I am not ready to say Khan will be new and improved but I have said it forever and Ward echoed it as well. Khan is great offensively, but lacks a lot of other things. I mean let's be real here, look at Roach's fighters with an honest eye, which of them has a game plan when they get backed up or the person in front of them doesn't go away when they hit them? Take away the Pacmania love BS out of this equation and really look at it. ALL of his fighters, are lost or look ordinary when they are not dominating the guy in front of them defensively. Pac, Kayode, JCC and Khan. Roach is a great trainer but he truly just does not teach defense or infighting, period. You can see it when he works mitts too, just watch any 24/7. It is always jump in punch 1-2-3 combo, duck out. Over and over again. Khan is like Wlad K., the kid has amazing natural talent and good power, his lack of confidence and style is what causes his problems. Once Wlad got with Steward who taught him a diff style of fighting, his confidence return, the wins and KO's followed. Now Wlad is unbeatable basically. Will this happen for Khan? I am not saying that, I am not even a fan of Khan to be honest. However, the kid is talented honestly. He is 3 times the technical boxer Manny is easily. If Khan would stop throwing caution to the wind and engaging in slugfests, the kid would probably be unstoppable, if he protected his chin more. Time will tell and his first fight with the new trainer will speak volumes. If Khan could refrain from engaging close, he would probably beat Bradley handily.
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