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boxingchat wrote:

whicker wrote:Thaxton just ain't gonna happen, thats the way it is. However, if Thaxton were to have a couple more good fights, he then could be in a postion to challenge Khan further down the line- but time is against him.

MH and Thaxton really should concentrate on other matters now.

But they are obsessed. I wonder how Thaxton will feel whe he sees his £125k payday disappear over the horizon forever all because he listened to idiots?

When he's still paying his mortgage off in ten years time he'll have Hennessey and his egotisical friends to thank for it.

Must be one of the worst advised boxers of all time in the UK.

What happened to the other £75,000 we were led to believe that SN offered JT £200,000.

I dont think Thaxton will be worried about his mortgage after recieving a big insurance payout after getting injured in a road accident.It seems he is doing much better under the Hennessy promotional banner than SN.

Rumour has it KHAN will be leaving SN when his contract runs out and Hennessy seems to have his foot in the door with ITV.Maybe you should be worrying about paying your mortgage off BC lol.

Anyone on here with any kind of boxing Knowledge can see Khan is another Audley Harrison waiting to happen, comparisons to Hamed are ridiculous.They are only similar by the way that their families are involved which will be Khans downfall.

Khan is a very very poor Hatton at best.Sells tickets,fights bums cons the public.

theguru wrote: Khan is a very very poor Hatton at best.Sells tickets,fights bums cons the public.

I think its far too early to say that. Lets hope that his career moves forward, though. The ARE some tough opponents out there, after all.

nickd wrote:Khan is 6 in the world in the boxrec rankings.

I assume it doesn't take into account that his only 'world' level win is against a Feather/Superfeather.

Well, you can blame the computer system at boxrec - he is a similar ranking at Fightnews.

Haha, this Amir Khan sh#t doesnt even surprise me anymore!

We thought it might finally be a dodgy one v Yuri Romanov but no.

We hoped he may actually honour his mandatory with Thaxton but no.

It is yet another soft punching non-entity dressed as an eliminator (this is what you all get for giving credence to the WBO) in his backyard.

And so The Amir Khan Circus goes on, and on, and on, and...........................

well said. this is pure SN bilge. anything to dodge the real questions.

what pisses me off is that Lee Meager has been made Thaxton;s mandatory. Why? Meager drew his last fight in America, whereas John Murray won his. IMO Murray's win over Hickman was better than Meager's win over that guy on the Witter-Harris undercard. Meager was soundly beaten by Thaxton.

overhand right, its been said before, Thaxton would be pointless for Khan right now... he is after the Title... Thaxton will not get him that title nor a shot at it..

you got that?

you understand? want me to repeat it again??

btw, a poor hatton?

Hatton padded his career all the way up until latley, to his "American Dream" Period.

Atleast Khan is giving it a go after only 16 fights...

overhand right, its been said before, Thaxton would be pointless for Khan right now... he is after the Title... Thaxton will not get him that title nor a shot at it..

So being the British Champion is worthless? That's the problem with boxing and boxing fans now a days.

How often do we get to see an interesting domestic fight for the British title? Not very often. It used to be an honor to call yourself British Champion. Maybe this is why boxing isn't as popular as it once was.

Atleast Khan is giving it a go after only 16 fights...

I've clearly missed who's he's "giving it a ago" against. His best opponent to date is a none punching featherweight.

observer1 wrote:overhand right, its been said before, Thaxton would be pointless for Khan right now... he is after the Title... Thaxton will not get him that title nor a shot at it..

you got that?

you understand? want me to repeat it again??

btw, a poor hatton?

Hatton padded his career all the way up until latley, to his "American Dream" Period.

Atleast Khan is giving it a go after only 16 fights...

You really love Amir dont ya bud.

Fighting a guy like Thaxton would be genuine preperation for tough fights ahead-- he gave Ricky Hatton a real torrid night. Steering around him repeatedly to fight small feather-fisted guys is not genuine preperation for tough fights ahead.

Amirs team have clearly got a lot less confidence in your hero than you do matey.

Amir Kahn will face Martin Kristjansen in an eliminator for the WBO lightweight title on April 5th in his hometown of Bolton.

Also in the sport pages of my local paper today this was printed

TIMING IS WRONG FOR HATTON VS KAHN

Amir Kahn would welcome a domestic showdown with Ricky Hatton-but doubts it will ever happen. Promoter F.Warren has stated that Kahn will fight for the version of the world title sometime this year. After campaigning at lightweight for a further 12 months, Kahn intends to step up a division and has already talked about facing Hatton. But the olympic silver medallist believes Hatton will of hung up his gloves by the time he is ready for the fight. Kahn went on to say "I respect Ricky for everything he has done for boxing and he inspires me. He's a good and respected fighter, but i dont think he will be around in 18 months time, he will be retired im sure of it".

I knew Romanov was too dangerous.....

IS there any truth that Khan will be leaving SN after the next fight?

If so I expect FW to teach him a lesson and get him a tough fight..........

You really love Amir dont ya bud.

Maybe you just really hate him ?

fighting a guy like Thaxton would be genuine preperation for tough fights ahead-- he gave Ricky Hatton a real torrid night. Steering around him repeatedly to fight small feather-fisted guys is not genuine preperation for tough fights ahead.

Inded. I'd like to see him Fight Thaxton... But that will not help get him a title Shot quicker than Kritijanson (Sp?).

Come on, this is how Boxing works, would think you know more than that

I don't know why we're all waiting to see Khan fight someone who will essentially beat him. He is going to be a world champion, but right now he is not ready for a fight where the odds will be evens (!).

Come on, he needs more development.

stujones wrote:

nickd wrote:Khan is 6 in the world in the boxrec rankings.

I assume it doesn't take into account that his only 'world' level win is against a Feather/Superfeather.

Well, you can blame the computer system at boxrec - he is a similar ranking at fightviews.

He's actually ranked 8 in The Ring too. Based on what I'm not sure.

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I don't know why we're all waiting to see Khan fight someone who will essentially beat him. He is going to be a world champion, but right now he is not ready for a fight where the odds will be evens (!).

Come on, he needs more development.

You're dead right south paw. To draw a paralel, it's the same disease that happens in Football. Everyone wants and demands instant success.

What people fail to appreciate is that Amir is a work in progress. He's got good attributes and has made a promising start to his career - so support him for it. He's 21, he's British and good for the popularity of the sport.

Why people have to continually bang on about his glass chin, his dodging of opponents and be so cynical I don't know. They're probably the same people who boo Lampard for England and thought it was a good idea for Newcastle to sack Big Sam.

observer1 wrote: Inded. I'd like to see him Fight Thaxton... But that will not help get him a title Shot quicker than Kritijanson (Sp?).

Come on, this is how Boxing works, would think you know more than that

Do you think hes actually ready for a title shot observational one? Curious..................

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I don't know why we're all waiting to see Khan fight someone who will essentially beat him. He is going to be a world champion, but right now he is not ready for a fight where the odds will be evens (!).

Come on, he needs more development.

I don't want to see him in with someone who will essentially beat him but some 60-40 fights as opposed to 80-20 and 90-10 would be an improvement right now. At the end of the day they're the ones name dropping these dangerous guys and then fighting powder puffs. If they kept quiet and moved him along without all the hype and bollocks that they come out with then we'd be a lot more tolerant.