Thread: So Khan off to sleep, or dancing the night away to a with a frustrated Canelo?

What you got?
Dance to a points win?
or Canelo stops him?
Something else?
My mind is telling me we hear nursery Rhyme tunes around the 5th, but my gut feeling says we're in for some merry jigs and tagging.
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Canelo just comfortably beat Cotto, who I think it a fair bit better than khan, I guess khan has a different style and everything but canelo has beaten Cotto, Trout and Lara(very close though), I don't think Khan is going to be too much trouble for alvarez. I think some people are getting carried away with their dislike of canelo.

I figure he's going to get squashed, but if he has a chance it will probably be obvious by the way the first round or two go, as he'd need to basically avoid getting tagged at all. One of those fights where you can only see it being one sided one way or another, if Khan can play keep away and outpoint him he'll have to do it for the whole fight, I can't picture much give and take happening.

Originally Posted by Andre

What you got?
Dance to a points win?
or Canelo stops him?
Something else?
My mind is telling me we hear nursery Rhyme tunes around the 5th, but my gut feeling says we're in for some merry jigs and tagging.
.

I would love Khan to pull the upset but lets be real, he' s not winning. In fact if he does not get humiliated that will be a moral victory.

Amir looked absolutely brilliant against Alexander but there is a reason for that. Alexander is a boxer/counterpuncher. His style was perfectly suited for Khans offensive ability to shine on. Where Khan struggles is with swarmer/puncher/pressure fighters. He's been beaten by some with not even half the boxing skills he has. The moment he's forced backward he falls apart. His fight or flight mechanism betrays him. Instead of using the ring and getting out of the quagmire, he squares up and chooses to fight. Alvarez is not a style that plays well for Khan and when you add the size thing it does not look good.

Who knows though how much Khan bulks up. It may serve him better to be 152 at the weigh in and not rehydrate to much. It would be a mistake imo to compromise the speed advantage. He's going to be outweighed by 20 pounds anyway. It would sure be some ultimate karma if Khan was able to win this thing. Alvarez's stock would drop like a rock. The catchweight champion who ducks the best in the division getting beat by a guy that had no business being there.

I would be absolutely shocked if this went passed 4 rounds. My bet is a second round KO.

Originally Posted by powerpuncher

I would be absolutely shocked if this went passed 4 rounds. My bet is a second round KO.

I was thinking in the 5th. Cant see him surviving a clean shot weights ahead of where hes failed before.

Khan slices cancelol is eyes with flurries. Stoppoed on cuts Khan tko over canelo

I keep reverting back to Khan's fight against Algieri. That fight I believe is a good indicator of how this fight is going to turn out.

Khan did struggle with Algieri. It wasn't the kind of struggle he came close to losing the fight, he won 8 rounds and he won the fight. The problem was that, he almost never dominated a round and barely edged most of them, he never came close to knocking out Algieri, never knocked him down, never even made him wobbly. He claims to be on the elite level, last time a (36 year old) elite fought Algieri, he knocked him down 6 times and did not give him a single round.

Khan fought a mediocre, B grade fighter, and he just looked like a slightly better, more technical B grade.

Khan won clearly, but he showed a lot of flaws.

He can't fight on the inside, he's still vulnerable to left hooks, he gets hit by right hands, and his chin is still weak, which is probably the worst combination of weaknesses you could have going against someone (Canelo) who can fight on the inside, with power in both hands and a terrific (and underrated) counterer.

Oh, and last I checked, Khan's chin hasn't gotten any better....

Counting Stars for Khan.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Khan slices cancelol is eyes with flurries. Stoppoed on cuts Khan tko over canelo

You'd probably get some wicked odds on that exact call.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Khan slices cancelol is eyes with flurries.

That sounds like a Beatles B-side

I think Khan completely outboxs Canelo and then gets robbed on the scorecards cause let's be real Canelo has had some really strange scorecards going his way in a lot of his fights. No one gets a decision against Canelo unless you 12-0 him and even then it's still a spit decision

Originally Posted by g3org3

I think Khan completely outboxs Canelo and then gets robbed on the scorecards

I would love it if that happened, I think I would piss myself with laughter

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