Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer believes that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) will soon by the number #1 pound-for-pound fighter in boxing. Khan, unfortunately, has yet to prove that he’s even the best fighter in the light welterweight division, let alone the number pound for pound fighter in the world. Khan looked basically on the same level as Marcos Maidana in their fight – no better, no worse. And Khan’s performance against Paul McCloskey in April was the opposite of a pound-for-pound fighter in my estimation. It was more like a struggling contender rather than a championship level performance from Khan. After beating the little known, weak/slow punching McCloskey, Khan is stepping it up again, this time for a fight against IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) on July 23 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/06...nd-for-pound-fighter-in-the-world/#more-69271
