Amir Khan to fight Saul Alvarez for WBC world title in Las Vegas

[imp]

Fuck me NOBODY could have predicted this happening!!
I can see Khan winning this one with a massive points decision, infact i think it could be a total shut out and a very easy nights work for Khan.
Mayweather made him look absolutely shit and very one dimensional and hardly broke a sweat in doing so.
Khan i think will just go in and out all night and bombard him with superfast combinations then back off, let him plod forward and do the same thing over and over and over.

Khan on points for me

This is another interesting outcome.

Could happen

[Fenster]

Respect to Khan - fearless mad bastard - but it's one of those fights that everyone will say afterwards - "It was obvious Canelo was too big"

[imp]

Respect to Khan - fearless mad bastard - but it's one of those fights that everyone will say afterwards - "It was obvious Canelo was too big"

Or

Canelo is still green..lol

Canelo is a tough kid and the golden nugget of golden boy...but lets keep it real..he can be easily outboxed.

Floyd beat Canelo..so did Lara

Cotto fight was close and perhaps this extra weight will suit Khan.?

Khan is chasing the big money fights and made a great move..well done al haymon.

[Master]

This is a crazy mad risk by Khan. He is almost certain to have a title fight for the welterweight title against Garcia or whoever they choose should they strip Garcia of the title. So khan should be looking for a easy fight now and people were guessing Berto or Rios.

This move is ridiculous should he lose. I think Khan can not avoid Canelo for 12 rounds and will get stopped. Khan has not fought a big puncher since Garcia and moved to his new trainer. So moving up a weight and taking on a power puncher seems crazy just for the money and profile.

If he pulls it off it would be amazing and you have to give credit to Khan for taking this chance but I see it as a career ending loss.

[Primo Carnera]

This is a crazy mad risk by Khan. He is almost certain to have a title fight for the welterweight title against Garcia or whoever they choose should they strip Garcia of the title. So khan should be looking for a easy fight now and people were guessing Berto or Rios.

This move is ridiculous should he lose. I think Khan can not avoid Canelo for 12 rounds and will get stopped. Khan has not fought a big puncher since Garcia and moved to his new trainer. So moving up a weight and taking on a power puncher seems crazy just for the money and profile.

If he pulls it off it would be amazing and you have to give credit to Khan for taking this chance but I see it as a career ending loss.

The only risk is if he loses so bad (really early embarrassing KO ) that it probably finishes his career. I genuinely believe even that doesn't bother him too much because he's looking for a jumbo payday before riding off into the sunset.
After all, he's showed no appetite for wanting to fight the top WW's, maybe he doesn't want to fight anymore.
Other scenarios:
If he loses mid to late KO or points - most likely options.it will be expected, he'll be the gallant loser, and will go back to LMW or WW Telling everybody how he's learnt so much and is so much stronger. People will believe that BS, and he'll still get big fights.
If he wins - fucking hell! All of a sudden he's king of the World, and who knows, he might even tempt Floyd out of retirement for a Mega mega bucks fight. But even if that doesn't happen, he'll fight who the fuck he wants and be the A-side, earning a mint.
Clever move by Khan to be fair. He's still shit though!

[Gandalf]

This is a crazy mad risk by Khan. He is almost certain to have a title fight for the welterweight title against Garcia or whoever they choose should they strip Garcia of the title. So khan should be looking for a easy fight now and people were guessing Berto or Rios.

This move is ridiculous should he lose. I think Khan can not avoid Canelo for 12 rounds and will get stopped. Khan has not fought a big puncher since Garcia and moved to his new trainer. So moving up a weight and taking on a power puncher seems crazy just for the money and profile.

If he pulls it off it would be amazing and you have to give credit to Khan for taking this chance but I see it as a career ending loss.

I agree. I have never been Khan's biggest fan, but you have to give him full credit for having the balls to do this. I will be willing him on as I am a sucker for an underdog with a big heart, but it's a tough ask asking someone who lapses and has a dodgy chin to get in there and fight a much bigger stronger man.

I guess Khan sees Canelo's inactivity as a way to bank rounds, but Canelo for that one minute each round is explosive and very fast. It's a risky move.

[powerpuncher]

Why is anybody giving khan credit for taking this fight? His stock is at an all time low and this is easily the biggest money fight that can be made. Khan fears the other Welters and knows that fighting someone like Garcia or Thurman won't get him anywhere near the payday and he will probably still lose.

If he is going to lose anyways, at least he can make the excuse that he was the smaller man against Canelo. And Canelo just shows that he's a slightly better version of Chavez jr by fighting people half his size almost every fight.

[Kirkland Laing]

It makes Khan look good and Alvarez look terrible. And it's a big payday for Khan. But he's going to get his head taken off. He got caught plenty by Algieri, he's going to get caught by Alvarez. And the weight gain isn't going to help him either. He just moved up to welter, he's going to look blown up and slow. I still can't believe this one.

[Beanz]

It's a fight that might have made a bit more sense after they had fought the real challenge in their own weight division. Post Khan/Brook and Canelo/Golovkin then a catchweight money making spectacle makes sense, and possibly even more sense, had they both lost. The date though factors into this and while Canelo has had his warm up, and could fight GGG on the same date, and still make huge money, Golovkin looks to now be fighting Wade in April and Brook is busy in March.

It has all the hallmarks of a possibly great and definitely entertaining fight, but it's also neither a mandatory gimme or any kind of preparation for Canelo to face the REAL middleweight champ, or Khan to face his own nemesis back home. In that sense it's bollocks.

Everyone will watch though.

[Fenster]

Well done Al Haymon? It's a Golden Boy promotion on HBO. Khan must have split with big Al, otherwise the fight is even more bizarre.

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Well done Al Haymon? It's a Golden Boy promotion on HBO. Khan must have split with big Al, otherwise the fight is even more bizarre.

Wow.

Khan split with Al haymon!?