Floyd has been a defensive fighter his entire career, and to this point you can argue Khan has faced better competition early in his career then Floyd stuff when he was Khan's age. But i'm not going to compare those two because Floyd is in a class by himself, and composing him and Khan is utterly ridiculous. Khan is a young offensive minded fighter, who hasn't really put it all together as of yet. Hopefully, he gets another shot, because he had not ducked a single fighter IMO, and if anything that alone warrants him another shot, not to mention, the way he picked himself up and continued to battle back. Unlike Victor Ortiz, who would have probably have up aster the first KD.
Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Floyd has been a defensive fighter his entire career, and to this point you can argue Khan has faced better competition early in his career then Floyd stuff when he was Khan's age. But i'm not going to compare those two because Floyd is in a class by himself, and composing him and Khan is utterly ridiculous. Khan is a young offensive minded fighter, who hasn't really put it all together as of yet. Hopefully, he gets another shot, because he had not ducked a single fighter IMO, and if anything that alone warrants him another shot, not to mention, the way he picked himself up and continued to battle back. Unlike Victor Ortiz, who would have probably have up aster the first KD. -
Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Garcia was relaxed, Khan wasn't.
Garcia was patient, Khan wasn't.
Garcia has a chin. Khan doesn't.
The biggest threat to Garcia in this fight was the cut.
Sometimes you can't teach an old dog (or young dog) new tricks, even if the teacher is Freddy Roach. Khan's best defense is his offense and his combination of speed and power is pretty impressive. He obviously doesn't want to sit on his assets, he wants to use them. I'm not sure Freddy Roach told him otherwise. I'm not sure Freddy Roach could change anything about Khan's approach.Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Against Maidana and Peterson, Khan took many hard punches and didn't go down and went the distance. You gotta give Garcia credit for setting up Khan for a looping punch like that. Interestingly, Khan's camp wants a rematch in December, while Angel Garcia, Danny Garcia's father, was adament about not giving Khan a rematch in the post fight press conference, saying that Khan disrespected them leading up the the fight, saying stuff like Danny wants to fight the best, suggesting that Khan isn't anymore. It's very interesting, because Khan never really lobbied to rematch Prescott after he was knocked out then. I think this fight was very personal for both guys.Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
The Prescott KO was much more devastating then this. Khan didn't even ask for a rematch. He was tagged with some vicious punches.
*Including Carl Froch who has weighed in on Khan, and pretty much said he should retire.
EDIT: Appears Froch now backs Khan getting his title back.Last edited by JayBee74; 07-17-2012, 06:01 PM.Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Interesting aftereffects of this fight. Carl Froch says he was misquoted about suggesting Khan should retire. He said HE would retire if it was him because of the age factor (Froch is 35, Khan is 25).
Froch was reacting to Khan's comment about him.
"Carl's always got his little things to say, I think I'll leave it at that really"
Khan is also considering replacing Freddie Roach.Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Interesting aftereffects of this fight. Carl Froch says he was misquoted about suggesting Khan should retire. He said HE would retire if it was him because of the age factor (Froch is 35, Khan is 25).
Froch was reacting to Khan's comment about him.
"Carl's always got his little things to say, I think I'll leave it at that really"
Khan is also considering replacing Freddie Roach.Moderator
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
Floyd has been a defensive fighter his entire career, and to this point you can argue Khan has faced better competition early in his career then Floyd stuff when he was Khan's age. But i'm not going to compare those two because Floyd is in a class by himself, and composing him and Khan is utterly ridiculous. Khan is a young offensive minded fighter, who hasn't really put it all together as of yet. Hopefully, he gets another shot, because he had not ducked a single fighter IMO, and if anything that alone warrants him another shot, not to mention, the way he picked himself up and continued to battle back. Unlike Victor Ortiz, who would have probably have up aster the first KD.Last edited by Complex; 07-20-2012, 05:24 AM.Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/complex219Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
I think this is a good idea. Roach doesn't seem to focus enough on defense with his fighters. Manny, has shown that he can take a punch so he will get hit to hit his opponent even if he gets rocked. Khan has shown that he can't really box that way. Khan has the offensive skill, he needs a trainer that will teach him how to avoid the big shots. Floyd Sr gave Ricky Hatton the blue print to beating Pacquio for example but Ricky refused to listen or couldn't execute the game plan.Last edited by Complex; 07-20-2012, 05:24 AM.Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/complex219Comment
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Re: Khan vs Garcia - HBO BAD 07-14-2012
All in all a damn good fight.Comment
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