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Amir Khan vs Mario Kindelan - Tomorrrow at the pre-olympic tournament.

This is where we will see how good Amir Khan REALLY is. Kindelan is special, so if Khan can beat him then I predict Khan for gold in Athens.

Southpaw Stylist wrote:Amir Khan vs Mario Kindelan - Tomorrrow at the pre-olympic tournament.

This is where we will see how good Amir Khan REALLY is. Kindelan is special, so if Khan can beat him then I predict Khan for gold in Athens.

Jesus, this is a real hard fight for Khan. Kindelan is a modern day Cuban great.

what a fight.

Is it on TV?

I think I remember one of you writing that Khan would struggle in Olympics because of the great Kindelan, so to fight him now would be very interesting.

Any chance of a Eurosport repeat in a few weeks?

Well come on then Khan!

Win or lose, great experience for Khan...

For those who don't know Kindelan, a little more about his pedigree.

He is the current Olympic Champ at 60 KG and national, world, pan-am and latino champion. He won Cuban sportsmen of the year last year and the director of the Cuban boxing team reckons he is their best fighter.

Should be a piece of cake for a teenager from Bury then.....

Loynesy wrote:For those who don't know Kindelan, a little more about his pedigree.

He is the current Olympic Champ at 60 KG and national, world, pan-am and latino champion. He won Cuban sportsmen of the year last year and the director of the Cuban boxing team reckons he is their best fighter.

Should be a piece of cake for a teenager from Bury then.....

Any updates on this one? I hope Khan gets through it okay.

He lost on points 33:13.

Kindelan just did what he had to do, and that was outbox him. No point trading with Khan.

Southpaw - No disgrace there, he is fighting a future two-time gold medal winner. The few times I have seen the Cuban (on TV) he looks immense.

Off-topic - was supposed to be going to the Olympic finals in Athens but have to be a best man at a wedding instead. My mate (the groom) pointed out that the Olympics are every four years and that a wedding should be for life - I have told him if he gets divorced beodre the next Olympics he is paying for our flight to Beijing....

No disgrace at all.

Kindelan is the best P4P amateur out there.

Southpaw Stylist wrote:He lost on points 33:13.

Kindelan just did what he had to do, and that was outbox him. No point trading with Khan.

Cheers, mate. Brilliant learning fight for Khan, and he certainly landed his share of punches.

I've only seen one amateur fight score where someone didn't land one punch Bennie.

Loynesy wrote:Southpaw - No disgrace there, he is fighting a future two-time gold medal winner. The few times I have seen the Cuban (on TV) he looks immense.

Off-topic - was supposed to be going to the Olympic finals in Athens but have to be a best man at a wedding instead. My mate (the groom) pointed out that the Olympics are every four years and that a wedding should be for life - I have told him if he gets divorced beodre the next Olympics he is paying for our flight to Beijing....

and so he should

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I've only seen one amateur fight score where someone didn't land one punch Bennie.

Two. Mark Ramsey met a certain Kostya Tszyu in the 1989 world amateur championships in Moscow and was trounced 22-0.

bennie wrote:

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I've only seen one amateur fight score where someone didn't land one punch Bennie.

Two. Mark Ramsey met a certain Kostya Tszyu in the 1989 world amateur championships in Moscow and was trounced 22-0.

Never realised that Ramsey has boxed Tszyu!! Sounds like KT was lucky the championships was in Moscow, if the match had been made in Digbeth, he woulda been in trouble... :P

TerribleTerry wrote:

bennie wrote:

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I've only seen one amateur fight score where someone didn't land one punch Bennie.

Two. Mark Ramsey met a certain Kostya Tszyu in the 1989 world amateur championships in Moscow and was trounced 22-0.

Never realised that Ramsey has boxed Tszyu!! Sounds like KT was lucky the championships was in Moscow, if the match had been made in Digbeth, he woulda been in trouble... :P

And in Small Heath.

Southpaw Stylist wrote:I've only seen one amateur fight score where someone didn't land one punch Bennie.

Which was?

Alexander Povetkin vs some guy in the Euros this year.

The kid's only 17 and just lost on points to probably the best amateur fighter out there right now. That's bloody impressive.

BN put him on the front cover several months ago. It's looking a good move.