan was to box someone else and still wanted to box Brook, Matchroom would still be thrilled.

Not if he lost.

Meh, still be a goer I reckon

On a much lower scale. It's past it's sell by date now without another loss chucked in to the mix

[KiwiRider]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

Yes, as far as I know it was a 3 fight deal and Vargas was #2. One to go, and Eddie can make it Brook easy as, if Khan wants it, that is...

[gilgamesh]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

Yes, as far as I know it was a 3 fight deal and Vargas was #2. One to go, and Eddie can make it Brook easy as, if Khan wants it, that is...

Hell knowing Khan he's probably still gonna be talking about holding out for Mayweather

[KiwiRider]

Eddie seemed insistent, now or never
But it was a 3 fight deal with Khan wasnt it?

Yes, as far as I know it was a 3 fight deal and Vargas was #2. One to go, and Eddie can make it Brook easy as, if Khan wants it, that is...

Hell knowing Khan he's probably still gonna be talking about holding out for Mayweather

[leejonesjnr]

Perhaps Khan really is afraid of Kell Brook. I don’t believe that is the case, but who knows, perhaps Brook at 147 seems more intimidating than Alvarez at 155.
I think that more likely it’s a combination of Khan not liking Brook and the Hatton-not-wanting-Witter-to-get-paid mindset and that now Pac seems to be possible again he really wants a contest with one of the sports icon level stars.

[liamlion]

Basically that was Amir's Greatest Hits—fast start, hanging his chin out to be knocked silly by overhand rights, loadsa heart, stirring 50 punch flurries then gassing & going back in straight lines with ineffectual earmuffs on to get his torso leathered on the ropes, which combined with gassing from throwing 11000 punches leads him to struggle & flounder late.

He's basically got to fight Brook next, who knows if he makes it through his next fight without getting levelled? If you get to pay a couple visits to Discombobulation Station versus the Sammy Vargas's of the world, you may as well take all the money you can as quickly as you possible, if you ask me.

Also, I realised just how much I missed watching Amir Khan fights. Unless he's fighting someone who won't/can't come forward (step forward, Devon Alexander—or rather, don't. Ever), they're pretty much all awesome to watch. Every time he left his chin hanging out for a right hand (so like pretty much 8-9 rounds tonight) I was jumping up in my seat.

PS: Shocking, shite refereeing. There's probably a good joke to be made about O'Connor signing for Matchroom, but I for one cannot call anything to mind.

He is bent as fornicate. I still remember his scoring of McDermott v Fury with total disgust.

I particularly noticed his underhand ways last night when Khan was shook badly around the end of round 9 (?) and the bell came at the right time. At the start of the next round O'Connor called both fighters to the centre of the ring for a sham talking to for absolutely no good reason other than to allow the home fighter, Khan, longer time to recover.

Whenever he is the ref I always worry for the away fighter, particularly if a foreigner, as he is often too keen to call off a fight just when it gets toasty.

[Pugilist-specialist]

Perhaps Khan really is afraid of Kell Brook. I don’t believe that is the case, but who knows, perhaps Brook at 147 seems more intimidating than Alvarez at 155.
I think that more likely it’s a combination of Khan not liking Brook and the Hatton-not-wanting-Witter-to-get-paid mindset and that now Pac seems to be possible again he really wants a contest with one of the sports icon level stars.

Khan said years ago that Brook was an easy fight for him. If he fought Brook he would have to come off twitter for a year after.
His fear of losing to Brook is what has stopped this fight happening and IMO will continue to do so.