Comments Thread For: Hunter: Khan Winning is No Upset, Canelo is NOT Very Good

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It is only a hand full of fighters today that are truly good but majority of them are living off of PURE HYPE!

Unless Kahn can maintain a steady jab to Canelos face, I doubt it goes the distance. Canelo hates being hit and withdrawals too much. But I also wouldn't put it passed Canelo to take a loss to secure an immediate rematch just to avoid facing GGG.

If Khan can go the distance then he has a very good chance of winning this fight. Canelo didn't look all that impressive to me against Cotto. He looked slow and was very economical with his punches. Amir has to watch out for Alvarez' counters by avoiding the exchanges. Those are the punches that will do him the most harm. If he can stay out of the pocket and remain the busier volume puncher of the two then he should do very well. He may not get the decision but his performance would at least gain the boxing fans' respect.

exactly! At least when they were pipping Fernando Vargas he was fighting killas. Canelo been aided by careful matchmaking and gift decisions. And now this new division he created to beat up small guys. Of course he'll beat Khan. He's fighting a guy who's barely a ww with a suspect chin.

Canelo may not be great, but he has definitely improved in recent fights. Has Khan? That's the bigger question, not the comments Hunter leaves with this particular interview. Khan has a big mountain to climb, but in a way so does Canelo. We've seen how he was baffled by Floydie, how Eddy his trainer had zero clues of how to adjust, how bad his gameplan was overall, actually thinking he'd out-box Floydie. And now he's in with an even faster boxer, who, unless Khan gets caught, could potentially speed his way to a UD win. I think Canelo can catch Khan at some point, but Khan could upset Canelo with the perfect fight.

Interesting so Canelo refused the rehydration clause. I was under the assumption that the clause was never requested by Khan's team. It goes to show how much of a flat-track bully Canelo really is, and how he needs to have so many advantages stacked up in his favour before taking fights.

Virgil is right. Canelo is not very good. He is a manufactured superstar with a resume on paper that looks good. Got outclassed by Floyd, got arguably a draw against Lara who himself lost all his big fights. Other than that Austin Trout, who is kinda meh, and then very old kinda shot smaller fighters like Mosley and Cotto. Canelo never faced a legit middleweight yet even though he himself on fight night is a Light Heavyweight. Khan isn't very good either, he is like the #7 Welterweight which is 2 divisions lower than MW. If Canelo was very good he wouldnt even fight Khan. Size matters.

Nelo is considered by many a tep ten PFP fighter now. Khan whoi isn't, and is two divisions smaller means it will be a great win for khan One of the best ever by a brit

Trying hard to sell this mismatch.

Canelo is NOT just the bigger man, he can also box. Like Hunter said Mayweather made it look easy because of who he is, Khan on the other hand has the tool but he is retarded mentally in terms of ring generalship. He would start off fast with quick combos, he would fall in love with his own work then BOOM walk into something, Mayweather processes everything quicker than anyone else, thats why he could see Canelo right hand 10 mins before canelo himself throws it. But in boxing nothing surprises me anymore.

Well according to Khan he loves being the underdog, is "going to make history", is giong to be pound for pound #1, and shock the world, etc...etc...etc...all from this fight. Then his trainer says that? Kinda wierd how much these guys talk and talk and talk. Thats how Khan "earned" a shot at Canelo. Not buying. No thanks. I can wait a week.

With the exception of having a tremendous talent in Andre Ward, what has Hunter done? Sitting in the corner between rounds whispering 'motivational quotes' into your fighters ear is not a great trainer. Last time one of his fighters fought Canelo his corner advice was 'I can't sit and watch you take a beating, do something!' - hardly a tactical master.

Yes Canelo is in many ways 'not that good' Hunter is right there but if Khan were to win it's silly for him to say it wouldn't be an upset as Khan himself is not that good.For Khan to struggle with the likes of Algieri the way he did speaks volumes .Chris was coming off a six knock down lost and lost every round of the fight and Chris has just been annihilated in five by a prospect.Wasn't that the fight where both Khan and Hunter were saying it would be his showcase fight?.....it was! We have heard it all before from these two , as limited as Canelo is in some departments when Canelo starts landing which may take a few rounds as Khan will be running and holding as much as he can , the end will come. Amir Khan will have no answer and then the usual excuses will arrive . Canelo should have limited weak chinned Khan out of there around the halfway mark, Khan will put up as good as he can but as always at any decent level Khan gets banged out.

He probably said the same thing about Soto Karass when he fought Berto He was yawning so hard his beret almost fell off during the ring intros for that fight

This is a really bad comment to make for several reasons, all around, win or lose. You say this to get a fight, not when a fight is signed. 1. Khan is the underdog, so he's the underdog against a not so good fighter. If he loses he lost to a not so good boxer according to his trainer. Which makes Khan mediocre at best. Which would actually be pretty accurate since we already saw his mediocrity versus Algieri and Diaz, and DSG and Peterson before that. 2. Canelo is actually an excellent boxer, so the comment is false. He maintained a high level of boxing in defeating Trout, Cotto and Lara. Regardless if anyone thought he lost to Lara, truth is the fight was very close anyway, not a schooling like people thought was gonna happen. He maintained a 50-50 fight with a standout amateur, and a guy who was favored to win Gold at the Olympics if he had gone. 3. If Khan wins, you already diminished the win by saying he's not very good.

ward is over rated but GGG is not? We dont need to start the GGG/Ward/Canelo ducking debate......I think he was just saying that to put down Hunter m9re than anything. Ward is not overated. GGG probably is a little but Ward is at 175 now so whatever. Khan is more over rated than all of them, including Canelo. I would like to see GGG fight Ward but him moving up made it even more unlikely, maybe in the future I hope. Canelo v GGG needs to happen first. After all, they both are holding a belt in the same division and are both bigger draws/names than Ward IMO. Plus the fans do and should want it.

hunter is a pr1ck. who the fack was he before an overated andre ward turned up? nobody. hes just a name at the moment just like roach when pacman was gobbling everyone up. it will blow over. khan is fackin rubbish, he cant take a clean shot and thats it. dont forget, the joke coach roach was gonna pull his 8itch out in the 10th against maidana because he was getting battered...3 weight divisions up from there and khans got a chin or stamina at this weight?? with canelo pounding on the pressure in the championship rounds?? aw cmon...... Virgil trained Ward since he was like 9 or something like that.

That's why you initially told Khan not to take the fight? /Thread.

hunter is a pr1ck. who the fack was he before an overated andre ward turned up? nobody. hes just a name at the moment just like roach when pacman was gobbling everyone up. it will blow over. khan is fackin rubbish, he cant take a clean shot and thats it. dont forget, the joke coach roach was gonna pull his 8itch out in the 10th against maidana because he was getting battered...3 weight divisions up from there and khans got a chin or stamina at this weight?? with canelo pounding on the pressure in the championship rounds?? aw cmon......