Khan boxed well against Crawford for 2-3 rounds, he made it close for that time despite getting dropped in round 1 and finishing it badly, but that's all, by round 6, Crawford had taken over, that's when the fight ended, Khan got accused of quitting, his reputation was damaged by the Crawford fight, so him not retiring is understandable, but he will only decline, will not get another opportunity this year unless he is very lucky, so he would be wise to retire. Khan was going to fight a likely very easy opponent in Goyat, all Asian battle, big fight in Arabia, but not around the world (as it was an obvious mismatch), Khan comes back after just 3 months out, that is soon, it wasn't going to matter against Goyat, but with Goyat out, and Dib replacing him, you have to question how much more of a real fight Khan is in.
Dib is a level above Goyat, he has been a world champion, he is a veteran, but he was never that good, defended his belt a few times, not against bad opponents, but he lost to Gradovich close, the rematch was a lot worse for him, and once he lost the title, he didn't really impress. Dib is 33, he has been in damaging fights against Gradovich, Miura, Farmer, he looked terrible against Farmer, got dropped, dominated, and I think he is shot now. Dib was a champion at 126, he was a big featherweight, he has fought mostly at 130 in the last 5 or 6 years, and he has fought at lightweight, but never in big fights, he has had just one fight above 135, that was a 6 round bout, in 2005. This fight is at 147, so it is a massive jump up in weight for Dib, we've seen fighters jumping up two weight classes in recent years, Khan against Alvarez, Brook against Golovkin, Garcia against Spence, but Dib's last fight against an opponent with a winning record was at 130, so he is jumping up 3 weight classes.
I think this will be an easy win for Khan, given the weight advantage, he should stop Dib, should be able to take Dib's power fairly well despite his well known weak chin, he is past his best, Khan, but so is Dib, who is older than Khan, also has a lot of miles, and I think Khan is a fair bit better than Dib. I think this will be less easy for Khan than the Goyat fight would have been, but not by much.
Khan has left Hunter again, what a joke, Khan has had more trainers than I've had hot dinners, he lost to Crawford because he wasn't good enough, lost the way he did because he is past his best, gets called a quitter because he stupidly didn't take the 5 minutes, not because his trainer made wrong decisions or wasn't good enough, not Roach's fault he got stopped by Garcia, not Hunter's fault he got knocked out by Alvarez or stopped by Crawford, and the trainer wasn't the problem in the Prescott fight.
Khan's gone and told everyone the Pacquiao fight is signed For November, hich makes no sense, Pacquiao has a big fight this week against Thurman, and unsurprisingly, Pacquiao's team have said the deal is not signed. Khan is an idiot.
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Champion97
Wed, 2019-07-03 16:50
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Re: Amir Khan vs Billy Dib
Prediction,
Khan boxed well against Crawford for 2-3 rounds, he made it close for that time despite getting dropped in round 1 and finishing it badly, but that's all, by round 6, Crawford had taken over, that's when the fight ended, Khan got accused of quitting, his reputation was damaged by the Crawford fight, so him not retiring is understandable, but he will only decline, will not get another opportunity this year unless he is very lucky, so he would be wise to retire. Khan was going to fight a likely very easy opponent in Goyat, all Asian battle, big fight in Arabia, but not around the world (as it was an obvious mismatch), Khan comes back after just 3 months out, that is soon, it wasn't going to matter against Goyat, but with Goyat out, and Dib replacing him, you have to question how much more of a real fight Khan is in.
Dib is a level above Goyat, he has been a world champion, he is a veteran, but he was never that good, defended his belt a few times, not against bad opponents, but he lost to Gradovich close, the rematch was a lot worse for him, and once he lost the title, he didn't really impress. Dib is 33, he has been in damaging fights against Gradovich, Miura, Farmer, he looked terrible against Farmer, got dropped, dominated, and I think he is shot now. Dib was a champion at 126, he was a big featherweight, he has fought mostly at 130 in the last 5 or 6 years, and he has fought at lightweight, but never in big fights, he has had just one fight above 135, that was a 6 round bout, in 2005. This fight is at 147, so it is a massive jump up in weight for Dib, we've seen fighters jumping up two weight classes in recent years, Khan against Alvarez, Brook against Golovkin, Garcia against Spence, but Dib's last fight against an opponent with a winning record was at 130, so he is jumping up 3 weight classes.
I think this will be an easy win for Khan, given the weight advantage, he should stop Dib, should be able to take Dib's power fairly well despite his well known weak chin, he is past his best, Khan, but so is Dib, who is older than Khan, also has a lot of miles, and I think Khan is a fair bit better than Dib. I think this will be less easy for Khan than the Goyat fight would have been, but not by much.
I think Khan stops Dib in 5 rounds.
Champion97
Thu, 2019-06-06 09:26
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Re: Amir Khan vs Neeraj Goyat
Khan has left Hunter again, what a joke, Khan has had more trainers than I've had hot dinners, he lost to Crawford because he wasn't good enough, lost the way he did because he is past his best, gets called a quitter because he stupidly didn't take the 5 minutes, not because his trainer made wrong decisions or wasn't good enough, not Roach's fault he got stopped by Garcia, not Hunter's fault he got knocked out by Alvarez or stopped by Crawford, and the trainer wasn't the problem in the Prescott fight.
Floyd tough com...
Wed, 2019-06-26 13:25
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Re: Amir Khan vs Billy Dib
Now he is fighting Billy Dib lmao
What a clown
Champion97
Sat, 2019-07-13 00:14
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Re: Amir Khan vs Billy Dib
Good performance from Khan, but I take nothing from it, he is active, he isn't shot, but he will be lucky if he gets another shot at a world title.
Champion97
Tue, 2019-07-16 09:44
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Re: Amir Khan vs Billy Dib
Khan's gone and told everyone the Pacquiao fight is signed For November, hich makes no sense, Pacquiao has a big fight this week against Thurman, and unsurprisingly, Pacquiao's team have said the deal is not signed. Khan is an idiot.