8/12/2023 0 Comments Amir khan boxer weight class![]() ![]() The unbeaten American announced his arrival in the big time in 2012 when he defeated Erik Morales twice and knocked out the more fancied Amir Khan. He will again defend his IBF title in October and has emerged as a real world-class act. He appears though to have recovered well, if his performances against Jo Jo Dan and Frankie Gavin are anything to go by. He inflicted the only loss so far in Shawn Porter’s career to earn a world title in the American’s backyard in August last year in a surprise but deserved victory, but soon after suffered life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed in the leg during a holiday with a machete. It has been a roller-coaster year for the powerful 29-year-old Briton. But he was caught in the final moments of the fight and had a blundering referee to thank for calling time early. ![]() His last appearance, in June, was controversial, when he dominated Jessie Vargas for 12 rounds to earn a deserved unanimous decision. Part of the reticence is the lack of a knockout punch, hence just the 12 KOs. There is a feeling that Bradley, 32, never quite gets the recognition he deserves – and that includes from judges, who somehow figured it a draw last year against Diego Chaves, even though most observers had the American ahead. He was seemingly on a fast track to stardom but then was knocked out in the first round to the little-fancied Breidis Prescott in 2008, his first defeat, and suffered further damaging losses in 20 to dent the Briton’s stellar reputation. It may seem silly for a fighter aged 28, but the jury is still out on whether Khan has what it takes – specifically, whether he has the defensive nous and the chin – to make the transition from a very good fighter with some of the fastest hands in the business to an elite-class one. With Manny Pacquiao – beaten on points by Mayweather in May in a “fight of the century” that flopped – also in the twilight of his career at 36, the door is wide open for a new generation to take over the weight class, the most exciting in boxing right now. ![]() If the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather, 38, keeps to his word and retires after Saturday's world title fight against the unfancied Andre Berto there is no shortage of talented fighters in the welterweight division lining up to inherit his crown. The pound-for-pound king is nearly dead – or so he says – long live the king. ![]()
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