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This is a pretty good and competitive fight,i clearly believe that Khan could outbox Canelo but the question is would he be able to handle Canelo's power,i wouldn't think so,everyone knows Khan has a glass chin an a very weak chin.If not Khan would get chin check by getting knockout,only way i see Khan winning is fighting him on the outside & giving him a taste of those quick hands.

Wow, that's surprising.

..at 155? i actually think it's a mismatch..

Khan won't be able to push Alvarez off him. Canelo will use his strength and cut him down, I wouldn't be surprised if it's over in the first 4 rounds.

I guess Khan is checking out with this payday because he is going to get wrecked in this fight.

Baby Face Finster wrote:I guess Khan is checking out with this payday because he is going to get wrecked in this fight.

No way. Khan is planning on winning.

greg wrote:..at 155? i actually think it's a mismatch..

what weight woundn't be a mismatch 154 -160

Horse wrote:

Baby Face Finster wrote:I guess Khan is checking out with this payday because he is going to get wrecked in this fight.

No way. Khan is planning on winning.

I have to agree with Horse here.

Khan is one deluded chap. He wanted the Mayweather/Pacman fights not for the money, but because he genuinely thinks he'd have beaten them, IMO.

stevedoc wrote:

greg wrote:..at 155? i actually think it's a mismatch..

what weight woundn't be a mismatch 154 -160

... no such weight, they belong to different weight categories...won't be surprised Alvarez will be 15+ pounds heavier on the fight night and crush Khan in the first couple of rounds..

clearly canelo has to be the favourite,
but i think he is usually a little overrated
whereas the opposite is true for khan. it
could make an interesting fight if amir
finds a way to blend his new defence with
his old offence.

Same Khan who was bullied by Algieri...?

$8 or $10 million will make anyone "brave".

Canelo -450

Khan +375

The size difference will be comparable to that v FMJ. Years later, 154 or 155 may be as difficult for GingerHead to make as was 152.

I like this fight, although I would have preferred GingerHead v Lemieux, Jacobs or (of course) 3G. Khan v FMJ or Pac would have been more interesting than Berto and Ramming Speed III.

Amir Khan SD12 Saul Alverez, however improbable, sure is fun to speculate watching that pant shtting reality play out.

Not gonna know anything for sure until we see khan at the weight, he's got a big frame to fill out and whose to say that it won't suit him, bit of extra strength could do him the world of good

Is Khan a big welterweight? He was big for the lower divisions he fought in, but he seems pretty standard-sized for 147 to me.

crusader wrote:Is Khan a big welterweight? He was big for the lower divisions he fought in, but he seems pretty standard-sized for 147 to me.

Agree,he was biggish at 140 i would say,but above that weight its only repeated nights out on the town with kid galahads brother that would make him big at the weight, IMO

psychod1986 wrote:i clearly believe that Khan could outbox Canelo

Even without power Canelo's boxing ability is superior to khans. He was able to box well (even if it was close) with Lara and Trout. Khan looked like dogshit vs Diaz and Algieri. I don't think he won either fight.

Counter-puncher wrote:

crusader wrote:Is Khan a big welterweight? He was big for the lower divisions he fought in, but he seems pretty standard-sized for 147 to me.

Agree,he was biggish at 140 i would say,but above that weight its only repeated nights out on the town with kid galahads brother that would make him big at the weight, IMO

He wasn't big at 140. He was maybe a little big at 135. Everytime hes moved in weight it's came off the back of long periods of inactivity. Probably taking whatever he likes to add some lean.

J Griz 757 wrote:Amir Khan SD12 Saul Alverez, however improbable, sure is fun to speculate watching that pant shtting reality play out.

then watch a 3rd small wbc titlist demand a defense before facing manatory GGG, and
GGG once again getting paid to step aside, and khan picking yuriorkis gamboa for that
defense, and khan gets ktfo, then gamboa demands to defend the wbc middleweight title
against abner mares...

Boxing gives us another Khan-job.

Don't today's middleweight titlists want anything to do with middleweights.

Cotto avoided anyone who weighed 160, and now Canelo is apparently following the same path.

Despite ODLH recent promise, Golden Boy is actively pursuing a Cotto rematch for Canelo in September, not the awaited bout with the Russian.

At least Cotto has developed into a solid junior middleweight. Khan has only had 3 fights as a WELTER, and was repeatedly rocked by feather-fisted Algieri.

If Canelo was the aggressive sort, he would dismantle the fragile chinned Brit in 1 round. Instead he'll lumber after a fleeing Khan for half the bout until Kahn slows a bit, gets tagged and goes to sleep.

A one-sided mismatch.

We need real men like Marvin Hagler back in charge of the middleweight division again. He wouldn't disgrace himself by putting his belt on the line against brittle welterweight weenies.

SenorPipino wrote:Boxing gives us another Khan-job.

Don't today's middleweight titlists want anything to do with middleweights.

Cotto avoided anyone who weighed 160, and now Canelo is apparently following the same path.

Despite ODLH recent promise, Golden Boy is actively pursuing a Cotto rematch for Canelo in September, not the awaited bout with the Russian.

At least Cotto has developed into a solid junior middleweight. Khan has only had 3 fights as a WELTER, and was repeatedly rocked by feather-fisted Algieri.

If Canelo was the aggressive sort, he would dismantle the fragile chinned Brit in 1 round. Instead he'll lumber after a fleeing Khan for half the bout until Kahn slows a bit, gets tagged and goes to sleep.

A one-sided mismatch.

We need real men like Marvin Hagler back in charge of the middleweight division again. He wouldn't disgrace himself by putting his belt on the line against brittle welterweight weenies.

GingerHead is nothing but a pretender to the MW throne no matter what any rankings say (including Boxrec's). 3G is the Hagler of this era. What we need is a modern day Hitman, SRL or Tito to step forward.

GingerHead could be that foil but it is more likely that he will make excuses for three more years or so.

Tanzio wrote:3G is the Hagler of this era.

stepping aside 3 times to allow other guys he could maul fight for a title rightfully his?
just don't see hagler doing that. this is 1/3 canelo's fault, 1/3 GGG's, and 1/3 the wbc's.
they are all equally to blame and this couldn't be happening without consent of all 3

sucracristo wrote:

Tanzio wrote:3G is the Hagler of this era.

stepping aside 3 times to allow other guys he could maul fight for a title rightfully his?
just don't see hagler doing that. this is 1/3 canelo's fault, 1/3 GGG's, and 1/3 the wbc's.
they are all equally to blame and this couldn't be happening without consent of all 3

Cotto or Canelo wouldn't fight GGG anyway. He just picked money over the title with a potential to get the title in a fight.

It doesn't look that Canelo will fight him in the fall either.