Amir Khan v Saul Alvarez

[IamInuit]

Teddy Atlas talks Canelo vs Khan and calls out 'corrupt' sport and judges - Bad Left Hook

Yup. I don't think Alvarez landed 10 punches over the first 4 and one corrupt bag person had him up 4-1 after 5. Its beyond a head scratch moment. I like his nobody is that incompetent comment.

[Memphis]

Pretty much went as expected to be honest, didn't expect the chilling KO as it happened, more Khan getting dropped and getting up on Bambi legs like he does and getting saved from further punishment.

Canelo landed a left hook prior to the sparkage which made Khans legs do a little wobble, he always gets careless after getting clipped.

Common sense suggested that there'd be nothing for Canelo to hit for a few rounds so you would think the early wild swings were born out of a cavalier attitude rather than frustration, Canelo expected to chin Khan at some point just like everyone else.

I was watching with HBO commentary for a few rounds (3 - 5 and I swear they didnt mention Khans name once, it was all Canelo as far as they were concerned.

[Gandalf]

HBO = Horribly Biased Organisation. Like the BBC of boxing.

[Kirkland Laing]

Khan did manage to fight like Floyd Mayweather, just unfortunately it was Floyd Senior he fought like.

And yes he would have got robbed on the cards. Shocker. He was never going to win that fight, the best he could do was win on points and get robbed and see his stock go up.

Unfortunately he got absolutely splattered, an absolute highlight reel one punch KO and now his stock drops.

What can he say in the buildup to his next fight? I'm improving all the time with Virgil and I did really well in my last fight apart from getting knocked the fuck out yet again. At least it wasn't in fifty four seconds, I'm getting better with every fight.

[VG_Addict]

Khan's problems, other than his chin, is that he has poor defense, only has 4-5 rounds worth of stamina, and is predictable.

His predictability is why Garcia and Canelo were able to time him.

[ono]

I think he is quite predictable. Canelo threw that same shot a good few times before hand only for it to just miss by a whisker. You'd think Khan would have cottoned on. Trying to throw a lead left when you're trying to keep it an outside fight is just silly, especially if you haven't figured out the range properly.

I think good fighters will always spend the first few rounds letting him do his thing, because they know that once his confidence grows, he gets reckless and makes mistakes. As poor as his chin is, his concentration and decision making is pretty bad and at the top level or against top power, his margin for error is much less.

[smashup]

That punch would have put most fighters to sleep and we have to remember Khan didn't force the Rehydration clause which was suicidal, i read today that Canelo was a little over 180 pounds and even said no when HBO asked to weigh him just before the fight, that's a MASSIVE advantage that Amir gave him and a foolish one. I actually thought he was in serious trouble when he hit the canvas then noticed his chest moving and realised he was at least breathing.
Canelo landed a few hard body shots that Khan tried to grin off which is a tell tale sign you've been hurt, after that Canelo realised Khan couldn't hurt him so just cut the ring off more and more and walked through him like a machine, the fact Khan was turning into him trying to land a silly lead left just added to the force of the impact.
At the weigh in they looked of similar size but Canelo looked a different person during the fight and he's know to put mass back on really fast between the weigh in and the fight, 20 pounds Plus minimum.
Having said that back in the day fighters like Ray Robinson moved through the weights easily and never got banged out cold like that.
Makes you realise just how hard the old school fighters were

[Mr140]

Still do not get how Canelo is putting on so much weight after a fight should be dead during the weigh in maybe cause he is younger. Also for his size i can not believe he is 177 the man not even close to his height he like 5'7'' not even close to the 5'10'' he is listed not that big of guy in person.

[SlimTrae]

Just watched it. Great KO.

Some fighters don't get sparked repeatedly like Khan because many won't man up.
Guys like Adonis Stevenson, Kell Brook to Canelo to name a few have sturdier chins. But haggle way too much.

Khan IMO is a bit like HW Michael Moorer: Heart, balls and will to win. Just no chin to match.

[erics44]

i've just watched the fight

I don't think the scoring was that far out

most are having khan 4 or 5 rounds up

I cant see how he has won the first for example

I don't think he ever looked like winning the fight even if it had have carried on like the first 4

I fully respect his balls mind

[Master]

Primo, BT sports showed Khan v Canelo now.

[Primo Carnera]

Cheers Bud, I've seen it.. Thanks though

[Master]

Cheers Bud, I've seen it.. Thanks though

You can record it now.

[palmerq]

Report: Canelo vs. Khan does approximately 460,000 buys - Bloody Elbow

it seems it didnt do too well on ppv, although i guess not terrible considering it was a pretty large mismatch and the undercard wasn't super great either, or at least didnt have many famous names on it.

I actually bought this though :S


this might be good news as maybe gbp will want bigger numbers and will need to get golovkin in the ring !

[SlimTrae]

Seems Mexico isn't all Canelo fans. Really dismal numbers for the supposed new face of boxing.