Just caught the HBO Replay

I had not seen anything but the KO yet so I went in with certain expectations due to seeing a week of forum posts and opinion vids but no real footage

I must say I didnt think Khan was ahead and I didnt think Canelo looked as bad as many on here said. The fight reminded me of a less interesting Khan vs Garcia bout. Khan started off with a very flashy offense with fast combinations to the head and Canelo very patient and economical with his shots seemingly behind.

I thought Canelo had a good first round he landed 2 left hooks clean one glancing and a right to the body. Khan had a good 1-2 right away but then it was a lot of ineffective missed punches. Khan maintained a distance but Canelo slipped a lot of what Khan threw. I thought the first round was pretty tight.

Round 2 went to Khan but 3 felt pretty even til a solid right by Canelo with a bout 23 left on the clock, Khan got in a snappy right down the middle but I dont think his punch was quite as effective. Harold gave the round to Alvarez I thought it was pretty close.

Alvarez despite being out worked fought a good fight in my opinion. He started with the left hook, then when he waited for Khan to slow down/timed him through observation he corralled him into the right to the body and eventually used the right to the body to set up the left hook to the head.

I knew the fight was over once Alvarez's jab began to land and he straightened his right to the head and body. It seemed like Alvarez finally had him figured out. Max pointed out Canelo was slowly taking over and Jim earlier predicted Canelo would hurt him to the body then finish it with a head shot and he proved right as much as i can hate on lampley.

final take away:

Khan was not up 5-0 and could reasonably have been seen down 3-2

The most telling image of the fight was Khans bruised ribs, Canelo patiently worked for the stoppage and stayed poised despite a fast opponent and a lot of pressure to impress

This was a mismatch, many said this would be a brutal KO and it was brutal

Golovkin should be favored and I dont think Canelo gets any real boost besides a bank account boost and a nice highlight real KO. Fight kind of seemed like a sparring session, neither guy had much offensive success then bang, fight over

 

:rofl

rematch?

 

possible but it was hardly a dominant 3-0, reminded me a little bit of Jermaine Taylor moving and throwing flashy combos but not really landing much of it and getting a lot of credit for it