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

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  1. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Khan is undoubtedly a stylistic nightmare for Mayweather. He would have a very difficult time winning rounds vs Khan due to Khan's activity, and Floyd would have a hard time stopping Khan because Khan isn't a fighter that would be constantly coming at him. Khan's in and out movement and lightnight fast combos would befuddle Mayweather, he's never fought anyone like Khan and it would be difficult for Floyd to prepare for that style and speed. Floyd doesn't have the seek and destroy mindset to time and catch Khan like Canelo did. And for Canelo to catch Khan like he did, it took him lowering his output and giving away rounds to wait for the perfect moment to land that massive shot. Floyd especially later in his career just isn't a big and dynamic power puncher. Floyd didn't give Khan the chance because if he was out pointed and decisioned by Khan he knew the perception of that would be a huge embarrassment to him.
     
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  2. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Garcia and Canelo were able to time Khan. Floyd should have no trouble timing him.
     
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  3. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Believe it or not, ring IQ is more important than speed. Khan might be faster, but he fights dumb.
     
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  4. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wish Khan fans would stop talking as if Maidana got the fight out of nowhere.

    Maidana got the fight after beating undefeated Broner with ease.

    Maidana was WBA champion. Maidana's win over Broner was better than anything Khan done at 147lbs.

    Scream about polls all you want but facts are Maidana earnt his shot at Mayweather. Khan never did that as he didn't do anything at 147 to get that fight vs Mayweather. Begging Floyd to fight him isn't enough.
     
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  5. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I wish Khan fans would stop overrating him.

    I don't see how fighting Khan would have been a legacy fight for Floyd. A bigger legacy fight would have been against Porter or Thurman, guys who are actually relevant and hold a belt.
     
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  6. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I take it you think Paulie is a dumb fk then with no ring IQ cos he just couldn't deal with Khan's advantages? Or Judah? Or Devon Alexander? Or Wlad has just 0 IQ couldnt deal with Fury's reach and speed and fleet footedness?

    Or MAYBE - it's just that styles makes fights, boxing is a dance. You can clearly visualise what those physical advantages will look like. You can for example try to visualise Tyrion Lannister trying to reach Tyson Fury's face, he won't. Now just use a little bit more "IQ" and apply that to boxing and the fighters.

    It's not simply about speed, it's about flurries, it's about Floyd's lack of power not being able to dent Khan's kryptonite which is his chin. And if you cite Khan's lack of boxing IQ to him getting ktfo, I defer back to my post that Paulie couldn't knock Khan out, nor could Maidana, Floyd certainly won't.

    The guy doesn't have a legitimate KO at 147 outside of Hatton who ran into a ringpost.
     
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  7. ashishwarrior

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    your delusional
     
  8. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior VIP Member Full Member

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    his own
    yep because khan told his social mefia yo vote that one
    thing it meant something
    the three polls covered a wider audience
    your kevel of delusion on this thread lou
    *****
    exausted McGregor aye which last fight did khan mot start gassing and slowing diwn after seven or so rounds
    khan quit with body
     
  9. KO Artist

    KO Artist Do not attempt to adjust your TV Full Member

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    This exactly.
    I've always said it would be really interesting to see this fight because Khan would most certainly cause Mayweather some problems from a pure speed point of view. It would be ineteresting to see how many rounds Khan would win and to watch Mayweather adjust, because not many people could cause him technical problems. Khan would.
    However...Khan is very one dimensional, his fast combos are the same in every fight, short bursts of basic forward arm punches. All that would happen in this fight is that Mayweather would adjust, start hitting him with straight rights and eventually take over. Eventually he would hit him so often that Khan would unravel and be stopped, probably by a counter check hook. It would end up a bit like the Hatton fight, only Hatton was still coming forward at that point. Khan would be backing up (having run out of ideas) and trying to cover up before eating a hook that would drop him.

    There is no way on earth Khan wins, or get's close to winning, this fight. He simply doesn't have the skills, adaptability or boxing IQ. However it would be very interesting in the first half no doubt.
     
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  10. Loudon

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    That’s fine. But Khan topped his own poll which he’d put out himself, he’d already beaten Maidana, and it would have done much higher PPV.

    What did Berto do to get a fight with Floyd?

    Berto was chosen as a safe fight to retire on.
     
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  11. Loudon

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    How so?

    Your reasoning is based upon beating an MMA fighter in a boxing match.

    McGregor had never had a single pro fight.

    He’d never fought another professional boxer before.

    He was absolutely exhausted which lead to a TKO.

    I’m sure Floyd could have replicated that against even bigger MMA fighters.

    Knocking out an MMA fighter in a boxing match, is not some sort of evidence that he’d have knocked Khan out had they have fought, on the grounds that McGregor was bigger than Khan.

    That is ridiculous logic.

    At the end of Floyd’s boxing career, he was a safety first fighter who had hand issues.

    He enjoyed ‘pot shorting’ slower fighters with less reach.

    It’s unlikely he’d have knocked out Khan.

    How many knockouts did he have at WW?

    Knocking out Conor McGregor means absolutely nothing.

    He wasn’t a boxer.
     
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  12. Loudon

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    He was only going to receive criticism if he put out an online poll and then ignored the result.

    The obvious thing to point out, is that he could have fought Khan after Maidana.

    It’s obvious why he didn’t do that.

    Comparing an MMA fighter to a professional fighter is the definition of delusional.
     
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  13. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Berto fight has nothing to do with it. Mayweather could go out on his own terms.

    Mayweather v Maidana did 900k PPV Buys.

    Their is nothing to suggest Mayweather v Khan would have done significantly more.

    As I said Maidana actually did something prior to fighting Mayweather.
     
  14. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No dude. Khan beating Alexander and struggling vs Chris Algeri did nothing for him to get the Mayweather fight.
     
  15. Loudon

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    He always went out on his terms. But you can understand the criticism.

    He put up a poll.

    That was a stupid decision.

    No?

    He could have just fought Maidana.

    He chose to put the poll out.

    Khan won it.

    Okay, Maidana had beaten Broner, so he went with him. But he left himself open to criticism. And there’s no reason why he couldn’t have fought Khan afterwards.

    I don’t know about the U.S. but a Floyd-Khan fight would have done very good PPV numbers in the U.K.

    It wouldn’t have been on BoxNation.

    It would have been on box office.
     
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