stinkydiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

idatomhue. yes i agree with you. khans been sparring with michael gomez recently for the fagan fight. gomez says he has lost weight and is faster and there is a big improvement. it'll be interesting to see how he's improved though.

idatomhue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

stinkydiz, There are examples of chinny boxers that have gone on to win win titles but they tend to be either elusive very difficult to hit or big punchers.Thomas Hearns was chinny but he had the best right hand in the business without it he would not have made it. Khan is fairly easy to hit and has moderate power his main asset is hand speed. I don't feel he has enough in the bag to negate his chin at world level. His close in fighting skills are very poor also.There are too many ???

718stunna (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

whereed he get the reebok boxing gloves

stinkydiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

an acid trip, mmmm. yes, its a shame for amir that is how he is. but evidently alot of people including top trainers feel you can go on and win a world title dispite being chinny.

idatomhue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

stinkydiz, As far as training is concerned to improve the chin It can't be done. You can learn to protect it but your innate chin is a genetic function. It is nothing to do with will power. You can train for pain anywhere else. The funny thing is getting chinned does not really hurt that much you feel the punch and then it is like you are on an acid trip. It is a strange surreal experience. You need to experience it to really understand it . It feels nothing like it looks like.

idatomhue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

stinkydiz, Getting hit on the temple is at a much lower level than getting chinned it is a different experience. Khan got wobled with the temple shot but could recover. If you are chinny and get nailed there it is like you are OK one minute then get nailed and it is like you are straight into a heavy acid trip that you can't get out of.Your consciousness is totaly altered. With a temple shot you have enough about you to move around to avoid trouble and recover to get a second wind.

stinkydiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

what about the left hook to the temple where gomez caught him? pacquiao had poor punch resistance to the body area and so he and roach used a martial arts technique using sticks to overcome this and it worked for him. i read roach was going to try martial arts techniques with khan to try and overcome his problem.

idatomhue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

stinkydiz, I used to box and many years ago sparred with a guy that fought for the world title Adrian Dodson. I could take all his shots to the head apart from when I was hit on the chin.When he caught me it was as if the fuse box went off I could not do anything about it but I could stay on my feet when he hit me anywhere else and it hurt. Khan will be able to stay on his feet if he is hit hard on the head providing it is not on the chin but on the chin it is lights out.

stinkydiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if he gets hit hard enough to cut, amir will be out for the count. i hate to be so negative about him but the truth is staring everyone in the face, even the biggest fan like me. it was just like micheal gomez said it was. world class with world class vulnerabilities and no power.

idatomhue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

OK I have something new to say that has not been said before. He will improve his defense under Roach and defend his chin better and last longer against better opponents when he eventually stops fighting bums and that means he will find out more about another potential weakness I have spotted. He has sharp features with low body fat that = vulnerability to cuts and that nose of his is the kind of nose a boxer is going to try and break. His physical make up is not designed to take beatings.