Amir Khan laboured to a fifth round stoppage of his opponent Gomez last Saturday, prompting many boxing insiders and even his followers to admit that the UK fighter is a long way away from the title fight he so badly craves.
While the victory was indeed morale boosting, its exposed many weaknesses Amir Khan would have rather concealed. Many critics have pointed out Khan’s weak chin, which was previously exposed by Willie Limond, and again was exposed by Gomez as he was knocked down. Another worrying thing about Khan was how many times he played into his opponent’s hands in term of tactics. As a result he was dragged into a ‘street fight’ trying to fight on the inside, and was made to pay by being caught off-guard with the left hook that floored him.
But as his promoter Frank Warren said, that is purpose of these fights. Not to take anything away from Khan, after all the points I have pointed out, to come back an win shows his championship credentials. He is steadily moving up the learning curve, and win hard work we can expect not only a title victory, but a long title defence which will further stamp his supremacy in the sport of boxing.
This is the video of the last round (5)
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