Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
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!