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Winger
One thing with Khan he was never in a a boring fight and when hurt still always tried to fire back.
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Thunder Road
Midfield
I think Mayweather would have got him in the end but it would have been an absolute brilliant fight!
Mayweather would have dealt with Khan easily
I completely agree, I just don’t think he was smart enough to know Khan’s style would cause him more trouble than say Hatton’s.
All in all, I’ve enjoyed watching Khan’s career.. probably needs to stop now, mind.
Thunder Road
Midfield
Yeah Khan would have given him a harder night than Hatton.
Will go down as a British great!
Hopefully he eventually gets the recognition he deserves.
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Winger
The thing is with Mayweather it didn’t matter what style was put in front of him he still came up with a solution to beat it .So while Khan maybe gave him bother for 4 or 5 Rds Mayweather would have had him out of there in 8 or 10 rds .
I think so, but then Hatton fought Mayweather in his absolute prime
Iirc the Khan fight was touted before he fought Berto... would have been a difficult night for Mayweather at that stage in his career. I don’t think he fancied the relentless speed... the sort of thing that somehow convinced some people that ODLH beat him.
dixonsafc
Striker
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MrBraithwaite
Winger
Khan khan't fight no more!
ODLH had that in the bag but he threw it away tactically at the end.
Looks like they’ve made cut backs and found a sofa for a tenner off Gumtree
coyneeee_s
Winger
It's hard to dissect what actually happened.
Khan's always chased the money fights rather than the opponents in his skill range, the more Khan-biased fans will say he's fought the best but let's be honest he had no business sharing a ring with Canelo and Crawford back when Brook was an option then, and the W's against Judah and Malignanni emphasise the argument even more, they were fighters 10-15 years past their peak entering jobber status, and you gotta remember at that period he was calling out Pacman and Mayweather which we now is absolute insanity. There's a certain amount due for calling out the best, but I think it's become clear at this point the W's weren't in mind but the £££
As people figured out tonight, Khan knew he was blew up.. The most amount of training he did was for Ant and Dec not in a ring and it showed. He's earned millions from it and fair play but Brook was there for the taking, Khan came up against someone who is a psychologically and physically broken man who bailed out the last 2 fights from a single skirmish protecting his health from the eye injury and Khan simply didn't want it. His comments about not fighting for the love of the sport is evidence, he came up against a broken man and fired more blanks than John Wayne
Khan's always chased the money fights rather than the opponents in his skill range, the more Khan-biased fans will say he's fought the best but let's be honest he had no business sharing a ring with Canelo and Crawford back when Brook was an option then, and the W's against Judah and Malignanni emphasise the argument even more, they were fighters 10-15 years past their peak entering jobber status, and you gotta remember at that period he was calling out Pacman and Mayweather which we now is absolute insanity. There's a certain amount due for calling out the best, but I think it's become clear at this point the W's weren't in mind but the £££
As people figured out tonight, Khan knew he was blew up.. The most amount of training he did was for Ant and Dec not in a ring and it showed. He's earned millions from it and fair play but Brook was there for the taking, Khan came up against someone who is a psychologically and physically broken man who bailed out the last 2 fights from a single skirmish protecting his health from the eye injury and Khan simply didn't want it. His comments about not fighting for the love of the sport is evidence, he came up against a broken man and fired more blanks than John Wayne
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Locke's SAFC
Striker
Motivated or not, Kell's best days are behind him and I just don't see what he has to gain from fighting again. He'll always have that feeling of what could have been had the better fighters of the day been willing to fight him before he had his face smashed. I personally think that at his natural weight he was at least as good as any of them, Mayweather excepted, and they knew that which is why Amir got the opportunities instead. Either way, Kell can't change that now so time to call it a day.
joemcdokes
Striker
If it hadn't been so over hyped in what they had done in the past the fight was a miss match for me.
Locke's SAFC
Striker
Absolutely ridiculous comment.
Mayweather was at the very highest level and would have been a champion in pretty much any era in boxing.
Khan was a good boxer at world level with some fundamental flaws, still good enough to be a world champion but nowhere near good enough to mix it with the likes of Mayweather.
At his very best, he wouldn't have been good enough to mix it with Kell Brook and Mayweather is/was at another level again.
I'd agree that Khan was always very game. He was also a good boxer at world level with some serious limitations when it came to mixing it with the best. Good enough to be a world champion though, so that speaks for itself.
That said, Kell Brook was always on a different level to Khan. What you saw last night is pretty much what would have happened when both in their prime and I think Amir knew that. You can talk all day long about hand speed but when you have a slick boxer in front of you, like Kell Brook, it won't count for much. Kell Brook dealt with a much, much more awkward opponent in Shawn Porter, and Brook would have demolished Khan at more or less any point in their careers.
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Khan would've never given Mayweather a tough night imo. Whilst he has speed and a decent jab, he had too many glaring limitations. He never got the fight because he seemed to believe he was owed the fight and Mayweather avoided it out of spite
Locke's SAFC
Striker
Serious? Even now, this Kell with so many miles on the clock and a smashed face comfortably beats Eubank. Fundamentally, Eubank can't box; Kell still has those slick boxing skills which will be too much for Eubank.
Eubank doesn't deserve to be in the ring with someone like Kell, hasn't done enough in boxing. 'Hope Kell doesn't give him that payday.
cosmicchris00
Striker
It's a shame cos it all started so differently for Khan - Olympian poster boy, fast hands and film star looks.
He had some good nights as well but he's done now.
I can't see any route for him other than back into retirement
I can confirm it was 14/1 as I had it
Captain Slackbladder
Striker
Come on now....that's just ridiculous.
Eubank would be the betting favourite if the fight was made.
cosmicchris00
Striker
The refs are much more safety conscious in modern boxing.
The days of blood and snot flying, boxers out on their feet and multiple knock downs are gone.
They look at what's gone before, body language and the look in the fighters eyes.
A good ref reads a fighter like a book
