prime amir khan would have been a nightmare for floyd

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  1. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd doesn't have the power to keep khan honest, it would have been a mauling from amir. Ripping floyd apart with 5 - 6 punch combinations.
     
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    he doesn't need the power and never did when he moved up the weights.
    khan would have had early success ala-judah and mosley, but then floyd would have adapted and broken him down imo.
    those back to back losses he had early on in his US invasion certainly didn't help put him in serious contention too.
     
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  3. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    Nope
     
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    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Floyd would have knocked Khan out that’s for sure.
     
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  5. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Just like you said Phil Lo Greco would be a nightmare for Spence to right? A chinny one-dimensional front-runner who looks to outbox people being a nightmare for PBF??? Ripping PBF apart with 5-6 punch combos???:meparto:As if PBF is there to be hit. Log off you wishful thinking clown.
     
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  6. Robney

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    The fight would have taken place in Vegas, there's nothing Khan could do to Floyd the judges couldn't repair.
     
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    No.

    Khan would have optimistically lost a decision anywhere from a shutout to 117-111, but IMO likeliest would have gotten KTFO the same way Ortíz did, except it wouldn't have needed to be a sucker punch. Would have just happened organically in the course of the fight. Pull counter right or check hook flush on that chin, bazinga.
     
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    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    simpley this
    to much ring iq
    to much defence and his counter skills second to none
     
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    The only nightmare would be experienced by Khan from the beating Floyd gives him.
     
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  11. lufcrazy

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    Prime Khan wasn't a nightmare for anyone but himself.
     
  12. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Floyd ducked him

    Khan Floyd was bigger than Khan Maidana

    Khan won the polls, the business case favoured Khan over Maidana substantially.

    yet Floyd money Mayweather went for Maidana, a man who on paper was style made.

    odd that

    The Mayweathers know about Khan though, they know about him better than Pacquiao. Roger Trained him briefly in 2008 and Floyd had a beef over Reeboks with him in 2009/10.

    Prime Khan is a style nightmare for anyone who can't hit hard. floyd owuld need a sweet sharp counter on him but Khan covered so much distance so fast it was extremely hard to catch him coming in, unless you like to trade (D.Garcia), Floyd doesn't like to trade.

    Ortiz, Guerrero, Berto, Maidana. Give me a break if you think stylistically they pose anything for Floyd.

    Only reason Maidana did well is Floyd's legs finally were on the way out and he underestimated Maidana's work rate, and payed him off $1.5m to use non horsehair gloves. Bwuk bwuk!
     
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  13. James Hudson

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    Khan would have given him a harder night for 6 or 7 rounds than many of floyds other opponents
     
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    Consider at the time Khan was on the comeback from losing Garcia, hadnt fought any ranked opponent at WW, and barely scraped by Diaz.

    Maidana on the the other hand beat Lopez and Broner and held a belt.
     
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    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    ..... Ripping Floyd apart with 5-6 punch combinations.... for two or three rounds before Mayweather starts to time his predictable rhythm, landing right-hand leads at will and check hooks as Amir steps in and out in straight lines, chin in the air like he always does'

    There, I completed the sentence for you...
     
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