Amir Khan needs to stop talking and start winning. In each of his last two fights, British welterweight Amir Khan entered the ring as the heavy favorite.
He was supposed to walk through both Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia, paving the way for potential superfights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. But a strange thing happened to Khan. He got beat. Twice. Once by spectacular knockout. But you’d never know it with the way the Brit and his team have been talking lately. They seem to have not gotten the message that Khan is no longer considered an elite-level prospect, and in fact, many argue that his losses exposed him.
Don’t forget, Garcia wasn’t the first man to knock out Khan in spectacular fashion. Brendis Prescott also pulled off the feat in the first round of their 2008 fight. And like the others, Khan was expected to handily beat him, too. So coming off his latest knockout loss, you’d be right to expect a little humility from Khan and his camp, which includes new trainer Virgil Hunter, who has done wonders for Andre Ward’s career. It turns out, you’d be wrong.
Khan has spent the last several months calling out potential opponents, feeling he has the right to dictate terms. Before settling on relative unknown Carlos Molina, who has little power and will have to come up in weight, Khan was dismissive of another undefeated fighter, former two-time world champion Joan Guzman.
I want someone who is a bit more credible than him. I’ve come from world title fights and he [Guzman] might be a little below that. You’d think he was Floyd Mayweather Jr. with the way he dismisses an undefeated former two-time, two-weight division champion.
KHAN needs work on his defense, Virgil will help him! You will see a different Khan come 15 Dec. He has the ability to become a great fighter, trying to put on a show every time wont work against the top fighters.
Im sure he will learn something from Virgil and Ward.
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