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...As David Bailey.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=252923

I was going to start a thread asking for suggestions as to who Khan should fight on his debut, but I've just noticed this guy's penned in. Don't know how long he's been the named opponent for. Anyway.

Any thoughts? I know Alledgedly wouldn't quite put Khan in with Corrales for his first fight, but my (completely ingenious and foolproof) rule of thumb about debutant's is that if their going to be BIG, then their very first opponent will have more wins than losses to their name. (please don't start shooting me down like mentioning Hopkins and stuff who actually lost)

Basically, I know Khan is very young innexperienced and all that, but if he is going to be a genuine world contender, is a usual SN schedule of fighting guys with 1-2-2 and 8-35-1 going to be sufficient for Khan's development?

I think you can confidently expect a fairly gentle introduction to the professional game for Amir, with any criticism brushed off with the "he's still only 19/20/21, etc" line. I know he's talked about winning a world title by the time he's 21, etc, etc but all that rhetoric won't rush Warren into risking his commercial value before he's more than ready, we know that much from Hatton's career. One thing to bear in mind with Khan, despite his Olympic efforts he hasn't actually done that much amateur boxing against grown men, this would have been his first senior season I believe, so that's probably another reason for some less than formidable opponents for a year or three.

Apologies, I'm blind.

http://www.boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29804