Can we stop acting like 8 lbs is a huge deal? Enough with the fake outrage already

[bojangles1987]

It's not just the weight, it's that Khan hasn't done a damn thing at welterweight and has been chinny at every single weight he's fought at. That's not going to change when he fights a damn middleweight.

This is a fight where a bigger, stronger, more skilled middleweight with the stylistic advantage is fighting an unproven welterweight with a glass chin. It's terrible and people should be heavily criticizing the fight. It's like Sergey Kovalev fighting Martin Murray.

[New England]

canelo is 170+ on fight night. he is not walking around 5-10 lbs over that. that's just ridiculous.

he's naturally larger than khan to the tune of 1-2 weight classes. it is a "huge deal."

[mathed]

8 pounds is no big deal? Well 4 pounds was a big deal to Ward not wanting to meet GGG, 1 pound is a big deal to Canelo fighting at 155 instead of 154, 2 pounds was a big deal to Mayweather against Canelo.

[Robbie Barrett]

8 pounds is no big deal? Well 4 pounds was a big deal to Ward not wanting to meet GGG, 1 pound is a big deal to Canelo fighting at 155 instead of 154, 2 pounds was a big deal to Mayweather against Canelo.

4 lbs was a big deal to Golovkin but only for a Ward fight, he didn't have a problem with it fighting anyone else. Don't get it twisted.

[Robbie Barrett]

Khan has the frame to move up and carry the weight well. He's not some tiny WW.

[stuff jones]

Get over Floyd already you loser.

Hypocrite.

[Southpawology]

Its a pretty BIG deal when you cant take punches from 140LBers and now you gotta take them from a middleweight. A GIANT DIFFERENCE actually. Its a whole different type of power.

[KingTito]

Just stop....

[1hourRun]

Khan has the frame to move up and carry the weight well. He's not some tiny WW.

Stop posting false images to justify this mismatch! Here we see how bigger Canelo is and look at poor little Khan, this is a disgrace for boxing.

[junior gong]

It's the first boxing event being held at the brand new stadium in the Vegas Strip. Of course they were going to go for the big names. Khan and his handlers have no issue with the weight whatsoever, and neither should you.

It's 8 lbs for crying out loud, and Khan is a big guy. I'm sure you've all seen his "off season" pictures at the beach. He looks close to 180 lbs which is likely what Canelo walks around at too. Even so, "walk around" weight doesn't matter when there are weight classes in place.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Khan weighs in higher than Canelo, probably in the ball park of 154.5 and still look healthy and lean too.

Canelo will win, but it won't be by knockout. It will be a UD win.

If 8lbs isnt a big deal, then why wont Canelo actually fight at MW, rather than LM and a few ounces?