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

[Spicoli]

Regardless of what weight Cannelo comes in at if he lands a flush bomb on Amir he's gonna fuck him.
But the heavier he comes in the slower he's gonna be and he's slow anyway.
Could be a mistake coming in too heavy as Khan is super fast and a great athlete.
Khans gonna have to fight in machine gun bursts then leg it and repeat for 12 seriously disciplined rounds.
Huge ask against a guy who will just walk through your punches.
Possible ... yes but one mistake and he's gonna get brutally banged out.

Good sum up, Canelo can afford to make twenty times the mistakes compared to Khan. Just the pressure of knowing it will probably make Khan even more tense than he already is. Walking on egg shells. Fatty Canelo has also experienced carrying the weight and moving vs faster guys quite a bit. Everything is new for Khan, and a soggy 155 or more will negate that speed big time.

[beenKOed]

PPV. Just still cannot believe that nerve. Wonder what direction they'll go with undercard, nothing as of yet

on a side HBO is not exactly putting out good product so far...Kovalev card was two complete mismatches really. Upcoming Crawford v Lundy should go the same way. Then Manny v Bradley on PPV in a fight few seem to care about and this in May.

Sadly, I'm beginning to prefer MMA more and more.

[VG_Addict]

People mistake Khan's speed for skill.

If you actually look at him, he makes amateur mistakes.

[Master]

People mistake Khan's speed for skill.

If you actually look at him, he makes amateur mistakes.

I agree but he makes a lot less with his new trainer Virgil.

[Spicoli]

PPV. Just still cannot believe that nerve. Wonder what direction they'll go with undercard, nothing as of yet

on a side HBO is not exactly putting out good product so far...Kovalev card was two complete mismatches really. Upcoming Crawford v Lundy should go the same way. Then Manny v Bradley on PPV in a fight few seem to care about and this in May.

Sadly, I'm beginning to prefer MMA more and more.

Mma is my default if there is zero boxing on since Griffin v Bonnar 1 but they increasingly have some duds as well, or maybe its just seeing more of it. There number one poster child being groomed and hyped as some Tyson like arm bender only to be schooled and stopped by an former professional boxer will never get old for me.

Thought about it the other night listening to the Fox ufc card....nearly every announce during a match refers to a guy or gal "working on, improving or using solid boxing game", at times using boxing coaches in camp. How many times during a fight do you hear a boxer needing to work on mma skills mma will always be the red headed step child to professional boxing.

[VG_Addict]

People mistake Khan's speed for skill.

If you actually look at him, he makes amateur mistakes.

I agree but he makes a lot less with his new trainer Virgil.

I already said this, but I don't think Khan has the ring IQ to win against Canelo.

[Master]

People mistake Khan's speed for skill.

If you actually look at him, he makes amateur mistakes.

I agree but he makes a lot less with his new trainer Virgil.

I already said this, but I don't think Khan has the ring IQ to win against Canelo.

Yes or the size and chin.

[VG_Addict]

People mistake Khan's speed for skill.

If you actually look at him, he makes amateur mistakes.

I agree but he makes a lot less with his new trainer Virgil.

I already said this, but I don't think Khan has the ring IQ to win against Canelo.

Yes or the size and chin.

Khan wins rounds because of his fast hands and work rate, not because of his ring IQ.

[J_Undisputed]

All the fighters who have had Khan in trouble were slow, yet he has he has beaten a good few solid speedy guys without being hurt. Khan has super fast hands, but he's not especially clever defensively and doesn't move laterally very well. He's also not nearly strong enough to tie up on the inside and buy himself time and space, Alvarez will just rag doll him.

Some of those speedy didn't have pop and the others never sat down on their punches. Canelo even sits down on his feints. What concerns me is that Virgil thinks khans got enough pop to keep Canelo honest after the rehydrating is done. If he made it sound like they planned on sticking and moving or the andre ward slug and hug, I might have seen the logic in it (you only have to score and clinch/run) but sounding like they think he's going to stop canelo in his tracks kind of sounds delusional. Sure there's an added 7lbs on his punches (to canelos 25) but there's also an added 7 to carry and drag down the stretch making khan slower.

[Primo Carnera]

This Cunt is really pissing me off now. Why doesn't this fucking prick just stop insulting everyone's intelligence and shut his fucking mouth. Does he really expect anybody to believe the shit he comes out with?
Now, I'm hoping Canelo KO's him in 30 seconds flat!
Khan: I Offered To Fight Mayweather For Free, He Was Too Afraid - Boxing News
Amir Khan: I'm Going Up Because Nobody at 147 Will Fight Me! - Boxing News

[Master]

That is all crap from Khan but he is a dead man walking and is allowed to say all these lies before he gets smashed. After that no one will listen to him.

[Fenster]

If he gets embarrassed against Canelo I hope Brook/his mob tell him to fuck off if he starts calling for that fight.

[Master]

If he gets embarrassed against Canelo I hope Brook/his mob tell him to fuck off if he starts calling for that fight.

Hearn has said that the money he was offered would be substantially less when, not if, he loses.

[Beanz]

This Cunt is really pissing me off now. Why doesn't this fucking prick just stop insulting everyone's intelligence and shut his fucking mouth. Does he really expect anybody to believe the shit he comes out with?
Now, I'm hoping Canelo KO's him in 30 seconds flat!
Khan: I Offered To Fight Mayweather For Free, He Was Too Afraid - Boxing News
Amir Khan: I'm Going Up Because Nobody at 147 Will Fight Me! - Boxing News

Not a Khan fan then ?

[TitoFan]

This Cunt is really pissing me off now. Why doesn't this fucking prick just stop insulting everyone's intelligence and shut his fucking mouth. Does he really expect anybody to believe the shit he comes out with?
Now, I'm hoping Canelo KO's him in 30 seconds flat!
Khan: I Offered To Fight Mayweather For Free, He Was Too Afraid - Boxing News
Amir Khan: I'm Going Up Because Nobody at 147 Will Fight Me! - Boxing News

Me too.