Canelo-Khan is actually a very intriguing match up

It will be a pleasure to see Khan doing hte chicken dance again, it's definitely intriguing in that aspect.

 

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GGG = babynuts compared to Khan. If he had Khan-nuts, then he would have taken the Ward fight at a heartbeat...at 168!

 

It's an intriguing fight if you want to see Khan knocked down a peg, but in actuality this is just a high profile showcase fight for Canelo and a payday for Khan.

 

And if Alvarez was only as valuable as Ward, you really think Khan still takes the fight?

 

Yup. Khan fought Algieri, Alexander, Diaz, Collazo, Maidana etc.

 

Khan is going up 8 lbs and fighting Canelo, who will have a sizable weight advantage on fight night. My guess is around 12-15 lbs. He's showing guts by taking that much. Even if it gets written off as "doing it for the money" or a "no lose situation" because he's the underdog, there's always something to lose. His consciousness for one. And a brutal loss can always affect a fighter mentally and physically.

And even though Canelo choosing to face Khan is pretty lame, picking on a chinny welterweight, I'm still optimistic that he will face GGG in the fall. Hell, the thinking from Team Alvarez may be "he's gonna face GGG later this year, a very risky fight he may lose and get KO'd, so we might as well make big money on a soft touch". I think Alvarez is willing to face GGG, he may just have to put his foot down and not let Oscar try to protect him. And hopefully it's at 160, I'm sick of the catchweight nonsense.

 

How is it lame though to choose Khan? Wasn’t it more lame for Floyd to choose Berto instead of Khan?

A lot of people wanted to see Khan fight Floyd and were very disappointed when he didn’t, so you would think they would now embrace Khan vs Canelo the same way. But now it’s lame? A tough fight is a tough fight. If that was the best fight out there for Floyd, how is that a lame opponent for Canelo? Canelo’s MW mandatory isn’t until Sept, so why not make a big fight with Khan?

Khan arguably has the fastest hands in boxing. This is a tough fight for Canelo. There’s nothing lame about this. This is a better fight than anyone Canelo could have fought at MW besides GGG. The reason why it wasn’t talked about that much is because we thought Khan was going to fight Garcia next at 147.

Lets look at the tale of the tape:

Khan Height = 174 cm
Canelo Height = 175 cm
Khan Reach = 180 cm
Canelo Reach = 179 cm

The two matchup very well physically despite Khan coming up from 147.

 

It's absolutely an insult to Alvarez if that fight is remotely close. If Khan's competitive, then Canelo should be ashamed. He should blow through Amir as easily as GGG blows through Wade, which is another mismatch.

Khan hasn't shown he's a championship level Welterweight yet. Alvarez has no excuse not to destroy him.

Saul's going to cash a fat check, but it's coming from a no-win situation for him. He'll get minimal credit if he blows through Amir, and even less if it's competitive.

 

Because Khan is a chinny welterweight. What the hell does Mayweather-Berto have to do with anything? Why is it when someone fights an overmatched opponent or does something wack with the catchweight, people have to go "well so and so do this"??

Who cares? Mayweather-Berto sucked and I knew it would suck and I didn't watch it until the replay.

A lot of people are fooled by speed. There's much more to boxing than that, and I would not have "embraced" a Mayweather-Khan match. It would have been another Mayweather mismatch. Part of the reason being that Mayweather is indeed a great fighter, even at age, and another being that Khan has always gotten overrated by many, because he's fast. The only good thing I could have said for that matchup would be that it's less ****ty than Mayweather-Berto, and that is not saying much.

There's much more to boxing than having fast hands. Things such as having balance, defense, chin, counterpunching, fluidity, instincts, ring smarts, good combination punching (which means creating and exploiting openings, not throwing a bunch of quick arm punches).

Khan has proven time and time and time again how deficient he is in so many areas of boxing, and yet people still get fooled into thinking he's some terrific boxer because he has fast hands and a good jab.

Canelo may not be great, but he's a good solid fighter, nice counterpuncher, and certainly hits hard and accurate enough to the chinny Khan when Khan makes one of his many mistakes and leaves himself open.

Khan's long arms and speed won't mean **** once he is timed and countered hard.

The fight is a mismatch. Just wait and see.

 

It has to do with Mayweather - Berto because Khan is the guy that pretty much everyone wanted to see Floyd fight in September. Floyd chose Berto instead of Khan and the fans were bummed. Many people like yourself didn’t order the PPV because Mayweather chose Berto instead of Khan!

Had Floyd chose Khan, you would have bought the PPV. So now Canelo comes along and fights the guy that everyone wanted Floyd to fight and Canelo is getting criticized? You would think that Floyd would get more criticism for ducking the guy (Khan) that Canelo isn’t scared of fighting. Not only that, Floyd ducked a Canelo rematch at 154 which Canelo wanted but Floyd didn’t want. BTW Khan says that he walks around at 160+, so getting down to 147 is harder work than getting down to 155. Will be interesting to see if Khan can carry his speed up to MW..

Well you have to pinpoint the reason why people wanted to see Khan Mayweather. It was because Khan had the hand speed and the volume punching to win rounds vs Mayweather. It is unclear whether those advantages will be on display vs Canelo or if Canelo’s power will be too much for Khan.

All those things are correct, yes Khan has many faults but he is still good at winning rounds by being active. A guy like Khan that is good at winning rounds is not what Floyd wanted to deal with. Khan vs Floyd would actually force Floyd to look for a knockout more if Khan is landing and winning rounds.

Khan is good at winning rounds, but it also puts him in danger of being KO’d which is why Khan is such a fan favorite because you can never blink during an Amir Khan fight because anything can happen.

Canelo has proven he is great. Look at his record. He is a great fighter. Khan is also a great fighter, in a different way. You could argue Khan is not great, but when Khan is on, he’s very tough to beat in a boxing ring.

I don’t think the fight is a mismatch. I favor Canelo but I think Khan will put a lot into this fight and could pull it off if he dances his socks off and don’t get in trouble. It could be a candidate for FOTY. Styles make fights and what makes this fight exciting is we just don’t know what’s going to happen when these two guys step into the ring.

 

Imagine if Golovkin pulled Canelo's bullshxt. wtf

 

Golovkin fans would be definitely defending it.