Khan Knocked Down

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Jesus - Khans in big trouble here isn't he

I just caught it on now. Hows it looking if it goes to points. Who is ahead?

Ive never liked Khan. To arrogant and expecting too much too early in his career.

Anyone else watching this? I know Slick will be, he hates to watch a fight

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Now Khans knocked him down. Like i say i dont like him much at all but this would do wonders for him showing he can come back from a knock down. He looked out on his feet last round.

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Well Khan ends up winning.

If Limond had been a bigger hitter he wouldve put Khan away here. Gives Khan food for thought doesnt it? Put one of the Mexicans etc in there with Khan right now and Khan, at this time, wouldnt last imo.

This will hopefully put his feet back on the ground where he can learn from it for future fights.

Just been reading something about Khan getting a 12 count and not 10??? Whats that all about?

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Limond broken jaw

[Beanie]

Was a bit drunk but looked a good knock about from what I saw. Good result for both fighters I suppose...Limond went toe to toe with Kahn and caused him a lot of probs and so should get some decent fights on the back of that, Kahn probably needed to get hit hard a few times as he'd find it tricky to go into the world title biffs having just been slapping a bunch of mugs silly for months on end.

Wouldn't call Kahn arrogant Kiko - Prince Naseem was arrogant, Kahn on the other hand seems to have his feet on the ground, and will hopefully take tonight as a learning experience he needed and go on to fulfil his (huge) potential.

[Hippy Dave]

Originally Posted by Kiko

Put one of the Mexicans etc in there with Khan right now and Khan, at this time, wouldnt last imo.

This just sums up what is wrong with most boxing fans. That was Khan's 13th fight - he fought and beat a very decent fighter in Limond (28-1 record going into this fight, and at a decent level albeit at a lower weight at times).

No-one in the world (including Khan) would expect him to beat these Mexicans you talk about at this stage of his career.

Incidentally the 3 Mexican fighters above him in the boxrec Lightweight rankings are Juan Diaz, Jesus Chavez and Hector Velazquez. Their 13th fights of their careers were against opponent with records of 11-16-2, 15-5-1 and a debutant who ended up fighting and losing 3 times.

Recent succesful British fighters 13th fights

Joe Calaghe beat Nick Manners (9-3-1)
Lennox Lewis beat Mike Acey (11-4-1)
Ricky Hatton beat Dillon Carew (10-3-1)
Naseem Hamed beat Antonio Picardi (24-10-0)

Of course he's not going to beat the top fighters in the division yet, that's why he's not fighting them at the moment. Judge him in 2 or 3 years time. Yuo can't expect an amateur, even a top class one, to make the jump to being a top pro in such a short time.

Always going to be question marks over his chin until he takes a decent punch. Didn't see tonights fight, but Limond has never been the heaviest puncher so doesn't look great for Khan.

However, Hatton got knocked down by Eamonn Magee, and since then has never looked back.

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Dave am i right in thinking Lomond stepped up a weight and isn't a big hitter?

If so that should send alarm bells ringing imo.

I appreciate he may well be very young and lots to learn but from what i see he doesnt seem to be learning all that quick.

His feet and movement seems to be getting worse. He is still continuing to keep his arms too low leaving himself very open.

The more fights i see the 'experts' seem to be getting into him more and more for the reasons mentioned above.

[Hippy Dave]

I agree with most of that post. But the point is that almost every single fighter in the history of boxing has taken at least 20 fights to get anywhere near their top ability, most will peak after around 30 or more fights.

Whether he was knocked down or not, and even against Limond who isn't a big puncher, he did beat a very good operator in Limond, above the standard of the opponents that most fight this early in his career.

There's always going to be a question mark over his chin, but bear in mind that even though Limond's not a big pucher Khan probably hasn't taken any bigger punches in his career than those that Limond threw. See how he reacts next time he's caught - I would pretty much guarantee that he will stay on his feet.

[raven]

This just sums up what is wrong with most boxing fans. That was Khan's 13th fight - he fought and beat a very decent fighter in Limond (28-1 record going into this fight, and at a decent level albeit at a lower weight at times).

Yup, dave. People who casually watch boxing mostly know FUCK ALL.

A fight that'll stand Khan in good stead going forward imo.

Still, his balance ain't great and combined with his stance - leaves him way too open to hooks. Plenty of time to correct these flaws, however.

I did laugh at Limond's corner though - it was easy to spot where he could get some joy in this fight, but the best advice he given to him was "get intae him!" type instructions.

[keemanan]

Kiko just hates Khan cos he's English , you can always tell cos he uses 'arrogant' when he really means English.

[Seen]

I agree Keema - racism at it's worst.

[slick]

I agree with Dave as Khan is still on a learning curve and hopefully will take a lot out of this fight.
getting knocked down should do him more good than harm as he now see's he's not invincible and cannot just enter a fight expecting to steamroller anybody in front of him.

Khan has the makings of an excellent boxer and posses's a lot of power for a lightweight, he's still a cracking prospect for the future and lets not forget he's still only a kid and has only just stepped up to the full 12 round fights.

Limond is no mug and gave Khan a real lesson on what to expect in future fights, Khan still has a lot to learn but will i'm sure come out all the better for what happened last night.

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It was a good fight to watch, I was glad when Limond put Khan down and just as pleased when Khan showed that he had what is needed to come back and win.

[all_funkt_up]

Good fight indeed. Did anyone stay tuned for Sprott and Skelton?

*yawn*

It had Williams/Harrison written all over it.

An absolute disgrace.

[slick]

I switched over after 2 rounds AFU as like u say it was total shite, Just spotted this on you tube and even after seeing the interview live at the time never noticed Khan was another Bruno if u know what i mean..