Entries tagged with "Amir+Khan":
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"I'm from Brooklyn. I don't have a problem taking the long, hard, grinding road. I wasn't the golden boy. I wasn't the guy…"
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As far as Khan is concerned, Judah is all bark and no bite, talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, and he’ll roll over when the going gets tough…
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When he uses his great length, pumping that jab more actively, as Maestro Freddie has taught him, then, yes, artist...
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"Zab will have to press the fight, to make the fight. He likes to counter. He likes to box a little bit. He likes to pick his spots..."
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I have bought into the hype behind Khan—and fully expect him to win decisively and head to 147 to make serious noise...
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When they meet in the ring, Khan will be viewing Judah as another obstacle in his climb up the ladder, another obstruction on the road to Mayweather...
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I am looking over at what used to be the "Fight Museum" on the gaming floor of Mandalay Bay, but it's not there anymore...
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Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Network about Saturday's junior welterweight unification bout between WBA champion Amir “King” Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) and IBF champion Zab “Super” Judah (41-6, 28 KOs) at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. They also discussed the return of James Kirkland on the Khan-Judah undercard, and 42-year-old Antonio Tarver's shocking victory over Danny Green in Australia...
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I am right off the corner and Sweet Pea is giving it to Zab, "Fight back! Fight back!" Judah bleeding and family, mom and kids are crying...
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Judah’s actions explain Judah. He hypes himself up. He talks a great game. But against elite opposition, he falls short every time...
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Zab Judah had a lot to prove Saturday night, and he succeeded in proving little. Khan's youth, height and reach were obstacles everyone knew Zab would have to overcome to win the fight. But Judah seemed to have nothing, no competitive spirit, not even, alas, pride. Zab may never have been the best of the best, as his record indicates, but on occasion he flirted with greatness. That, unfortunately, wasn't the case against Amir Khan...
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Almost everyone agrees that Judah—the new Judah, the old Judah, whichever Judah one chooses—didn’t acquit himself in a manner befitting a champion…
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Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Network about last week’s junior welterweight unification bout between WBA/IBF champion Amir Khan and Zab Judah at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. They also discussed Tyson Fury's decision over Dereck Chisora at Wembley Arena in London, England, and what we can expect from Fury in the future...
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There are rules in boxing. Rules are meant to put constraints on the combatants, and the referee is supposed to make sure those rules are adhered to…
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If two letters of Khan’s name were reversed and he was Kahn instead of Khan, he’d be welcomed with open arms and led to the nearest shul...
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“And Mayweather is beginning to operate like a surgeon," said Jim Lampley. "Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality..."
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"The importance of this win was immeasurable," Lee said. "It had been years coming. If not for tonight, I would've been haunted forever..."
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In a press conference that featured as many political luminaries as it did boxing figures, it was standing room only at The W Washington DC Hotel...
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Boxing has been likened to a circus, which might have once been true. But now the sideshow has been elevated to center ring…
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Most boxing fans are not Hollywood A-listers, but rather, are working-class people who look to boxing as an escape from their daily toil...
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Mitchell is poised, well-disciplined, but when it comes down to heated moments in the ring—a manufacturer of sheer mayhem...
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A hand that never properly healed, living in Las Vegas, staying out late and drinking—not ideal for a boxer who dreamed of a title…
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Floyd Mayweather remains the reigning pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with Manny Pacquiao still at number two...
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In some way Brandon Rios is very similar to Margarito and in other ways the differences are stark….
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Peterson is eager to show his hometown fans how far he has come from the days when he was a nine-year-old selling crack…
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While Khan was posing for photos around DC's landmarks—Peterson was taking care of business in the grittier corridors of Chocolate City...
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On Dec. 11, 2010, Amir Khan defended his WBA junior welterweight title against hard-hitting Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Both fighters had a single loss on their records. Khan was 23-1 and Maidana was 29-1. Those who doubted he had the stones to dig deep and come back from adversity learned something essential about Khan in this fight...
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“That fight will never happen,” Khan insisted. “I've always said to Freddie and Manny, Manny knows himself, we won't fight each other…”
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Santa I would ask you to consider an Immaculate Conception, that being the idea of finally having Manny Pacquiao fight Floyd Mayweather…
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In his last fight, on July 23, 2011, Amir Khan fought Zab Judah at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for the WBA/IBF junior welterweight titles. Khan was 25-1 at the time. Judah was 41-6. But both fighters had fought their way back from oblivion and everyone expected a competitive contest. But Khan was too young, too big, too confident, too assertive for Judah to contend with. Zab may have had a bad night. Amir, by contrast, had a very good night...
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“You got a lot of people that watch boxing, speak about boxing, but don't understand boxing or the business behind boxing…”
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“If he wants to fight on the inside I will hurt him.,” said Peterson. “People are crazy for thinking I can’t hurt this kid…”