Amir Khan v Chris Algieri - Box Nation

[beenKOed]

Mayweather is not fighting Khan. Nothing has changed. Floyd could not walk down a gopher. What Chris did has absolutely nothing to do with a Floyd fight. It should not surprise people that Khan had issues with the swarming. A Floyd fight will look nothing like this and Floyd knows this. Styles make fights

I can't agree with you, it was a disaster for Khan. If Khan had won big (a KO or a truly dominate performance), I think public opinion might have swayed Floyd. This way Floyd has the high ground when he asks why should I fight Khan, he didn't do as well against Algieri as the guy I just beat.
I can't say the fight helped Algieri (is 2 losses in a row ever good?), but it didn't hurt him that much, in my opinion.
Almost forgot I wanted to say I really enjoyed this fight!

[Gandalf]

Mayweather is not fighting Khan. Nothing has changed. Floyd could not walk down a gopher. What Chris did has absolutely nothing to do with a Floyd fight. It should not surprise people that Khan had issues with the swarming. A Floyd fight will look nothing like this and Floyd knows this. Styles make fights

I can't agree with you, it was a disaster for Khan. If Khan had won big (a KO or a truly dominate performance), I think public opinion might have swayed Floyd. This way Floyd has the high ground when he asks why should I fight Khan, he didn't do as well against Algieri as the guy I just beat.
I can't say the fight helped Algieri (is 2 losses in a row ever good?), but it didn't hurt him that much, in my opinion.
Almost forgot I wanted to say I really enjoyed this fight!

I agree. It wasn't a very good showing from Khan, but on the flipside I think Algieri is underrated too. Khan showed that he is a league below the Manny/Floyd level. He doesn't deserve a big fight on the back of these close fights against people he is big favorite to beat. But then again Maidaina got two fights with Mayweather so it is topsy turvy land. Expect Mayweather/Khan next.

[Beanflicker]

I might be in the minority here but I thought this was a VERY close fight, I thought Khan was getting too much credit for fast pitty pat shots that were being blocked, and Algieri was going good work to the body and landing most of the clean "head snapping" shots. I wasn't scoring closely but I counted at least 4 or 5 rounds where I thought Algieri won.

I give all credit to Algieri for proving me wrong. I thought this was a mismatch and Khan was going to wipe the floor with him, but Chris came out aggressive and fought a real man's fight. He was aggressive, constantly moving forward and always trying to attack.

This was supposed to be Khan's big moment where he obliterated a hand-picked, tailor-made patsy so people would talk more about the Mayweather fight. Personally I think Algieri spoiled it for him. Even if Khan wins on points, he did not look like a Mayweather conquerer out there.

[Gandalf]

If anything I think Khan looked bad. He didn't throw the volume you expect of him and yet still he was getting tagged again and again. I don't see where there have been any improvements. It's simply moving more, headlocking more, and trying to edge rounds. Far from the showcase he promised and I think Algieri did enough to merit a draw. He landed only 20 less punches, but who landed the more effective blows and made it more his fight? Algieri did.