In my opinion, a well balanced assessment on Khan

[archie]

In my opinion, a well balanced assessment on Khan from Spencer Fearon..

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[robpalmer135]

spot on as usual from spencer. he should be on tv with bunce as there x pro.

[GazOC]

I wish he'd stop repeating himself...

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[archie]

Not really - it's a little too forgiving of the guys faults. but he certainly does need any more slating. The useless, chinless cunt.

Possbile a little forgiving, however you need to remember he is "still" only a young man and has time on his side..I think your assessement of young Amir "useless, chinless cunt" lacks the diplomacy of Mr Fearons :)

[archie]

I wish he'd stop repeating himself...

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apologies..missed that thread.

[elle]

I agree with some of that piece.

Not sure about his assessment of Khan's previous matchmaking being excellent though - putting super featherweights and past their best fighters in front of him wasn't exactly the best preparation for a puncher like Prescott. Perhaps having previously overwhelmed over matched opponents contributed to giving Khan false confidence going into this fight.

Also, its all very well criticising the choice of Prescott as opponent for Khan now given what has happened but lets not forget Khan was apparently on the verge of a World Title shot - it was inevitable he would need to be put in with a puncher before then.

[trotter]

I agree with some of that piece.

Not sure about his assessment of Khan's previous matchmaking being excellent though - putting super featherweights and past their best fighters in front of him wasn't exactly the best preparation for a puncher like Prescott. Perhaps having previously overwhelmed over matched opponents contributed to giving Khan false confidence going into this fight.

Also, its all very well criticising the choice of Prescott as opponent for Khan now given what has happened but lets not forget Khan was apparently on the verge of a World Title shot - it was inevitable he would need to be put in with a puncher before then.

I thought the matchmaking was good until the Limond fight, which changed everything. Since then they've been scrambling around a bit to make fights that will sell but are lowish risk.

He hasn't exactly been fed pushovers, Limond, Gomez, Earl are plenty good enough for a kid between fights 15-20.

I guess the glaring omission from his matches was someone with big power.

They got it wrong with Prescott though. I suspect they thought his high KO % was an anomaly.

[TFFP]

I thought the matchmaking was good until the Limond fight, which changed everything. Since then they've been scrambling around a bit to make fights that will sell but are lowish risk.

He hasn't exactly been fed pushovers, Limond, Gomez, Earl are plenty good enough for a kid between fights 15-20.

I guess the glaring omission from his matches was someone with big power.

They got it wrong with Prescott though. I suspect they thought his high KO % was an anomaly.
What's to say he punches THAT hard though? He's knocked out a bunch of amateurs with a number of fights you could count on one hand and now Khan, the glass jawed joke. I suspect amongst top class opposition he'll just be a good puncher, nothing out of this world.

He was the perfect less than schooled opponent for Khan to outbox easily, and then he could at least claim he's been in with a puncher. That was the logic anyway.

[robpalmer135]

I stil think Khan will be a world champ, but not for at least 3 years. he needs to do exactly what Spencer said. Get away from his family too.

[Beeston Brawler]

Good post TFFP

[trotter]

What's to say he punches THAT hard though? He's knocked out a bunch of amateurs with a number of fights you could count on one hand and now Khan, the glass jawed joke. I suspect amongst top class opposition he'll just be a good puncher, nothing out of this world.

He was the perfect less than schooled opponent for Khan to outbox easily, and then he could at least claim he's been in with a puncher. That was the logic anyway.

I agree entirely.

He was better than they expected (by ******'s own admission) but that doesn't mean he's anything special, far from it.

Team Khan thought they were getting a walkover with a padded record I think, someone to look good against on the PPV.

Turns out it was actually vice-versa.

[brown bomber]

The matchmaking has been shit. When you read his record there is no rhyme nor reason to it. One minute a credible fight against Limond then onto another small non-puncher. A fight with Gomez, a small SF who no longer has steam on his shots, followed by a sharp shooter nearly twice his size. It has been shit, myopic and has absolutely no cohesion. As Jim Watt said they were trying to build a record, not a fighter.

I like Khan on a personal level, he seems a nice guy. On the other hand he said he would beat Manny and Campbell plus stated he beat current British Champion Murray in sparring, getting all of the above terribly wrong in the process. Then he goes and says he is beyond British level, despite not winning a title or any hugely meaningful fights at the level.

They got the Commonwealth so they could draft in a bunch of Africans with nice records, probably got cold feet as those guys are tough, then brought in the Intercontinental (or whatever it is) so they could put him in with any old shite, and they got that wrong as well.

The phrase 'Lion led by donkeys' springs to mind.

The loss was bad for British boxing, good for boxing overall. People may start looking to improve a fighter fight-by-fight rather than build up a hugely inflated record and hope it will be alright when they move up a level.On the money - as usual.