Amir Khan is a fantastic talent for sure but I'm not sold on him yet. He fought two guys at WW who are not punchers.
When Khan jumped from 135 to 140, he was destroying guys with his incredible hand speed and all we heard from guys like Max Kellerman was "hey, now that he's grown and he's not draining himself to get to LW, now he can take punches better." Then Peterson and Danny Garcia happened, and he barely escaped a washed up Julio Diaz.
Now all of a sudden he jumped up to WW and beat two very good fighters in impressive fashion, and now suddenly he's king of the mountain again. I don't buy it. May weather isn't Alexander He's not going to sit around waiting for Khan to charge in and shoe shine him, and if Khan jumps in like that he's going to eat a straight right or check left, and we'll see what happens to his legs then.
Would Khan give Mayweather problems? Sure. With his skill and speed he'd give anyone from 140-154 problems. But I don't see him closing the deal on Mayweather. As fast as he is, he still makes mistakes and still leaves openings. Alexander couldn't pull the trigger on him, Floyd would.
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I will bet with anyone that Floyd Mayweather will duck Amir Khan. I'm pretty sure about that. Why? the answer is simple: it's because Floyd is afraid of great punchers. That's why he ducked Manny, plaster-fisted Margarito and prime Cotto when he was still knocking out his opponents.
Once in awhile, get outside in fresh air, take a deep breath & with a deep sigh, let out all the things that's bottled up inside you & be free, & you'll get a glimpse of nirvana.
Floyd doesn't fight great punchers? So, Khan is a great puncher? Khan's power is decent at best. Floyd has fought MUCH harder punchers than him.
Khan doesn't throw thoughtful, sneaky, well set-up combinations nor can he maul fighters and force punches to land through sheer grit and bombardment. He just keeps his hands up and throws his little muscle memory combos as fast as he can towards the other guy's head. He's been damaged by the amateurs and Floyd will take him to school. If Garcia could out time his speed then Floyd will make him look embarrassingly shit.
I say you could be right but only because Floyd has sold down a bit than because Khan is a great fighter. Right place and time.
I do think you are wrong. Floyd still beats Khan.
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I said great puncher, not just big puncher, it's a combination speed, power and timing.
Alright then, who's gonna take up my challenge, who's in for the bet? Name your prize babes and I'm in. But before you do that let me just scare you a bit. I've hardly been wrong here. I predicted Mosley would school Margarito and almost everyone here laffed at me. I've also predicted that Marquez will beat Pac on their fourth. And when everyone dismissed Maidana including the so-called experts, I was confident he'll give Floyd some problem that I came here right before the fight and made a thread about it, and it was nothing about anyone slipping, it was just a matter of style. Now, who's brave enough to challenge me?I'll be waiting.
btw, just ignore my sarcasm, that's my way of saying 'hello'...
Last edited by pacfan; 12-16-2014 at 02:24 AM.
Once in awhile, get outside in fresh air, take a deep breath & with a deep sigh, let out all the things that's bottled up inside you & be free, & you'll get a glimpse of nirvana.
Once in awhile, get outside in fresh air, take a deep breath & with a deep sigh, let out all the things that's bottled up inside you & be free, & you'll get a glimpse of nirvana.
I really think it's got to the point with Floyd where people are sick of him handpicking his opponents.....slow...plodding fighters he can easily pick off pretty easily = very boring fights.
The pressures on him now to take a live opponent so i'm pretty confident that will be Khan or Pac.
He bangs on about his legacy so much can he afford not to face one of those two?
Once in awhile, get outside in fresh air, take a deep breath & with a deep sigh, let out all the things that's bottled up inside you & be free, & you'll get a glimpse of nirvana.
Other than Pacquiao and Khan, who are these so called "fast" fighters Floyd avoided?
I'm looking at the Ring rankings from 2009-2013, and the only really fast fighters I see are Pacquiao, Khan, Malignaggi, Lara, and Martinez.
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