Official Amir Khan vs Chris Algieri & Undercards Fight Discussion Thread

Algieri is a tremendous warrior who just can't be put down. He holds win over a beast like Ruslan Provodnikov whose fight with Bradley was so brutal his speech slurred for 2 months and I think should've had the decision. Then he holds a win over Emmanuel Taylor who was in a fight of the year candidate with About Billions Adrien Broner. Just coming off of challenging for the WBO version of the WW title against Fighter of the Decade. Anybody out there will have his hands full against the collegian warrior. We'll see how he does with new trainer John David Jackson. #championlifestyle Khan on the other hand has experience on his side along with superior speed and better skill level and I believe will out box Algieri. Amir Khan holds wins over some top top names. With Virgil Hunter he has taken a 180 and has shown us new looks on the defensive side of things. This is a great chess match type of fight. Great for the fans! Can't wait.

Comments (20)

Beercules

Khan looked like ****ing crap and I'm not a Floyd fan, but Floyd might 'Gatti' Khan.

11y ago

Bushbaby

About round one, I'm still having a hard time seeing how anyone claimed Khan won it, it's the story of the fight. Khan was flurrying ineffectively and the only 2 punches that mattered that entire 3 minutes were 2 punches that Chris landed that won an otherwise uneventful round.

11y ago

sunny31

Said it once and I will say it again Khan overtrained for the fight, it was so obvious, he looked awful and dead tired after 7-8 rounds, he was there to be knocked out. I am surprised more 'hardcore' boxing fans haven't picked up on this, maybe the fact that Khan is universally hated means most don't want to know. Chris Algieri also fought a great fight and looked better than ever, I am sure that contributed. Khan should forget Mayweather and do the Algieri rematch in the UK, try to beat him more clearly, and build up the Brook fight for next summer.

11y ago

aAgger

Styles make fights. Khan always dominates back-footed technical boxers, yet always has problems with forward-footed pressure fighters. He was expecting Algieri to do his usual back-footed technical style, which Khan would have dominated 120-108, but Algieri surprised everyone with his forward-footed pressure style, so Khan struggled for the first half before making the necessary adjustments for the second half. It shouldn't be too surprising that Khan had problems against a forward-footed pressure fighter, especially from someone with taller height and longer reach than him, and when he wasn't expecting it. Algieri surprised everyone with his versatility, being able to switch it up like that to a completely different style.

11y ago

AgainstTheRopes

Khan had to hold and headlock to win. Had the ref done his job, Khan would have gotten dropped by a guy with 8 KO's....you can bet on that. Another Hymen card with a hyped up boxer getting all the breaks and shit scores he needs to win. Yeah, put that clown in with Mayweather, he will give Floyd his first KO in 7 years. youre so pissy. relax

11y ago

mathed

11y ago

IR0NFIST

I scored the fight 115-113 for Khan. However, it was far from the dominating performance that many expected out of him. Algieri was finding a home for his right hand frequently, if he had any power it wouldn't have ended well for Khan.

11y ago

Build_That_Wall

No...stop it. An uncaged algieri is unstoppable, He got robbed.

11y ago

Build_That_Wall

War Machine Gun!!! Arriba Puerto Rico Puneta!!! That is a rican prospect I see a bright future if given the opportunity to become great. When it comes to prospects, if I notice talent. they will probably good, I am a very tough critic, but this rican has the talent to go far.

11y ago

Mick6

I had Khan well ahead. He just didn't impress because I was comparing it to Pacquiao's destruction of Algeri and that didn't happen. If Algeri had any power I think he would have ko'd Khan. Algeri showed he's a pretty tough fighter but I still had him losing pretty soundly. With that said I thunk Khan blew his chance to fight Floyd unless Floyd decides he wants to fight somebody he could actually knock out. A KO would be a good way for Floyd to end his career.

11y ago

brickcityboxing

Khan gets a lot of credit for throwing flashy combo's that mostly land on opponents gloves and forearms... to his credit though they are soooo fast it's really hard to tell wether he's landing scoring blows in real time... I perosnally just hate his style, its so wack, one dimensional, he just jumps in and flurries and rolls out. Something about the way he "hops" around the ring bothers me too tons of wasted movement.

11y ago

gamesworn

A very good fight for Algieri

11y ago

Hitman_Hodgson

I watched it after reading a lot of the comments on here and I was expecting it to be closer. Algieri was closer to his best than Khan but, Khan still won by at least 4 rounds. It was similar to the Peterson fight in many ways, Algieri realised after 3 rounds that we couldn't out box Khan and so started applying pressure and working the body well, but Khan still landed more, and did enough to win, but he still has most of the weaknesses he's always had. He stayed in front of Algieri too long, and had Algieri had any power he'd have scored at least a couple of knock downs IMO, having said that, the same could be said of Khan, despite all the style, there's seldom any bad intentions behind them. The first thing I noticed was how small Khan looked compared to Algieri.

11y ago

bigjavi973

I had it 115-113 for khan. That 117-111 scorecards where terrible. Too much holding from khan. Seems like the only "improvement" I've seen from khan was that he's holding and hugging a hell of alot more than before. Thurman obliterates khan. Bank it.

11y ago

OneHittaQuitta1

No way khan was losing this Fight going in only way chris had any shot was if he dropped him or knocked him out i wasnt impressed with khan at all i scored the Fight close but the fact of the matter is khan was the favorite he had the commentators on his side both us and brit and those cards were ridiculous but amir looks very very vunerable and beatable lol i dont even see him beating broner i feel like thurman will kill him khan aint elite in my book

11y ago

IronDanHamza

Just watched it. Had it 7-5 Khan. Algeri did much better than I expected. If he had any power he may have knocked him out.

11y ago

Dirk_Diggler_UK

Exactly, it gets much worse when you come back from a major setback before it gets higher than its ever been. Khan looked bad but what he'll learn from this fight is a lot more than he would ever learn from an easy 12-0 like we're used to seeing in his last two. Khan looked bad but he clearly won 8-4 with some hairy moments. He didn't clearly win at all. That's what you get for ducking. Brilliant.

11y ago

sunny31

Khan looked badly overtrained to me, he looked terrible. Algieri fought a good fight, deserves a rematch as it was a good fight.

11y ago

noStylez

This fight was hella close, the British commentating is so biased. I had it 7-5 Khan those wide score cards are ludicrous, could have gone either way or a draw.

11y ago

PBP

Wait people aren't happy with the decision? Khan clearly won that fight.

11y ago