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

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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.

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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.

Thats why styles makes fights.

Khan might not get the floyd fight in may and then get destroyed by brook and possibly destroyed by pac or whoever with a big punch.

What makes khans case interesting is that at this time of floyd mayweathers career there hasnt been anyone as fast as khan on that boxing level since possibly a prime judah.

Khan isnt southpaw but he has got a great workrate and will be exceptional on the night if he gets the floyd fight.

Floyd beats everyone else in the 147 division including pac but I am very interested to see how he will time and counter khan to a decision with the amount of punches he throws each round.

It might be an easy night for floyd but I just see khan being super sharp on the night as this fight will mean everything to him and he will stick to his boxing.

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Garcia should have crept into 147 first and got the money match.

I like khan and love his style of fighting.

The question is if the pac fight cant be made on may the 2nd (because oscar and bob have canelo and cotto pending) and khan doesnt get the fight who else is viable for the shot.

Unless floyd goes up in weight no other names shout out to me that will bring big numbers and stylistic competition from 147...