Would Amir Khan have been Floyd Mayweather’s toughest fight?

African Cobra · May 30, 2020

Loudon said: ↑

Nobody is disputing this. But look what happened with Maidana.

The guy is right.

At that specific moment in time, Khan would have troubled Floyd with his size and his attributes.

It wouldn’t have been a mismatch.

He’d have needed to have worked for the win.

The truth is, you and Pimp would just try and shoot down any opponent which was put forward.
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Khan is just a stupid choice to put forward. If you had said Spence, Thurman, KellBrook, Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia those would have bee viable threats not Khan who is and was no threat. I suspect Khan’s wife slaps harder than he does.

African Cobra · May 30, 2020

Loudon said: ↑

It doesn’t matter.

Canelo is 10 x the fighter than what Maidana was.

What happened?

Yes, Manny was 10 x the fighter than Khan was. I agree with you 100%. But Khan would have given Floyd a tougher fight than what Manny did.
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Doubt Khan can provide a tougher fighter than Pacquiao. Khan is straight up and down no special effects unlike Pacquiao who is full of special effects.

African Cobra · May 30, 2020

Clinton said: ↑

One thing about Khan is that he always seemed to be able to talk himself into big fights, whether or not he deserved to get them.
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Yeah His mouth Wrote checks his talent could not cash. He wanted to talk his way into a big pay day with Floyd but Floyd Sr said no don’t give him a pay day because he is a ***. Not my language it what Floyd Sr said on camera.

Clinton · May 30, 2020

Olu G. Rotimi said: ↑

Khan is just a stupid choice to put forward. If you had said Spence, Thurman, KellBrook, Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia those would have bee viable threats not Khan who is and was no threat. I suspect Khan’s wife slaps harder than he does.
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Ouch lol

African Cobra · May 30, 2020

Clinton said: ↑

Ouch lol
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Unfortunately the truth hurts!

acie2g · May 30, 2020

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Maidana beat the hell out of Khan for like 9 or 10 out of 12 rounds? Outside of a few flash knock downs in the first 2 Khan got demolished and barely scraped by with an arguably undeserved win. Also when the fight was brought up wasn't there polls put up but ESPN, Yahoo sports, Facebook etc and a bunch of other places all put up a poll in 2014 and Maidana was overwhelming voted as the choice on literally every major publication except one, on Mayweather's site that also had the least amount of votes in total and was the least known place.. you Khan fights need to stop if he could beat Mayweather why isn't he beating good fighters today. Mayweather vs Garcia, Peterson,Canelo we saw, Crawford are all likely shut outs by Mayweather this is Khan's track record vs good fighters..stop the non sense

lufcrazy · May 30, 2020

No.

lloydturnip · May 30, 2020

Khan would give Floyd problems with his speed but he tends to do the same thing over and over .Floyd would time him and knock him out

BUDW · May 30, 2020

LOL not even

Braindamage · May 30, 2020

KamyK said: ↑

Reasons why I believe Amir Khan’s boxing style would have given Floyd Mayweather more problems than any other opponent he had faced:

1. The type of punches Khan throws are very difficult to counter. Mayweather being a counter puncher will find it difficult to land counter shots versus Khan due to the type of punches Khan throws. Khan mainly throws the jab and straight right in quick snappy combinations. Khan doesn’t throw hooks, uppercuts or power punches. These type of punches Mayweather can see coming from a mile away and can easily dodge and counter those type of shots. Khan never loads up on his body weight into his punches. He mostly throws simple punches such as the jab and straight right. Simple punches are the most difficult punches to counter. He throws these type of punches with blistering hand speed in quick snappy combinations and doesn’t put his body weight into them. Khan doesn’t throw lots of brawler style punches like hooks, uppercuts and power punches which Mayweather can see coming a mile away. Khan’s punching technique and the way he utilises his arms is completely wrong for counter style boxers. Khan’s punching technique leaves less gaps and openings for counter shots, because his punches are always quick and snappy. Throwing mostly jabs and straight rights leave less openings and gaps for counter shots, especially when considering the boxer possesses lightning quick hand speed. Simple punches like jabs and straight rights are the most difficult type of punches to counter. Khan is one of the best at excuting and combining the jab and straight right together in combinations because of his blistering hand speed.

2. Khan has good height, reach and foot speed which allows him to control his range and keep a distance from his opponent, thus allowing him to keep on the outside at all times which in turn makes it difficult for someone like Mayweather to land counter shots when the opponent is on the outside at all times. This allows Khan to fight from a distance and will make it difficult for someone like Mayweather to land counter punches. Khan is very quick and efficient at getting in and out of range due to his height, reach, foot speed and hand speed.

3. Mayweather is much more comfortable when his opponent comes forward and fights on the front foot to become the aggressor so he can easily land counter punches on his opponent. But in Khan’s case, he does the opposite and fights mainly on the back foot and keeps his distance rather than come forward onto his opponent and be the aggressor which many brawler style boxers do. It’s much easier to land counter punches against someone who comes forward and applies pressure, as opposed to someone who fights on the back foot. Khan mainly fights on the back foot and stays behind his jab which will obviously prove very difficult for someone like Mayweather to land counter shots.

4. Khan has good volume punching and intensity, meaning he can throw lots and lots of punches in a small amount of time with his blistering hand speed. Mayweather will find it difficult to control the tempo and rhythm of the fight against someone who has good intensity and can throw lots and lots of punches in a small amount of time. Mayweather will also find it difficult to land counter shots against a good volume puncher with good intensity.

5. Khan has a good jab, and a very fast jab, which in turn is very effective at winning rounds, thus will allow him to win rounds over someone like Mayweather. It’s also proven very difficult to land counter punches against someone who stays behind their jab. Khan has a very good jab because of his technique, height, reach, range, foot speed and hand speed.

6. Mayweather doesn’t have the power to trouble Khan. Khan mainly struggles against opponents with good punching power.

7. Khan’s blistering hand speed will trouble Mayweather. It’s always proven very difficult to land counter punches against opponents with good hand speed. Also at Mayweather’s age the last person you would want to be up against is a younger fighter with very good hand speed.

In conclusion Amir Khan’s boxing style is completely wrong for counter style boxers. He has the style and all the attributes to trouble counter style boxers. His boxing technique, intensity, hand speed, footwork, movement, height, reach, range, can make it very difficult for counter style boxers to execute counter shots. With Khan’s style and boxing technique he leaves less openings and gaps for counter style punchers. Mayweather has never faced an opponent with all those attributes. Styles make fights and in my opinion Khan would have been Mayweather’s toughest opponent.

In my opinion Mayweather’s best chance of beating Amir Khan would be to come forward and apply pressure. If Mayweather fights on the counter then in my opinion he has no chance of beating Amir Khan. Mayweather would have to change his style and become the aggressor. Coming forward and applying pressure brings plenty of other problems to the table:

Mayweather is not a big puncher. Fighters and brawlers that like to come forward, it obviously helps them a lot if they tend to have good punching power. Khan mostly struggles against big punchers.

When boxers come forward and apply pressure they will always get caught and run into lots of punches. Coming forward and applying pressure makes it difficult to avoid getting caught.

If Mayweather comes forward, Khan can counter that because he has good volume punching and intensity, which can make it more difficult for Floyd to apply pressure and get into his rhythm and tempo to control the fight.

If Mayweather does come forward and apply pressure, Khan has the foot speed, height, reach to control his range and keep a good distance away from Mayweather.

These are the reasons why I believe that Floyd Mayweather vs Amir Khan would have been a very interesting fight and in my opinion Amir Khan would have given Floyd Mayweather a better fight than any other opponent he had previously fought. This fight would have been like a chess match. A tactical fight. The fight definitely would have made sense and it definitely should have happened.

I would like to make it very clear that I’m not claiming Amir Khan will 100 per cent beat Mayweather but I genuinely believe that Khan would have been his toughest opponent because of his boxing style and attributes. Styles make fights and it definitely would have been an interesting match up.
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FM doesn't fight to his opponents strengths. Everything you mentioned, is FM fighting to all of AK's strengths. FM would most likely apply the high guard, step to AK and be first. Forcing AK to adapt. FM would probably have troubles the first few rounds, but by 4, things would be changing and FM would start taking control and win a wide UD.

mark ant · May 30, 2020

KamyK said: ↑

Floyd never accepted the fight.

Lots of boxing pundits and former boxers have previously said Khan would have beaten him. Paulie Malinaggi, Ricky Hatton, Oscar Dela Hoya, Roy Jones Jr, Johnny Nelson etc
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Hatton has also said therre is no way of beating Floyd.

Serge · May 30, 2020

Olu G. Rotimi said: ↑

Serge I assume you are dreaming. These belts( Undisputed and Lineal title) never belonged to Britain until my friend the Raggamuffin Man Lloyd Honeyghan took them from another favourite of mine the great Don Curry the Lonestar Cobra from Forth Worth Texas In Atlantic City. Kell Brook God Bless him managed to steal the IBF version until another Texan Erroll Spence came to Sheffield and ripped it off Brook to take it back. Mayweather defeats Khan by legal homicide.
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Firstly, the belts do belong in the UK and I mean from the leprechaun weights right up to the behemoth weights and mark my words they'll all be coming home one day too.

Secondly, speed kills and Khan has the fastest hands in the game bar none and Floyd without his speed and significant reach advantage would find himself in a world of trouble against someone with the speed of Khan. Much harder to pull off those slick defensive moves when your opponents's punches are much faster than your reflexes and reaction times and Floyd would be getting lit up by Khan all night. Floyd can pull off those moves against all those slow heavier plodders he fought but that **** ain't working against someone with the blinding hand speed and volume of Khan.

This is what Khan did to a Phil Lo Greco who not only had a full camp to train for him but was in the best shape of his life. Khan iced him in 39 seconds

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Here's your boy Spence vs a Lo Greco who took the fight on two days notice and wasn't even in half decent shape.

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Lo Greco said that Khan hits a lot harder than Spence, that's the same Spence who sparked Floyd out in sparring

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Floyd will probably be remembered as a greater fighter than Khan but styles make fights and Khan is an absolutely terrible style match up for him. Probably the worst style match up for him out there.

Paulie: Best I've Faced

BEST JAB

Amir Khan: To be effective with the jab you must control range and when you get into position you rely on your hand speed. Amir had that down very well in our fight.

FASTEST HANDS

Khan: When he found the range his hand speed never let him down. Amir could pull the trigger very quickly and in that sense, he’s like a gunslinger in the Old West. He was the fastest on the draw and very difficult to counterpunch. He also has a very deceiving rhythm, which makes it difficult to time him.

FASTEST FEET

Khan: Amir was the only guy who completely nullified my main asset, which is quickness. He took the lead in our fight and I couldn’t fall back on my speed because his speed topped mine. Very early I could tell it was going to be tough and it obviously was. Amir will be a nightmare for any opponent because he uses fast feet to acquire the range and then releases fast hands when he gets there.

Paulie explains why Khan was such a difficult opponent to face

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dangerousity · May 30, 2020

Olu G. Rotimi said: ↑

Yes he would because Khan can’t take a punch. Paulie knocks nobody out. Floyd’s knocked out many people including Hatton who has a much better chin than Khan.
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At 147, floyd has the same KO resume as Malignagi, 0 knockouts and 0 knock downs. Unless you count Connor and Ortiz but ok.

And then you look at the guys who’s knocked Khan out and compare floyds power to them. It seems unreasonable to me to assume Floyd could accomplish the same thing as Canelo, Crawford and Garcia when his power is Nowhere close to them.

It’s not just that floyd hasn’t had a knockout, he hasn’t had a knockdown! He bothers people because any punch hurts when it lands clean, but at 147, he simply doesn’t have enough punching power.

I remember people claiming that floyd May knock Pac out because he had a right hand counter which JMM had, lol. He has no power at all at 147. Any decent puncher would have slept McGregor out with the first clean shot, he had a barrage of clean shots and couldn’t even put him down.

He stops people coming in because nobody likes to getnpoppped going in, has 0 to do with his power.

markclow · May 30, 2020

This thread reminds me that some nimrods say the similar crap about Lennox Lewis: 'he ducked Byrd who would have beaten him'. Really nimrod? Are you serious?

It's just some kind of spinning circumstances to fit some agenda, to try to make PBF look worse.

PBF would have toyed with Khan once he figured him out after a couple of rounds.
PBF boxes, thinks and adjusts better than almost anybody, let alone Khan.

Nonito Smoak · May 30, 2020

Khan wins the first two rounds looking incredible en route to a 5th round TKO defeat.

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