* Khan fights super-featherweights and bums dragged out of retirement
* The O2 was called the Millenium Dome - Fwank can only sell 1000 tickets!
Seriously, Khan was fighting a non-punching super-featherweight and was almost sparked out. He does not move his head, 2 years into his pro career. He needs a new trainer like RIGHT NOW.
And for all the Prince haters - Naseem Hamed has fought MUCH better level of foes in his 13th fight (aged 20 like Amir)!
it will be back to no punchers with no chance opponents for khan now. Did you see his sister she was crying, his mum was praying and his dads eyes nearly popped out
Clearly the fight has highlighted some extremely worrying flaws in Khan, but while I've found some of his actions to date a bit egotistical and consequently haven't warmed to him, I'm still surprised that people are keen to stick the knife into him with such glee.
Let's not gloss over the manner in which he responded to the adversity - he showed real heart and guts to turn the fight around like that. I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking that he was going to be stopped after the knockdown but you could virtually see him physically willing himself back into the fight.
He's only 20, he stopped a very capable fighter in Willie Limond and he's got blistering handspeed. Yes, he needs to work on his defence, and yes, there are concerns over his chin, but it's insane to be quite so dismissive of him.
So many of us complain that fighters are too protected and that you can learn more from a loss than from a win so let's not be too hypocritical. The key now is how Khan responds to this - if he adopts a more low-key, humble approach and works on his weaknesses it can only be a good thing.
emma wrote:it will be back to no punchers with no chance opponents for khan now. Did you see his sister she was crying, his mum was praying and his dads eyes nearly popped out
I don't know about back to non-punchers. He hasn't faced a puncher yet.
Deserter wrote:Clearly the fight has highlighted some extremely worrying flaws in Khan, but while I've found some of his actions to date a bit egotistical and consequently haven't warmed to him, I'm still surprised that people are keen to stick the knife into him with such glee.
Let's not gloss over the manner in which he responded to the adversity - he showed real heart and guts to turn the fight around like that. I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking that he was going to be stopped after the knockdown but you could virtually see him physically willing himself back into the fight.
He's only 20, he stopped a very capable fighter in Willie Limond and he's got blistering handspeed. Yes, he needs to work on his defence, and yes, there are concerns over his chin, but it's insane to be quite so dismissive of him.
So many of us complain that fighters are too protected and that you can learn more from a loss than from a win so let's not be too hypocritical. The key now is how Khan responds to this - if he adopts a more low-key, humble approach and works on his weaknesses it can only be a good thing.
i sort of agree to a lot of that.
only sort of though.
i think everyone is just fed up with the hype machine.
we like to think we know our stuff round here, and don't like hearing khan the next great champion bull all the time.
My initial sceptical reaction after Limond scoring the KD (immediately after) was "is this a set up job that could be going wrong". Why on earth didn't Limond just throw leather.... Khan was out on his feet and I don't think he had even fully recovered when the fight was over.
The kid's got balls, for sure. Like I said, I have warmed to him. I think he's good for the sport and I am glad we've got an Anglo-Asian sportsman who is well-liked and well spoken during these times.
What I can't stand is Allegedly going on the attack (just for a change) whenever someone states the obvious and says Khan's opponents are great etc.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! He's been fighting non-punching suoer-feathers and guys without any kind of will to win at all.
And maybe Fwank does know boxing as well as he thinks. Maybe the real reason Amir's been fighting bums like Steffy Bull - brought out of retirement and the man KO'd by Scott Lawton for F's sake!! - is because Fwank et al know he's got a rubbish defense and wank chin.
Watching Skelton v Sprott (you know, "winner gets a title shot" heavyweight fight number 19090809238092387509882309) and they are booing. Boo Fwank instead. He's been serving this heavyweight merry-go-round up since Dec 2005!
Deserter wrote:Clearly the fight has highlighted some extremely worrying flaws in Khan, but while I've found some of his actions to date a bit egotistical and consequently haven't warmed to him, I'm still surprised that people are keen to stick the knife into him with such glee.
Let's not gloss over the manner in which he responded to the adversity - he showed real heart and guts to turn the fight around like that. I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking that he was going to be stopped after the knockdown but you could virtually see him physically willing himself back into the fight.
He's only 20, he stopped a very capable fighter in Willie Limond and he's got blistering handspeed. Yes, he needs to work on his defence, and yes, there are concerns over his chin, but it's insane to be quite so dismissive of him.
So many of us complain that fighters are too protected and that you can learn more from a loss than from a win so let's not be too hypocritical. The key now is how Khan responds to this - if he adopts a more low-key, humble approach and works on his weaknesses it can only be a good thing.
i sort of agree to a lot of that.
only sort of though.
i think everyone is just fed up with the hype machine.
we like to think we know our stuff round here, and don't like hearing khan the next great champion bull all the time.
I wouldn't argue with that - I actually wanted Limond to win for that very reason. But strip away the hype and it's hard not to be impressed by the guts he showed as a 20-year-old to haul himself back in and bust Limond up.
Twinkle Toes, you might well be right, but I still think he deserves credit for the way he responded to his crisis tonight.
We're also frequently too quick to write a boxer off - look at how 'chinny' Benn looked early in his career and how many people wrote him off after the Watson defeat. I'm not suggesting that Khan will be able to replicate this, I'm merely using it as an example of how we can be too quick to leap to definitive conclusions/statements rather than just expressing serious reservations.
stujones wrote:My initial sceptical reaction after Limond scoring the KD (immediately after) was "is this a set up job that could be going wrong". Why on earth didn't Limond just throw leather.... Khan was out on his feet and I don't think he had even fully recovered when the fight was over.
My thoughts exactly! He was still in la-la land at the end. More so than Limond.
I agree with Deserter and i think Khan came across well in the interview, he admitted he was hurt (i was wincing thinking he'd deny it) & said how he proved his worth by coming back from it in the following round. Also how he's still a relative novice so should be expected to learn and improve.
The commentators were more negative than i'm sure ITV were happy with.
So the reality wasn't repackaged for the non-boxing savvy.
If Khan is seen as a work in progress rather than an inevitable future world champ it should make the ride more interesting.
I remember this happening with Wlad Klitschko before he had been mowed down by Corrie. The hype machine had anointed him as heir apparent and it was just a question of how long poor Lennox would last against him once they got it on. Again we need to separate our disdain for the hype from dislike of the boxer.
stujones wrote:My initial sceptical reaction after Limond scoring the KD (immediately after) was "is this a set up job that could be going wrong". Why on earth didn't Limond just throw leather.... Khan was out on his feet and I don't think he had even fully recovered when the fight was over.
My thoughts exactly! He was still in la-la land at the end. More so than Limond.
Did you see Limond beckon to Khan to "come on" after the knock down? I would also agree that this fight wasn't legit...
Whatever the reason for Limond's retirement from the fight, his head appeared a lot clearer than Amir's at the end. Amir was extremely fatigued, his legs weren't strong and any decent puncher would have finished him. This was 2 rounds after Khan had been knocked down and I wouldn't have put money on him lasting 12 rounds.
