Is there really someone out there who'd like to see Maywheater vs Khan?

Surely picking someone who lost every round to Alexander is way more sh-tty? Getting KOed happens, plenty of great fighters have been KOed. Lewis, Hearns, Pac etc. the public can get over that if they believe Khan brings something offensively. Losing every round to an average boxer in the most boring fight ever in your prime doesn't make much of a case for troubling the greatest boxer of our generation. Maidana was not prepared for the 100+ clinching tactic of Devon. Plus he was moving up and his trainer was sick. Basically it was a low in Maidana's career, yet you cats treat it like that's how he's going to perform every time out. I'll let you in on a little secret: styles make fights, yes, but you also have to look at the context to see if the fighter is even currently capable of utilizing their style efficiently against a top tier fighter like Floyd Mayweather. While in theory a long jab, with quick combos is an interesting formula against Floyd, Khan is not the one to do it based on his recent performances. Plus, I'm encountering Broner fan level thinking here. Are you really trying to say Maidana getting clinched to death against Alexander is worse than being rocked, dropped, and stopped? They were. I think he deserved the nod against Corley, he just didn't look good doing it at all. Morales beat him in my book, but it is what it is. He could also have won the fight against Kotelnik, though I thought he showed some weaknesses in that fight. I can't negate that. But I also think that there's been put too much emphasis on how good guys like Karass, Lopez and Broner were - as well as how bad Diaz was. Not counting Molina, as he was pretty awful, though Khan did look good. I think the intrigue for me is whether or not Khan has it in him to pull off a good performance once more. He's shaken off the Garcia fight now and if he could get back to anywhere near the level he was against PM, Maidana or Judah - then I think he stands a good chance of given us a good fight. If I look at Maidana's absolute best performance, which was probably Broner, he still looked slow and soft around the mid-section in the mid rounds and was hurt a little by Broner as he admitted himself. If I look at that performance, I don't see anyway in hell he could cause Mayweather the slightest of problems. So why would I want to see it more? Because he deserves it? Not my problem, give it to Porter then. Morales did not beat him. Morales is a warrior, and he didn't let that mouse the size of texas on his eye discourage him. But he lost clean. He was outhustled and outpowered by the younger hungrier man. Khan has not shown he shook off anything, whereas, Maidana has. Thats the whole point! Its one thing if Maidana was stopped or ko'ed by Khan, but he wasnt. Khan was running for his life in that fight and escaped with a narrow decision. Styles make fights, my friend. Maidana is tailor-made for Mayweather. If you Yanks want Maidana, that's fair enough. Personally, i'd like to see a somewhat competitive, potentially exciting fight. Each to their own, eh? not just styles, but the context of how a fighter at the given time is able to utilize his style. Khan has struggled, he has lost about 5 steps since he fought Maidana...and Maidana has gained about 4 since then. Seeing how they were about evenly matched in their fight, that puts Chino significantly ahead of Amir Khan in the current context. Were these fans partially-sighted, or owners of Golden Retrievers? Jesus, that fight had dud written all over it. Rios is pap. Maidana is so predictable. Am I the only one who sees this? I swear fanboy-ism dominates Pacquaio-Mayweather threads; perhaps i would be wise to steer clear. He is predictable at times but if he is on you he is a force to be reckoned with. His angles, his awkwardness, his aggression.. his kill or be killed mentality. Just because you see a wrecking ball coming at you doesn't mean you can stand to it or avoid it every time. Its strong, destructive, and inexorable. One mental slip from Mr Mayweather and Maidana has the ability to put him on the canvas with either hand. its a higher stakes fight, and the right fight. Judging from Khans RECENT ****ing performances. Diaz is a guy that's been stopped..what? 4 or 5 times and Khan didn't have the pop to stop him. If we could all get in a time machine then Khan would be an interesting test for Mayweather, back when he was with Ariza and stopping guys, but he CLEARLY has lost some steps since then. A may khan fight is not only a farce, its a damn travesty! I didn't say that, did I? Alas, I fear we've reached a stalemate. We disagree. Personally, i'd rather see Khan-Mayweather, solely for stylistic reasons, but I can understand the argument for Maidana being more 'deserving'. You mean solely for nationalistic reasons. C'mon lets call a spade a spade. Khan is exceptionally good against pure boxers, by that I mean guys that have the mentality purely of hit and don't get hit. He has extremely fast hands and is not afraid to throw in combinations, he also is fast on his feet and uses the whole ring with this asset. If you look at some of the guys he easily beat, Kotelnik, Maliginagi, Judah these guys don't want to take risks or put themselves in harms way, they want to hit and not get hit. Understand that it's extremely difficult win with purely this mentality against a guy as fast of hand and foot as Amir khan. In order to beat him you have to take risks, you have to be willing take shots to land your own shots on him. Look at his two losses, Presscot a power puncher, knocked him out, his mentallity was to land bombs on Khan even if it meant getting hit he punched with him. Danny Garcia was looking to land the counter left hook, but it had to be well timed and he had to take the risk throwing the big left between Khans combos, Garcia was willing to take hits to land the left hook. Also a couple of close wins for Khan, Maidana who's more than willing to take hits had Khan in trouble and made it very uncomfortable for him to say the least. Peterson (no one can tell me Peterson legitimately won that) he made it close coming forward willing to take hits to land his own. And Diaz same again, he threw with Khan willing to take hits and made it close. Floyd Mayweather has purely the hit and don't get hit mentality of which he is a master of, to beat Khan he may well have to come forward and risk taking hits, if he does just box Khan with the same mentality and wins that would be highly impressive to me, this is why I think this fight would be much more interesting than watching Maidana another flatfooted power puncher who we not only know Floyd would beat but pretty much how he would win, too boring and predicable. Khan a different and arguably difficult style for Floyd presents a potentially interesting and exciting fight. Mayweather has been in every kind of fight imaginable in his tenure. From boxing exhibitions to dogfights. Khan judging by the recent doesn't have the pop to trouble Mayweather. If he couldnt stop Diaz he's going to be walked down by Mayweather, and easily. Speed don't matter a damn if its kept at home. I know fighting, and fighters. I have studied the fight culture my whole life. Maidana is special. He has more longevity than Khan, more heart than Ortiz, he's smarter than Broner, more powerful than Guerrero, more savage than Canelo, more tenacious than Mosley, and most importantly, hes a student who can add to his game. The value of these things cannot be estimated.

If it's ppv in uk, I'll stream khan-floyd. Froch groves 2 I'll buy.

it will be entertaining while it lasts for that reason, don't hate the fight outright but there's better opponents for Floyd and Khan's a cherrypick can see people accepting this fight, but nobody should want it

Khan is exceptionally good against pure boxers, by that I mean guys that have the mentality purely of hit and don't get hit. He has extremely fast hands and is not afraid to throw in combinations, he also is fast on his feet and uses the whole ring with this asset. If you look at some of the guys he easily beat, Kotelnik, Maliginagi, Judah these guys don't want to take risks or put themselves in harms way, they want to hit and not get hit. Understand that it's extremely difficult win with purely this mentality against a guy as fast of hand and foot as Amir khan. In order to beat him you have to take risks, you have to be willing take shots to land your own shots on him. Look at his two losses, Presscot a power puncher, knocked him out, his mentallity was to land bombs on Khan even if it meant getting hit he punched with him. Danny Garcia was looking to land the counter left hook, but it had to be well timed and he had to take the risk throwing the big left between Khans combos, Garcia was willing to take hits to land the left hook. Also a couple of close wins for Khan, Maidana who's more than willing to take hits had Khan in trouble and made it very uncomfortable for him to say the least. Peterson (no one can tell me Peterson legitimately won that) he made it close coming forward willing to take hits to land his own. And Diaz same again, he threw with Khan willing to take hits and made it close. Floyd Mayweather has purely the hit and don't get hit mentality of which he is a master of, to beat Khan he may well have to come forward and risk taking hits, if he does just box Khan with the same mentality and wins that would be highly impressive to me, this is why I think this fight would be much more interesting than watching Maidana another flatfooted power puncher who we not only know Floyd would beat but pretty much how he would win, too boring and predicable. Khan a different and arguably difficult style for Floyd presents a potentially interesting and exciting fight.

Maybe we should conclude that Khan is actually done. If they don't think he can make a good impression in another fight, then it would be understandable they want to cash those British PPVs right now and postpone a Floyd - Maidana bout.

I made a thread about it Want to see it as i truly believe Khan will beat Floyd or least has the tools to cause him problems And if barely surviving ATG Julio Diaz doesn't lead to a shot at Mayweather, I don't know what will

i'd actually like to see mayweather fight a fast bambi-footed shot fighter instead. zzzzZZzzzzZZzzz

I prefer Mayweather-Maidana cos lord knows I've never seen Floyd fight a slow flat-footed brawler before! i'd actually like to see mayweather fight a fast bambi-footed shot fighter instead.

I prefer Mayweather-Maidana cos lord knows I've never seen Floyd fight a slow flat-footed brawler before! :lol1::lol1:

he beat those two after he lost to Maidana. If Diaz goes on to beat Paulie Malignaggi, will it turn Diaz into a good win? Or a better win? Not in my book. Of course it would. If Diaz goes on to beat Pauli at 147 it would be his best win in years. Sure, Khan obviously didn't fight as many fights as Maidana did, and I think the excuse about Porter in the first Diaz fight is a poor one. I don't think so. Porter clearly overlooked Diaz IMO. The second fight showed that could be the case aswell. And Khan really beat Peterson. But that's another discussion. Not in my eyes he didn't. Either way it wasn't a good performance. That is true, doesn't really change the fact that Khan has performed better in his career at top level than Maidana has. And I don't see what Maidana could possibly do to upset Mayweather. So I don't need to watch it. Khan's done better in his overall career but he's done nothing in 2 years which is what it boils down to.

I prefer Mayweather-Maidana cos lord knows I've never seen Floyd fight a slow flat-footed brawler before!

he beat those two after he lost to Maidana. If Diaz goes on to beat Paulie Malignaggi, will it turn Diaz into a good win? Or a better win? Not in my book. Sure, Khan obviously didn't fight as many fights as Maidana did, and I think the excuse about Porter in the first Diaz fight is a poor one. And Khan really beat Peterson. But that's another discussion. That is true, doesn't really change the fact that Khan has performed better in his career at top level than Maidana has. And I don't see what Maidana could possibly do to upset Mayweather. So I don't need to watch it. I think Khan can cause a few problems, which is why I want to see that fight over a Maidana fight. Mayweather should take the Maidana fight, really. It'd be a walk in the park.

So is excitement out the equation now then? It's hard to say who'd be more competitive. Khan's shown nothing in years to suggest he'd be competitive with Mayweather. The guy isn't even on form. I didn't say that, did I? Alas, I fear we've reached a stalemate. We disagree. Personally, i'd rather see Khan-Mayweather, solely for stylistic reasons, but I can understand the argument for Maidana being more 'deserving'.

So is excitement out the equation now then? It's hard to say who'd be more competitive. Khan's shown nothing in years to suggest he'd be competitive with Mayweather. The guy isn't even on form. The only thing exciting about this fight is Khan will surely get rocked and possibly dropped or stopped. I honestly feel Khan has not improved if anything his offense is far worse and still gets hit very clean.

He beat Aydin and Berto, two solid WW's. The best thing Diaz has done in years is draw with Porter, whilst a decent performance, it's not great. Like I said in the other thread that was more down to Porter IMO. Then let's say for arguments sake that Karass and Diaz are the same (I don't think they are but let's say they are) Maidana still has Broner and Lopez whilst Khan has Molina and back to back loss's to Garcia and Peterson. And Diaz definitely isn't a good fighter IMO. Atleast Maidana performed well against Karass as opposed to Khan who performed badly. he beat those two after he lost to Maidana. If Diaz goes on to beat Paulie Malignaggi, will it turn Diaz into a good win? Or a better win? Not in my book. Sure, Khan obviously didn't fight as many fights as Maidana did, and I think the excuse about Porter in the first Diaz fight is a poor one. And Khan really beat Peterson. But that's another discussion. That is true, doesn't really change the fact that Khan has performed better in his career at top level than Maidana has. And I don't see what Maidana could possibly do to upset Mayweather. So I don't need to watch it. I think Khan can cause a few problems, which is why I want to see that fight over a Maidana fight.

The general debate in this thread seems to be: which opponent would be more competitive, Khan or Maidana? In my opinion, it's Khan. It's marginal, sure; but Khan would take a few rounds to figure out. Mayweather would figure Maidana out before the first bell. So is excitement out the equation now then? It's hard to say who'd be more competitive. Khan's shown nothing in years to suggest he'd be competitive with Mayweather. The guy isn't even on form.

What makes Diaz worse than Karass? What has Karass ever done that's compared to what Diaz has done? He was 2-5 in his last 7 and Diaz came off what should have been a victory against Porter. Why does this not get mentioned? Diaz is a good fighter. His skills are miles ahead of Karass' - I feel like i'm the only one noticing this! He beat Aydin and Berto, two solid WW's. The best thing Diaz has done in years is draw with Porter, whilst a decent performance, it's not great. Like I said in the other thread that was more down to Porter IMO. Then let's say for arguments sake that Karass and Diaz are the same (I don't think they are but let's say they are) Maidana still has Broner and Lopez whilst Khan has Molina and back to back loss's to Garcia and Peterson. And Diaz definitely isn't a good fighter IMO. Atleast Maidana performed well against Karass as opposed to Khan who performed badly.

Perhaps. I don't think it's too far off to think the same about Mayweather-Khan, though. Maidana's predictable. But as is Khan. The general debate in this thread seems to be: which opponent would be more competitive, Khan or Maidana? In my opinion, it's Khan. It's marginal, sure; but Khan would take a few rounds to figure out. Mayweather would figure Maidana out before the first bell.

I'd like to see it because Khan is a new style for Mayweather. As would any true boxing fan.

Yeah, but both still could have gone either way. All 3 of those are better than Diaz and done more in recent years than Diaz has. All 3 of those wins for Maidana are better than anything Khans' done in years and the reason why he's relevant at the moment as opposed to Khan who isn't. What makes Diaz worse than Karass? What has Karass ever done that's compared to what Diaz has done? He was 2-5 in his last 7 and Diaz came off what should have been a victory against Porter. Why does this not get mentioned? Diaz is a good fighter. His skills are miles ahead of Karass' - I feel like i'm the only one noticing this!