Danny Garcia vs. Amir Khan Saturday night fight thread

[Diane]

Ahhhhhh..... watching the fight a second time was just as satisfying as the first time.

[shza]

Just watched. Pretty shocking. Khan was clearly the superior athlete, etc., but dude is SO chinny and had no clue what to do when he got hurt. I'm not down on the guy like so many are -- he never turned down a fight and the guy has a ton of heart. And I *really* wanted to see Garcia KO'd after his father was such a racist POS going into this.

Despite the result, I thought Garcia still looked very mediocre (cartoonishly slow and winging with his punches) -- though credit him that he did what Peterson couldn't do. And he closed very well after getting Khan hurt -- not a lot of wasted energy, lined him up very well and got the stoppage quickly and efficiently.

And there's really no one else at 140 except Matthyse (whom I'd pick to beat Garcia but maybe who knows; Tim Bradley isn't especially good in any particular aspect of the sport either).

[BIG H]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

[shza]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

[BIG H]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

[shza]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

Not in the HBO interview. "It just wasn't my night."

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

You must have missed the camera shot of his eyes when he was claiming to be OK after the third one. Completely out of it. It was a good stoppage. He didn't argue about it at all afterward.

He did mate

Not in the HBO interview. "It just wasn't my night."

he said he can't understand why the ref stopped it and his legs were fine

next time when the ref doesn't give him 15 second counts to recover, including a standing 8 (which if he also hadn't done) he would have been sparked out clean.

He went over last time from a glancing blow - which I assume is one of the reasons it got stopped. If he went over from a clean shot he would not have made the count.

Danny Garcia Talks To EsNews Post Fight

[ryanman]

I think the fight should've been stopped after the 1st Knockdown, but at the point where it was stopped I think he should've let him continue. "Are you Ok?" "I'm OK, I'm OK!"
He was in better shape after the 3rd KD than the 1st two.

Absolutely. It should have been stopped after the 1st KD- Bayliss was practically carrying him.
But he was much more with it after the 3rd KD but the stoppage still saved him from being carried out.