Re: Brook deserves a Mayweather fight over Khan!
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Based on their best wins. Brook over Porter and Khans over Alexander you have to give Brook the edge in bringing more to the table in a fight with Floyd. A world title and unbeaten record and prime of his career. Khan doesn’t bring those things although it could be argued he is still at his peak, you could also argue that since the loss to Garcia he hasn’t risked it with a puncher and didn’t look good in his last fight
Stylewise Khan may represent more of a threat but again theres not much in it. Brook handles pressure fighters better than Amir but it’s not relevant when matched against Floyd. Amirs suspect chin would unlikely be a factor also considering that Floyd does not atop or attempt to stop his opponents. Id be more nervous training Amir and sending him out there to face Floyd than I would with Brook because the Sheffield champ is assured to be lasting the distance and its only how he handles the gulf in experience that’s the worry. With Khan we know he has lapses in concentration, loses sight of the gameplan and even if he is doing well it can all become unstuck at any time which is less likely to happen with Brook. Should Floyd got the shortlist down to just these two and had to pick the opponent based on who would bring in the crowd, make the money risk vs reward etc I think Brook would get the nod. I don’t think Floyd would contemplate losing to these guys but it would be more acceptable losing to Brook than Khan which may factor into his consideration. He may see Brook as being easier to time & catch.
Amir makes more mistake to capitalise on but has the kind of handspeed that Judah and Mosley caused him problems with so at his age he’d be looking for the slower of the two. He may aslo think that his rep could take a hit if he didn’t stop Khan whereas he wouldn’t be expected to to stop Brook so its the safer option. He can also look good vs Brook who cant match him for speed and may go the same way as Alvarez did but the rushes from Khan at times may give Floyd something to think about. These are the reasons I reckon hed pick Brook but its ashame we cant see him fight both.
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