Adidas Sharston
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Khan v Canelo May 7th in Vegas.
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1) Roman Gonzalez
2) GGG
3) Sergey Kovalev
4) Andre Ward
5) Terence Crawford
Khan v Canelo May 7th in Vegas.
leighton
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I am shocked to see that Amir Khan is to fight Saul Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on May 7th. Khan hasnt been in the ring for near enough a year and to take on Canelo is a shock for me to see. I thought he would of went down a final eliminator then a fight with Brook rather than Canelo. This is a must win fight for Khan if he loses then he may as well call it a day.
Adidas Sharston
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I am shocked to see that Amir Khan is to fight Saul Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on May 7th. Khan hasnt been in the ring for near enough a year and to take on Canelo is a shock for me to see. I thought he would of went down a final eliminator then a fight with Brook rather than Canelo. This is a must win fight for Khan if he loses then he may as well call it a day.
Didn't see that coming, not sure if its at catch weight but if Khan moves up I think it will suit Alverez.
leighton
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Didn't see that coming, not sure if its at catch weight but if Khan moves up I think it will suit Alverez.
Yeah its cannon fodder for Canelo if its up at his weight. I just cant see Khans chin taking a shot from Canelo clean. Yes Khan will be quicker and maybe they are looking at how Money handled Canelo and they are thinking that Khan can do the same. It must be big money he is getting for the fight as I just dont see why Khan would turn down the Brook fight at Wembley just a strange move by Khan and his team.
Adidas Sharston
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Yeah its cannon fodder for Canelo if its up at his weight. I just cant see Khans chin taking a shot from Canelo clean. Yes Khan will be quicker and maybe they are looking at how Money handled Canelo and they are thinking that Khan can do the same. It must be big money he is getting for the fight as I just dont see why Khan would turn down the Brook fight at Wembley just a strange move by Khan and his team.
Just said on Sky, Khans moving up 2 weight division's, he's in for a very tough night if so. Khans only chance is at 147, strange one that leighton, not sure whare Khan goes after this because I only see one result May 7th.
leighton
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Just said on Sky, Khans moving up 2 weight division's, he's in for a very tough night if so. Khans only chance is at 147, strange one that leighton, not sure whare Khan goes after this because I only see one result May 7th.
From what i think they think the speed will be too much for Canelo its strange but i take my hat off to Khan if he wins it then he goes to the top table and the bigger fights again. Superfights. Shame for Kel as I thought the Kel fight was nailed on and Kel winning I would of backed due to Khan being so inactive at the moment. 1 big pay day it seems going by Khans dad.
Catchweight 155. Why not drop a pound and fight for a light middleweight belt ffs ?
Khan's not a big welterweight so going up to 155 won't suit him.
That said, if the extra weight doesn't slow him down too much he's got the style to trouble Canelo. Imo Lara beat him and Trout ran him close so Amir can take heart from that.
Khan's not a big welterweight so going up to 155 won't suit him.
That said, if the extra weight doesn't slow him down too much he's got the style to trouble Canelo. Imo Lara beat him and Trout ran him close so Amir can take heart from that.
Adidas Sharston
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Catchweight 155. Why not drop a pound and fight for a light middleweight belt ffs ?
Khan's not a big welterweight so going up to 155 won't suit him.
That said, if the extra weight doesn't slow him down too much he's got the style to trouble Canelo. Imo Lara beat him and Trout ran him close so Amir can take heart from that.
I thought the Cotto fight was closer than the judges had it, even though Canelo won the fight.
Just seems a strange fight for Khan to take, there's plenty of top fights out there at welterweight. I think the later rounds will suit Canelo, will be interesting to see Virgil's game plan, just hope it pays off
Brook's the big loser here. He's wasting his career. If he doesn't have a meaningful fight soon he may as well pack it in. I'd like to see him in with the winner of Thurman v Porter or maybe Garcia or at the very least Spence but rumour has it Eddie's looking at a fight at 154 with Liam Smith ffs.
Latics Fan SJK
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Khan is more interested in money instead of titles these days - I think that's clear to see.
Canelo is the US' biggest draw now so regardless of the Brook fight giving Khan £6m minimum he'll get more from this one.
Canelo will beat Khan to a pulp IMO. It's not hard to land on Khan - pretty much every opponent he has faced has done at some point in the past. Hell, even Algieiri landed flush a few times. Canelo might not be the most mobile of boxers but he's incredibly accurate and he will tag Khan when he wants to. And when he does, it'll be lights out.
Khan knows if he loses this - which he expects to I reckon - then he'll bag a shit load of money and won't exactly be written off back down at WW, whereas a loss to Brook would probably be the end for him.
As for Brook, I expect him to breeze past Bizier and then have a unification with Danny Garcia. That's a fight id love to see.
Canelo is the US' biggest draw now so regardless of the Brook fight giving Khan £6m minimum he'll get more from this one.
Canelo will beat Khan to a pulp IMO. It's not hard to land on Khan - pretty much every opponent he has faced has done at some point in the past. Hell, even Algieiri landed flush a few times. Canelo might not be the most mobile of boxers but he's incredibly accurate and he will tag Khan when he wants to. And when he does, it'll be lights out.
Khan knows if he loses this - which he expects to I reckon - then he'll bag a shit load of money and won't exactly be written off back down at WW, whereas a loss to Brook would probably be the end for him.
As for Brook, I expect him to breeze past Bizier and then have a unification with Danny Garcia. That's a fight id love to see.