Khan v Gomez

[Karabiner]

Great fight.

Think that shows that Khan still has LOTS to learn, especially in terms of his defence.

I think the ref stopped it two or three seconds too early.  He could have given Gomez a chance to see if he could survive and give anything back.  I don't think he would have gone on much longer, but at this level I think he should have had that chance.

Agree with everything except the last bit, Gomez had taken six or seven big shots without responding.

Ref. was correct to stop it imo.

[cambo]

thinks its more to do with tactics, he got dragged into the kinda fight gomez wanted ,  ego got the better of him same as the way arther did

[Hairydude]

Great fight.

Think that shows that Khan still has LOTS to learn, especially in terms of his defence.

I think the ref stopped it two or three seconds too early.  He could have given Gomez a chance to see if he could survive and give anything back.  I don't think he would have gone on much longer, but at this level I think he should have had that chance.

Just watched the replay there- khan only connected with 2 of those punches at the end there so your probably right. I think he does have a lot to learn BUT I think he's also showed that he's not scared of a scrap if thats whats required. I wish it went on another rounds too but think it would be the end result- Khans obviously just the younger and fresher fighter- Gomez doesnt have it in the tank now

[kinboshi]

Funny thing is, if Khan had managed to tag Gomez again with a good combination of shots in the first round and it had meant he got a stoppage then, people would have said it was a total mis-match and Gomez wasn't good enough.

[Graham C]

Cracking fight!!  Had a few £ on round 4 and 5 for Khan and I was gutted after about 20 seconds lol. 

Great stuff though, hopefully Khan will continue to improve and get a world title fight in the next year or so.

[GlasgowBandit]

I think Gomez is definitely well past his best but what a corageous performance.  I think in spells Khan looked really good.  I still don't think he's up there with the best though and has a lot of learning to do.

[kinboshi]

I think Gomez is definitely well past his best but what a corageous performance.  I think in spells Khan looked really good.  I still don't think he's up there with the best though and has a lot of learning to do.

Pretty much sums it up perfectly for me.

[Nem]

I hope Khan gets trained by a top, top trainer as he has all the tools to become a multi weight world champion. He's a HUGE lightweight.

[Rooky9]

Khan's hand speed on some of the long range combinations was unbeliveable. Cracking fight too.

[kinboshi]

I hope Khan gets trained by a top, top trainer as he has all the tools to become a multi weight world champion. He's a HUGE lightweight.

I was saying the same to the missus last night.  Khan dwarfs the other lightweights, he certainly has the natural strength, power and speed - he just needs to be given the right training.  He still looks very amateurish at times.

[DaveShoelace]

I watched it in the pub and the sound was down, how long till they mentioned 'born in a car?'

Ref stopped it totally at the right time, its not just about clean punches, its about Gomez not being able to defend himself. Good show by Gomez, I hope he got well paid for that as I doubt he has many pay days left.

Khan has plenty of exploitable weaknesses, but he always has that leveler in that he will have no problem knocking out anyone at this weight, if he can get through a war with a world class fighter, he'll be better for it. I agree with whoever said earlier that a multi weight world champ he will be, he could even get as high as middleweight and still retain the punch power, hes only 21.

But an undeafeated fighter, no chance, but thats what makes him good value I guess.

[kinboshi]

You were spot on about the 'born in a car'.  Half way through his walk to the ring and it was mentioned.

[scotty2hatty]

Anyone any idea where I can catch this online?

[Rooky9]

I agree with whoever said earlier that a multi weight world champ he will be, he could even get as high as middleweight and still retain the punch power, hes only 21.

I really don't think he has the drive to be around long enough to get anywhere near middleweight. How many weights will most likely depend on where the $$$ fighters are.

[kinboshi]

What about the rumours that Khan's more interested in being a gangster?  I have a few mates down that neck of the woods and they tell me that Khan is scumbag who's know more as a racist and wannabe gangster ......

To be honest I think they're just that, rumours. 

I heard the same about Naz when I was in Sheffield.  So many wanted him to fail from early in his career.  Every week I heard stories about him getting beaten up by a bloke in a chip shop about some drug deal (or stolen goods, it changed each time) and every week it would be in a different part of Sheffield where the incident happened and each time it was a story retold from a mate who was there.

No one seems to want to mention the charity work a lot of boxers do, the work they do with other fighters in the same gym, etc.  It's only the rumours of them doing something wrong that grabs people's interest and imagination.