The Boxing Thread

[CMcK]

I agree the ref did step in quite early. Gomez did look a bit unsteady when the result was being announced though. Maybe just the adrenaline wearing off?

[NW2013]

The body shots they both took were fairly brutal too. I think it could have gone on a bit longer but there only looked like being one winner.

[merf]

i'm quite unimpressed with khan, he throws very flashy fast but lightweight combos and gets hit far too easily.

plus he was boasting about only 1.5% body fat, great if you are a body buillder type but I seemto recall both Benn & Bruno having trouble with this as it ment they couldn't store energy for longer fights (or something like that).

i think he could be very good but seems to be getting into bad habits and isnt being well trained.

first decent top level european or top 15-20 world rank fighter he comes up against and at present i think he'll be in trouble

[VR46]

Khan is fighting again tonight, shame there is no more (free) ITV coverage of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7598723.stm

[mikewl]

Khan is fighting again tonight, shame there is no more (free) ITV coverage of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7598723.stm

£14.95 PPV, I will be giving it a miss, I don't think Sky should be expecting people to pay PPV for Khan yet.

[VR46]

I know, Sky Sports One fair enough but PPV, no way, so it'll be youtube in the morning for me

[merf]

can't see many forking out £15 for this, total rip-off and sky really taking the piss.

don't know when 2nd rate boxing became worth the ppv treatment but I shall vote with my wallet.

also got 3h of UFC 88 to watch tom as well so don't need this.

[VR46]

I've got that V+'d at 3am also

[wod]

lol well that was a rubbish fight khan kocked down in first round by prescott 54seconds in, glad i didn't pay 15 quid for this, watched it on a foregin tv channel

[MikeF]

Khan got his just deserts there, he is a cocky so and so. Put a decent hitter in front of him and see how he crumbles

The Arthur v Cooke fight was so much better

Wonder what is next for Khan now though

[wod]

i think hes been too big for his boots wanting world title fights too soon. those that paid 15 quid for the fight wont be doing it again for sure after that performance

lol he signing for sky should have stayed with itv after that

[VR46]

What a defeat though. His worst nightmare come true.

[merf]

that result been coming for a few fights, I've said it before but he was far too sloppy and believed his own hype.

I'm a bit of an old school fight fan, its fine to be flash when you have a few world title defences under your belt but when you shout your gob off like him having achieved very little, then actually believe it, its a recipe for disaster.

Not sure about his temperament at all, I think he could go like Naz and not take the defeat well.

I like my fighters a bit humble and respectful, like Ricky Hatton, Marvellous Marvin and even Tyson to a degree.

[Ajay1986]

I don't like Khan either, but imo Warren should have known this guy was going to be too much for him. The KO was pretty brutal and the fight should have been stopped after the first one.

[Nu-Eclipse]

but imo Warren should have known this guy was going to be too much for him. The KO was pretty brutal and the fight should have been stopped after the first one.

Agreed. It looks worse every time you see it again. I feel for the referee - yes, he should've stopped it after the first KO but to do so would've left him open to stick from the crowd and a bollocking from Warren and the Khan camp. Why didn't Amir's corner throw the towel in?

Breidis Prescott came into this fight with a prior record of 17 KO wins (11 within two rounds) from 19 fights and no losses, so clearly he was a banger even though his level of opponent wasn't much to speak of (though I don't see how that matters - if a guy can punch, he can punch!). The warning was there. The suggestion is that Khan's Cuban trainer Jorge Rubio played a part in recommending Prescott to Warren (though I think that Warren played more than his fair part in this than he's letting on, unsurprisingly). If so, I would assume that he has been (or will be) given his marching orders very soon.

It's a damaging defeat in the mental sense. Khan can come back from this, but his inability to take punch has been well and truly exposed. Rest assured that Frank Warren will now wrap him up in cotton wool and then some, keeping him well away from anybody with even the slightest bit of punching power. Also, he doesn't seem to have heeded the lessons from fighting Limond and Gomez and added any defensive skills to his game, which doesn't bode well at all for the future.

Finally, I have to say that it's truly disgusting and saddening to see how so many have now turned on Amir when they were probably singing his praises 1-2 years ago. There was a post-fight phone-in on BBC R5 Live and you wouldn't believe how many "armchair boxing experts" have crawled out of the woodwork to slate Khan for this, and that's not even mentioning various forums in and around the Internet. Talk about the classic British "build 'em up, knock 'em down" cliché. Disgraceful. He doesn't deserve that, and I'm saying this as somebody who wouldn't pay £15 PPV to watch the fight last night - that decision has to go down as another one of a series of incredibly poor management decisions from Warren and the Khan camp. Expect heads to roll over this.