Khan v Lawton - Commonwealth Lightweight Title Fight!

[elle]

We all know what happened during Khan's fight with Limond in July when he came back from a knockdown to capture the Commonwealth Title.

Since then we have discussed his 'Angry Young Men' reality tv show, his fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, the cyrotherapy he has been undergoing (aids sports recovery) and his latest prediction that he will become a World Champion within 5 fights.

Well the first of those fights is on Saturday when he will be making his first defence of the Commonwealth Title against Scott Lawton.

Lawton, who is from the Midlands, has sold a lot of tickets for this fight
and fancies his chances - he watches the Limond fight every day and believes he can take advantage of the weakness in Khans defence.

Khan admits he learned alot from the Limond fight and is determined to do himself justice in his next performance.

No disrespect to Lawton who is a fighter I respect but the stats seem to suggest this is a step backward for Khan - Lawton is 97 in the world ratings (Khan in top 15) and Limond is at 70 even after his defeat. Lawton has 4 KO wins out of 24 which is half the amount Limond has on his record. No surprise then that Khan is a huge favourite with the bookies.

But can Lawton cause an upset? Will we see a much improved fighter in Khan?

[BeGGeRs]

Lawton is a good tidy boxer but khan will be to way strong for him.. Iam thinking it will be a gd fight and khan to win on points. I would love to see lawton win though..

[achillesthegreat]

Lawton is a good domestic fighter and a respectable first defence BUT we don't care about Khan being domestic. Domestic should be a stepping stone onto Europe then the world.

Khan had a scare and still needs to improve so an easy fight is ok HOWEVER he needs to fight Thaxton.

All this Khan v Mitchell, Murray etc is bollocks Khan needs to win the British title and move on. I believe ****** is hyping those fights so he can keep Khan away from Diaz, Diaz, Casamayor etc

Who would you rather your fighter face? Diaz or Mitchell?

[NOrth]

Who exactly has Khan at 15th in the world?

Lawton is a good learnign fight, and in my opinion is acceptable as an opponent at this stage. Nobody complained when he fought Thaxton for the British title, did they? Afte Lawton is Earl in December, another acceptable contest for this point in khans career and not by any means a foregone conclusion. Especially if we see the earl that defeated romanov.

[Max Molyneux]

The WBC have Khan at 13 In the world.

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[NOrth]

Ha ha, how ludicrous. No chance.

[Big Ears]

Ha ha, how ludicrous. No chance.

He's 7th with the WBO , and Earl is 8th so if Khan beats him after Lawton he will shoot up the rankings .

Thaxton is unranked by the WBO and 29th in the WBC . Shows you how much having a big promoter helps you .

[elle]

Khan had a scare and still needs to improve so an easy fight is ok HOWEVER he needs to fight Thaxton.


According to FWTV today, Khan has admitted he is unlikely to face Thaxton for another 2 fights but is quoted as saying he is going to shut Thaxton up and a lot of other people to prove he is the best.

Khan is also quoted as saying that although Thaxton is strong and a good fighter when he came up against guys like Hatton and Magee he lost.

Khan says Thaxton is too slow and predictable, is a 4 or 5 round fighter and then hes knackered. Says he would box Thaxtons head off and keep hitting him until the referee had to intervene!

[stake501]

Jesus....talking like that is asking for trouble, especially when you almost got knocked out last fight.


If Khan takes on Thaxton after two more fights (Lawton then Stewart then Earl), I would be very surprised.

[elle]

Khan may be more famous and wealthy but as Thaxton is a boxer who has achieved more in the sport than him I find his latest comments both unnecessary and disrespectful.

[Max Molyneux]

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Khan thinks he can defy the powa of Frank!

Khan will have to deal with Thaxton next If he beats Lawton anyway and If Jono beats Stewart.

[rooq]

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Khan thinks he can defy the powa of Frank!

Khan will have to deal with Thaxton next If he beats Lawton anyway and If Jono beats Stewart.

only way he can do that is to completely annihilate any opponent FW puts in front of him, thus forcing frank to raise the level of opposition more quickly than he intends to...which is pretty much why ****** was forced to throw him in with limond.

[elle]

Hope Khan's struggle to make the weight for this fight doesn't become a factor as I would really like to see this one go the distance - think Khan needs to get more rounds under his belt.

[dwilson]

Lawton is a good opponent for Khan at this stage of his career and I see Khan winning by late ko.

[Big Ears]

Lawton is a good opponent for Khan at this stage of his career and I see Khan winning by late ko.

I reckon Khan will have taken care of him by the half-way stage , Lawton's height is normally an advantage for him but not in this case and I feel he will struggle to get off offensively because of it .

I'm thinking corner stoppage after Lawton taking a few too many .

[PrideOfWales]

Is it me or does Khan looks slightly scared?

[faisal]

hey some 1 post a round by round

[sandwichsurgeon]

That MC is shit.

[PrideOfWales]

Great work from the MC - round 1 underway

[faisal]

i'm in prague studying medicine!! i'm not in england

[PrideOfWales]

I enjoyed the MC - really gritty , short, sharp and hard

[My dinner with Conteh]

That MC is shit.


He used to be in Grange Hill. :D

[vacious]

Scared? - Doesnt sound good!... Have they started?

Please post some updates as ive no tv/radio coverage in the Netherlands

Cheers

[PrideOfWales]

Khan caught with an overhand right

[vacious]

wobbled?

[sandwichsurgeon]

Khan having trouble making weight, how very convenient expect him to fight the paper cham Rees soon enough.

[PrideOfWales]

Khan's round easily - got caught early diving in but beating Lawton to the punch - in fact, Lawton didn't throw much at all in that round.

[sandwichsurgeon]

Lawton getting smacked about as Khan gets his timing down.

[vacious]

Thanks for the updates Pride!

Pls keep em coming

[PrideOfWales]

Round 2 to Khan - landing with the more frequency - landed some hard shots. No wobbles from Lawton yet but you sense it's coming. Hard to understand his tactics, seems to freeze when Khan punches.

[bratwurzt]

Nice of Danny Williams to lend Khan his shorts.

[PrideOfWales]

Lawton lands well when he throws his solid lead left... but he's only thrown it twice. Khan works the body to get Lawton's hands down...

[PrideOfWales]

Pace dropped a bit that round but still Khan's round. Lawton gambling that he'll catch Amir later in the fight?

[Danny Ocean]

lawton hasnt commited to an atTACK YET

[PrideOfWales]

Lawton stopped... premature.

[Boro chris]

Khan by stoppage. a bit premature.

[sandwichsurgeon]

Fuck off pussy ref.

[PrideOfWales]

Thoroughly outclassed but didn't put up a fight.

I still don't like Khan jumping in with both fists - he doesn't have any confidence in his own chin, we all know why

[My dinner with Conteh]

Stopped a bit too soon but the result was inevitable.

[Boro chris]

To be fair Khan looked decent tonight.

[mike464]

That was a joke. Khan needs to stop fighting hand-picked opponents.

[PrideOfWales]

If I were Fwank, I wouldn't put Amir Khan in with Earl or Thaxton yet.

[Boro chris]

That was a joke. Khan needs to stop fighting hand-picked opponents.

I think he's being matched quite well at the moment considering his well publicised weaknesses.

[Strike]

That was a joke. Khan needs to stop fighting hand-picked opponents.

That is not a crap opponent. It is exactly who he should be fighting at this stage. The guy went 7 with the British champion and Khan did him much easier. His next fight should be looking towards the top domestic fighters and that is a sensible progression.

[faisal]

lads please upload the video ASAP i'm all the way in prague i wanna watch the fight as well as pryce-conception,

[somerset]

Heard the result on the radio of Pryce - Conception.... noteworthy... may be on tv in a minute....

[Boro chris]

Having watched the replays I don't think the stoppage was that bad actually.

[faisal]

some 1 upload the fuckin vids please this is fuckin murder !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Claypole]

The Khan circus is becoming a bit of a joke. Lawton was handpicked, he was coming off a stoppage loss and is a particularly light puncher. He completely froze and offered no kind of challenge.
No doubt people here will read far too much into this win, and will think that this victory (quicker than Thaxton's) combined with Jon's performance last night means that Khan would beat John Thaxton.
People need to take a reality check with Amir Khan instead of getting as excited as the ITV commentators.

[PrideOfWales]

Pryce - Concepcion showing now on ITV... just doing the intros.

[mike464]

That is not a crap opponent. It is exactly who he should be fighting at this stage. The guy went 7 with the British champion and Khan did him much easier. His next fight should be looking towards the top domestic fighters and that is a sensible progression.He was hand picked because he only has 4 knockouts to his name.

[PrideOfWales]

I'm crying out for Pryce to throw an uppercut here! Concepcion wide open for it.

[sandwichsurgeon]

He Got Ktfo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PrideOfWales]

Jesus... good performance from Pryce. You just wonder about him stepping up though. Commonwealth, British and maybe European is his level. Ships far too much punishment for a normal human sometimes.

[dwilson]

It will be very interesting to see how Khan copes when put in wit a puncher but still that was impressive. Lawton was poor but Khan looked good.

[elle]

Was a good performance by Khan and the improvement from his last fight is encouraging.

Completely one sided fight though and disappointed Lawton allowed Khan to dominate and didn't test him - he hardly landed a punch. In that respect Lawton was a step backwards from the Limond fight in my opinion.

To really assess how good Khan is he does need to be put in with better quality opponents now who will test him. Earl or Thaxton would be a definite step up for Khan - whether they are on the slide or not?

We haven't seen Earl in action since the Katsidis fight which is unfortunate. As for Thaxton - he didn't look particularly impressive in his last bout but despite his poor performance he still won against a really worthy challenger in Stewart who had a good gameplan and boxed well. Thaxtons strength and stamina over 12 rounds did prevail in the end - he just doesn't give up even when things aren't going his way and would still present a huge risk to Khan who has yet to face a known puncher. It does work both ways and would be a risk for Thaxton too - but one worth taking in my view.

[AAA]

Khan looked good, but my god Lawton was awful. No wonder Khan looked so confident...with 4 KO's, he must have known he could walk through Lawton. Didn't much help himself by freezing basically from the first bell and letting Khan back him up either.

Khan is making decent fighters look amatuers at the moment...but he's not actually been put in with a 'dangerous' decent fighter yet. Lawton was a step back even from Limond.

[achillesthegreat]

Lawton started like he was there to fight but Khan never let him into the fight.

Khan has improved. The finish was beautiful work. When Khan got him on the ropes he'd fire off and step off so he wasn't there for the counter. Generally he kept his gloves higher and moved his head. He wasn't leaning forward either.

Great stuff. Lawton is by no means a measure of world potential but Khan did what he should against such an opponent - he dominated. Good domestic scrap as LAwton was the English champ. Before that Khan fought the Commonwealth champ and is now being lined up for a former British champ, then the actual British champ. So domestically he is on point.