Amir khan: mayweather ducking me

[shza]

So, what can you say about Juan Manuel Marquez not avenging his loss against Chris John? Is that blatant ducking?

YES! Seriously, it's ridiculous JMM got such a free pass on that.

[Kev]

Khan is saying all the right things. Right now I see him as the best option realistically for Floyd.

Let's look at the options.

Manny, of course the fight we all want.Floyd does not seem to want this at all, at least not yet.

Martinez, Probably the toughest opponent out there would be Martinez at 154. Highly doubt Floyd would ever consider taking that fight.


After that.............


There is ONLY Khan. Who else has as big a profile and could generate as much money as Mayweather vs Khan outside of the above two?

Bradley and Berto don't bring anything. Cotto is no longer a draw and Chazez Jr and Alvarez couldn't be sold as credible opponents.


If Floyd keeps on fighting it's hard to see how he can avoid Khan if he refuses to fight Manny and Martinez.

Khan needs to keep hounding him, make that fight happen.

I actually think he has a live chance, and he will certainly give it a good go early.

[shza]

Khan is saying all the right things. Right now I see him as the best option realistically for Floyd.

Let's look at the options.

Manny, of course the fight we all want.Floyd does not seem to want this at all, at least not yet.

Martinez, Probably the toughest opponent out there would be Martinez at 154. Highly doubt Floyd would ever consider taking that fight.


After that.............


There is ONLY Khan. Who else has as big a profile and could generate as much money as Mayweather vs Khan outside of the above two?

I agree that Khan is the third-best option for Floyd. Probably the only fight besides the two actually great fights you mention that I would pay to see.

But you have to agree that Floyd would get zero credit for winning that fight. "So what, he beat a work-in-progress 140-pounder who's never beaten an elite fighter. Cherry-picking again."

[Kev]

Khan is saying all the right things. Right now I see him as the best option realistically for Floyd.

Let's look at the options.

Manny, of course the fight we all want.Floyd does not seem to want this at all, at least not yet.

Martinez, Probably the toughest opponent out there would be Martinez at 154. Highly doubt Floyd would ever consider taking that fight.


After that.............


There is ONLY Khan. Who else has as big a profile and could generate as much money as Mayweather vs Khan outside of the above two?

I agree that Khan is the third-best option for Floyd. Probably the only fight besides the two actually great fights you mention that I would pay to see.

But you have to agree that Floyd would get zero credit for winning that fight. "So what, he beat a work-in-progress 140-pounder who's never beaten an elite fighter. Cherry-picking again."

It would be unfair to give him zero credit. He's now rated number 1 by Ring magazine at 140 and has wins over some decent opposition. Barrera, Kotelnik, Maidana, Judah etc

Importantly he has beaten Barrera, Judah and Maidana he has wins over some of HBO's biggest stars of the past and present, and he's always in exciting fights.

He's easily one of the top 5 most gifted, slickest, fastest boxers in the sport and is a massive, massive draw for a boxer.

It would be a huge fight, as big, if not bigger than Mayweather Hatton, and Khan has a much better chance to win than Hatton imo too.

I would be totally pumped to see this fight. I think it's a great matchup. I'd want Khan to take at least one fight at welter first, but as Flody probably won't fight again for another year anyway he has the time to grow into weight.

Let's see Sep 2012. Khan has grown and improved some more, Floyd has got a year older and has had another year of inactivity.

I don't think they would be all that far apart on skill set.

I really think Amir would have a good shot.

[shza]

Khan is saying all the right things. Right now I see him as the best option realistically for Floyd.

Let's look at the options.

Manny, of course the fight we all want.Floyd does not seem to want this at all, at least not yet.

Martinez, Probably the toughest opponent out there would be Martinez at 154. Highly doubt Floyd would ever consider taking that fight.


After that.............


There is ONLY Khan. Who else has as big a profile and could generate as much money as Mayweather vs Khan outside of the above two?

I agree that Khan is the third-best option for Floyd. Probably the only fight besides the two actually great fights you mention that I would pay to see.

But you have to agree that Floyd would get zero credit for winning that fight. "So what, he beat a work-in-progress 140-pounder who's never beaten an elite fighter. Cherry-picking again."

It would be unfair to give him zero credit. He's now rated number 1 by Ring magazine at 140 and has wins over some decent opposition. Barrera, Kotelnik, Maidana, Judah etc

Importantly he has beaten Barrera, Judah and Maidana he has wins over some of HBO's biggest stars of the past and present, and he's always in exciting fights.

He's easily one of the top 5 most gifted, slickest, fastest boxers in the sport and is a massive, massive draw for a boxer.

It would be a huge fight, as big, if not bigger than Mayweather Hatton, and Khan has a much better chance to win than Hatton imo too.

I would be totally pumped to see this fight. I think it's a great matchup. I'd want Khan to take at least one fight at welter first, but as Flody probably won't fight again for another year anyway he has the time to grow into weight.

Let's see Sep 2012. Khan has grown and improved some more, Floyd has got a year older and has had another year of inactivity.

I don't think they would be all that far apart on skill set.

I really think Amir would have a good shot.

Honestly, that list of names on his win list is not helping the argument. Barrera and Judah were way past it and Kotelnik and Maidana are very limited (especially Maidana). I think this is British bias. Even though I agree with you that Kahn is up there in terms of athleticism and natural talent, this would not be huge in the U.S.

I think Kahn should fight Bradley, then move up and fight a tier-2 (behind Manny & Floyd) WW -- Berto is really the only guy that might fit the bill. That's what it would take to set up a big fight with Floyd.

At this point if they made that fight next, my resentment at not getting Floyd/Pac would far outweigh my interest in watching Floyd/Kahn. Which is a long way of saying, I guess there are actually only 2 Floyd fights I'd actually care to see at this point.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Floyd ducking khan . Now thats stupid funny. These two have something in common. They are good fighters but everytime they open their mouths, you realize how uneducated and immature they are. Khan strikes me as pretty thick guy. Floyd would knock him out midrounds and ruin him. Khan is just ok but hes nowhere near floyds class.

Khan is a b level fighter.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I now wish mayweather would fight him..

if mayweather ko'd his ass out, khan will claim he got caught cold....if he runs all night or mayweather chooses to give him a boxing lesson he'll claim he's amazing for going 12 with one the best

utter gobshite. can't wait for his next loss.

[J_C]

Hopefully Mayweather/Khan can happen, I think it'd be a real interesting fight. Khan and Bradley will both make the step up to Welter. Bradley will fight Pac after a tune up I believe.

Khan v Mayweather and Bradley v Pac, both around Easter I reckon.

Hopefully the winner of both will face off against eachother in the summer. I'll believe it when I see it but this all makes perfect sense for some great Welter action in 2012.