Originally Posted by
Frost
yep saw the fight a few things came out of it for me
Khan when throwing combinations always drops the right before throwing it how roache hasn't fixed this is beyond me...... it happens time and time again he throws the left then cycles the right down from his chin and throws it from shoulder height, Garcia saw this and timed the left hook beautifully, he also throw a lot of body shots to help khan drop his hands
secondly the ref did everything he could to help khan, slow eight count helping he get his gloves up because he couldnt hold them up on his own, in the 4th he stepped in to give khan a count just as Garcia was moving in to finish him, allowing him time to recovery, and he almost allowed him to continue after the second knock down
First of all this was a fantastic fight, its only the second Khan fight I've seen but he looked great through the first two rounds. I really don't think he did anything wrong...when he got caught with the left hook from Garcia, he was throwing punches and driving Garcia back. In fact Garcia's head was completely turned to the right when he connected with Khan. He never saw the punch land.
The first knockdown landed on his neck slightly below the right ear, I've never seen a knock out connect at that location, but Khan's response was instaneous...his equilibrium was blown and he lost control of his legs. He never fully recovered from that blow for the remainder of the 3rd and 4th rounds. He fought on admirably.
Most of the time when the fighter's equilibrium is effected its from a blow to the temple or behind/at the ear. Garcia's blow was almost all neck. Interesting to watch.
I wasn't convinced it was lack of coaching or a defensive lax...Frost maybe right but I tend to think in this case it was more of a lucky punch rather than a skillful set up by Garcia. It was still too early in the fight, in my opinion for Garcia to have got Khan to drop his high guard and as I stated above, he threw the punch but was retreating and had his head turned away when it connected.
Still a great upset. Its always interesting to watch the HBO crew as they always seen to have their winner/favorite picked out before the fight even starts.
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