Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
Fat dan on twitter is so excited for this fight and is upset because fans know it's a farce. I only follow him on twitter because he gets news fast. He is a complete idiot though.
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
Think Khan has a decent chance here but depends on catchweigh. Doubt it will be at 160. Khan on points or early Canelo KO. Canelo couldnt land a glove on Floyd or Lara. Obviously Khan not as good as them defensively but a fast fighter will cause Canelo trouble.
Also think Khan could look good at a higher weight.
Put odds on this a few minutes ago.
Caenlo 4/11, Khan 2/1 and 25/1 the Draw.
Canelo 4/6 KO and 4/1 Points
Khan 11/4 Points and 12/1 KO
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
Respect to Khan - fearless mad bastard - but it's one of those fights that everyone will say afterwards - "It was obvious Canelo was too big"
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
This is a crazy mad risk by Khan. He is almost certain to have a title fight for the welterweight title against Garcia or whoever they choose should they strip Garcia of the title. So khan should be looking for a easy fight now and people were guessing Berto or Rios.
This move is ridiculous should he lose. I think Khan can not avoid Canelo for 12 rounds and will get stopped. Khan has not fought a big puncher since Garcia and moved to his new trainer. So moving up a weight and taking on a power puncher seems crazy just for the money and profile.
If he pulls it off it would be amazing and you have to give credit to Khan for taking this chance but I see it as a career ending loss.
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
Well done Al Haymon? It's a Golden Boy promotion on HBO. Khan must have split with big Al, otherwise the fight is even more bizarre.
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
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imp
No way.
Not career ending.
Khans chin has been fine.
Khan has never actually been cleanly knocked out.
Khan is a much better fighter now under virgil hunter and the more weight he puts on the better.
Khan will outbox Canelo for 12 rounds or Canelo will knock him out in 5...winner fights floyd in September.
Khan chin is made of China, he has been blasted out by big punchers.
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
It's for the lineal middleweight title. Khan will have Golovkin chasing him if he wins (now that is so nuts it's beyond mental)
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
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Master
This is a crazy mad risk by Khan. He is almost certain to have a title fight for the welterweight title against Garcia or whoever they choose should they strip Garcia of the title. So khan should be looking for a easy fight now and people were guessing Berto or Rios.
This move is ridiculous should he lose. I think Khan can not avoid Canelo for 12 rounds and will get stopped. Khan has not fought a big puncher since Garcia and moved to his new trainer. So moving up a weight and taking on a power puncher seems crazy just for the money and profile.
If he pulls it off it would be amazing and you have to give credit to Khan for taking this chance but I see it as a career ending loss.
The only risk is if he loses so bad (really early embarrassing KO ) that it probably finishes his career. I genuinely believe even that doesn't bother him too much because he's looking for a jumbo payday before riding off into the sunset.
After all, he's showed no appetite for wanting to fight the top WW's, maybe he doesn't want to fight anymore.
Other scenarios:
If he loses mid to late KO or points - most likely options.it will be expected, he'll be the gallant loser, and will go back to LMW or WW Telling everybody how he's learnt so much and is so much stronger. People will believe that BS, and he'll still get big fights.
If he wins - fucking hell! All of a sudden he's king of the World, and who knows, he might even tempt Floyd out of retirement for a Mega mega bucks fight. But even if that doesn't happen, he'll fight who the fuck he wants and be the A-side, earning a mint.
Clever move by Khan to be fair. He's still shit though! ;D
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
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Originally Posted by
imp
No way.
Not career ending.
Khans chin has been fine.
Khan has never actually been cleanly knocked out.
Khan is a much better fighter now under virgil hunter and the more weight he puts on the better.
Khan will outbox Canelo for 12 rounds or Canelo will knock him out in 5...winner fights floyd in September.
He's never been knocked clean out but it doesn't take a lot to punch his brain into outer space and leave his body wobbling around in a comical fashion as his scrambled head figures out that the best way to stop someone from punching you in the face is to drunk dance over to them and try and trade blow for blow with them.
That's why I love Khan because his stoppages are fucking hilarious and all the more funny because he is a grade A tool
Re: Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas
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smashup
Fuck me NOBODY could have predicted this happening!!
I can see Khan winning this one with a massive points decision, infact i think it could be a total shut out and a very easy nights work for Khan.
Mayweather made him look absolutely shit and very one dimensional and hardly broke a sweat in doing so.
Khan i think will just go in and out all night and bombard him with superfast combinations then back off, let him plod forward and do the same thing over and over and over.
Khan on points for me :cool:
I agree think Khan has the ability to box the shit out of Canelo but see him getting fucked on the score cards. Canelo will get completely outboxed but will get a dodgy decision
