Mayweather: Khan's name holds no weight, i'm focused on pacquiao!

[Ron Swanson]

Anyone who believe that should either be locked up or be forced to wear a helmet for their own safety.

[Master]

Khan wants Floyd, Manny and Brook in that order.
Floyd wants to stop Cotto/Canelo, Manny in that order.
Manny wants what ever Arum wants.
Brooks wants Khan, JMM in that order.

[Beanflicker]

Khan blew his chance. If he hadn't got dummied by Peterson, Garcia and (arguably) Julio, he'd have a big argument to fight Floyd.

He's had two fights a WW and people are proclaiming him the next messiah. It's the same thing that happened when he moved up to 140. "OH HE WAS DRAINING HIMSELF, NOW HERE'S THE REAL KHAN". Let's see him fight and beat a guy like Porter or Thurman before he talks Floyd. Because I'm telling you right now both those guys knock him out.

[erics44]

i dont buy all this if khan had beaten him or him or what ever hed have deserved to fight floyd

who had guerro or ortiz or canelo (for that matter) beaten to deserve a fight?

[Silkeyjoe]

i dont buy all this if khan had beaten him or him or what ever hed have deserved to fight floyd

who had guerro or ortiz or canelo (for that matter) beaten to deserve a fight?

Its just bullshit Floyd fans say to excuse him ducking fighters.

[SlimTrae]

I like Khan, he backs his talk up in the ring.
I for one don't feel a loss or two makes a fighter not-viable for a top spot. Some he can beat, some he can't. We know this because he doesnt really haggle or look for catchweight fights.

Khan fights whoever because he has to, Floyd fights only who he wants...because he can.

[Primo Carnera]

Everybody knows my opinion of Khan's chances against Floyd , Pac and many others, but I do think he's going about this the wrong way. This is what he should do;
Firstly, the likelihood is Floyd doesn't fight him because Floyd doesn't want to for whatever reason. Bearing that in mind, instead of begging for the fight, he should play it by saying "Floyd's a chicken if he don't fight me, and he'll retire wondering! I could fight Brook and make 2 or 3 times more anyway,so why should I worry about fighting that pussy!" A lot of people will then jump on the bandwagon . What's he got to lose?
Note, that's what he should say, not what I believe. It won't help him if he actually manages to get in the ring with Floyd though!

[IamInuit]

Floyd is losin it.

Translation will be the same as always. The eternal charade will carry on and yada yada yada and then Khan wont be viable for some reason and Floyd will fight Jo Jo Dan.

[Fenster]

Porter would knock the fuck out of Kell Brook too.. oh wait (Khan needs to prove himself against the likes of Porter because he "struggled" with Diaz who drew with Porter. Fuck me...)

It was obvious from the other night that Khan is a serious threat to Floyd. If you can't KO Khan you're gonna have to go some to outpoint him.

[Silkeyjoe]

Khan blew his chance. If he hadn't got dummied by Peterson, Garcia and (arguably) Julio, he'd have a big argument to fight Floyd.

He's had two fights a WW and people are proclaiming him the next messiah. It's the same thing that happened when he moved up to 140. "OH HE WAS DRAINING HIMSELF, NOW HERE'S THE REAL KHAN". Let's see him fight and beat a guy like Porter or Thurman before he talks Floyd. Because I'm telling you right now both those guys knock him out.

Maybe Floyd should beat a guy like Thurman if hes that good?

[Beanflicker]

Khan blew his chance. If he hadn't got dummied by Peterson, Garcia and (arguably) Julio, he'd have a big argument to fight Floyd.

He's had two fights a WW and people are proclaiming him the next messiah. It's the same thing that happened when he moved up to 140. "OH HE WAS DRAINING HIMSELF, NOW HERE'S THE REAL KHAN". Let's see him fight and beat a guy like Porter or Thurman before he talks Floyd. Because I'm telling you right now both those guys knock him out.

Maybe Floyd should beat a guy like Thurman if hes that good?

Floyd has 18 years of undefeated boxing behind him, including 16 years as a world champion and fighting on a championship level. Since 1999, he has consistently been ranked as one of boxing's P4P best fighters, and has been the #1 p4p for about 10 years now.

Khan is 28, he's been knocked out twice (once in under a minute) and beaten by Peterson.

Floyd's not the guy with something to prove.

[Gandalf]

Floyd just retire already, you haven't been meaningful for a long time now. A year with Maidana says it all.

[trinitron1]

Khan takes Brook fight & gets flattened, if he is this superstar why isn't Khan wanting a Garcia rematch? Big punchers will get to him every time, Alexander was made for him, Khan is trying to jump the que in wanting Mayweather he has no strap & is avoiding Brook.

[Silkeyjoe]

Khan blew his chance. If he hadn't got dummied by Peterson, Garcia and (arguably) Julio, he'd have a big argument to fight Floyd.

He's had two fights a WW and people are proclaiming him the next messiah. It's the same thing that happened when he moved up to 140. "OH HE WAS DRAINING HIMSELF, NOW HERE'S THE REAL KHAN". Let's see him fight and beat a guy like Porter or Thurman before he talks Floyd. Because I'm telling you right now both those guys knock him out.

Maybe Floyd should beat a guy like Thurman if hes that good?

Floyd has 18 years of undefeated boxing behind him, including 16 years as a world champion and fighting on a championship level. Since 1999, he has consistently been ranked as one of boxing's P4P best fighters, and has been the #1 p4p for about 10 years now.

Khan is 28, he's been knocked out twice (once in under a minute) and beaten by Peterson.

Floyd's not the guy with something to prove.

Floyd is the one with everything to prove. Hes the one who could go down as a top 10 fighter of all time. Maybe hes not interested in that. Maybe he doesnt care about his legacy. If so he can continue to take the easier fights. Maybe give Ortiz a rematch next. He had a nice comeback victory there.

Its comical. You say Khan should fight and beat Thurman to earn a Mayweather shot yet he just beat someone who has beaten better fighters then Thurman has faced. Make excuses for Floyd all you want. I believe he has fought genuine opponents in 4 of his last 10 fights, the rest are light years behind Pacman, Khan or even Thurman yet you have no problem with Floyd avoiding them and fighting these lower tier boxers.

[ono]

Khan blew his chance. If he hadn't got dummied by Peterson, Garcia and (arguably) Julio, he'd have a big argument to fight Floyd.

He's had two fights a WW and people are proclaiming him the next messiah. It's the same thing that happened when he moved up to 140. "OH HE WAS DRAINING HIMSELF, NOW HERE'S THE REAL KHAN". Let's see him fight and beat a guy like Porter or Thurman before he talks Floyd. Because I'm telling you right now both those guys knock him out.

They might do, but that's because weak chinned skillfull fighters are susceptible to hard hitting physical fighters. The argument here isn't whether or not Khan is better than Floyd - because he isn't. It's about whether or not Khan can challenge Floyd sufficiently enough for it to be an entertaining fight, and whether or not Khan is a big enough name for the fight to be a massive event. Style wise, i'd say 90% of the boxing community can probably accept that Khan has certain tools which will pose Mayweather some problems, and while people probably accept that we are unlikely to see Floyd lose, i think there is genuine intrigue in finding out how Mayweather deals with Khan's speed and volume.

Khan beating a Porter or Thurman doesn't mean he is better equipped to deal with Floyd. Nor would losing to either of them. Style wise, it's just an interesting fight, and for me, other than Pacquiao, Khan is probably the most likely to make a Mayweather fight interesting.

You can't really say he doesn't deserve it either considering Mayweather has spent the last 12 months being chased round the ring by Maidana - a Khan victim. He only got the shot because he was coming off a brilliant win against Broner. Khan is now coming off a brilliant win against Alexander, so he's just as deserving as Maidana was. Especially considering that we already knew how well Mayweather dealt with pressure fighters beforehand. There wasn't much intrigue at all, whereas with Khan there's at least potential for excitement.

Having said all that, Pacquiao's name rightly holds more weight, but i've long given up hope of that happening.