Yet Maidana probably was Mayweather’s hardest fight since DLH. Maidana, when he worked at it, was an extremely rough pressure fighter.
Would Mayweather have struggled against Khan? Maybe for round or two, until he caught on to Khans timing. Mayweather is one of the few fighters capable of beating opponents clearly as fast or faster than him, like Zab Judah and Shane Mosley. Khan had a poor chin as well.
Cmon man!! Mosley was clearly at the end of his career when he fought Floyd and was slower than Floyd at the time. Only fast fighter Mayweather EVER fought was Zab Judah and he struggled period!
Khan would have been a tougher fight for Floyd at the time compared to Maidana stylistically speaking. Mayweather going against the fans wishes and fighting the loser of the poll was a clear joke and a slap on the faces of fans who voted..
Khan wasn't that good.
I never thought Khan was anything special. I'm tired of people acting like he was some generational talent.
Ok answer this, why did Mayweather make a Poll asking fans to choose his next Opponent between Khan and Maidana , PEOPLE CHOSE KHAN ! Mayweather went on to fight Maidanda, how would you defend this???
Imagine someone like Christiano Ronaldo or Messi going against their word by asking fans which club they should join and then doing the opposite? or lets say Khabib or Conor doing a Poll and choosing to fight the loser of the Poll how much backlash would there be from the American press??
It amazes me that Mayweather got little to no American media backlash on this one..
Khan hadn't done sh** at 147 and was coming off losses in his last two meaningful fights.
Maidana on the other hand had knocked out Lopez and was coming off a big upset win over Broner which was actually for a Welterweight title as well.
Maidana was much more deserving than Khan in 2014.
I actually agree with you that Maidana was the more deserving fighter at the time as he was coming of a really big win at the time against Broner..
I just think that it was the easier fight for Mayweather, I mean Mayweather never really fought a fast fighter in his entire career apart from Judah, a fight where his performance was less than impressive. Could it be a reason Mayweather avoided prime Pac and possibly (Amir Khan) due to their fast hands and feet?
Khan is not the most impressive fighter technically speaking, but he had the speed to trouble Floyd , and always a tougher fight for Floyd than any of his other possible opponents.
Kahn is a joke. Any REAL fighter whips him EASILY.
Your HERO Mayweather never fought a fast fighter apart from Judah in his LIFE.! Zab Judah chinned him in early rounds and Khan's speed at the time would have given him fits.
Mayweather built his WHOLE RESUME fighting SLOW SLUGGING COME FORWARD BRAWLERS/PUNCHERS.
SAY IT LIKE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because Broner had literally NO fans ,everyone hated him and wanted him to lose.
While GGG has tons of fans , ready to defend him on all social media platforms and boxing forums..
They love their fighter so much that they have given the impression of a robbery in Canelo-GGG 2 when Canelo was the clear winner..
They will make you believe that you watched the wrong fight! thats how far they are ready to go to defend him!!
Worst I see khan.
He should avoid Pac-Man and Brook.
Both these guys will knock Khan out into oblivion ..
Keith Thurman and Errol Spence puts Khan into permanent COMA!
Garcia made Vargas look like a popsicle and knocked him OUT!
Khan struggled against Vargas and was on his bike for a good part of the fight..
He was even running away from Vargas lol.
Possibly the worst refereeing i've seen in the sport..
The Ref. was instead yelling at Vargas everytime Khan was pushing his head down and putting him in Headlocks..
DISGRACEFUL !!!!
Are u on drugs? Khan clearly won that fight,yea it was'nt a performance by Khan to keep the boys at 147 awake at night but that was a clear points win by Khan,real gritty,tough performance by Vargas but Khan obviously rusty and wasnt fit to go 12rounds,the knockdown by Vargas in 2nd....Khan has never had a good chin,ps iv never been a big Khan fan,too deluded and arrogant but he was rusty 2nt.
It was a close fight,, but Vargas clearly won!!
He was the cleaner puncher , Khan was running from him and was on bambi legs most of the fight... Also REF. did everything he could to save Khan.
Most of the flurries Khan was throwing was hitting air.. They were more of a 'Showcase' than actual punches ..
I scored the fight 115-114 Vargas.. No way it was 119-108 like 2 judges scored it.. Some of the rounds were pretty even but they clearly tried to Rob Vargas there..
Maybe in the second and third round, besides that where exactly did Canelo dominate?
Round six I’ll give the nod to Canelo and maybe the 12th.
Otherwise GGG won the remaining rounds.
Maywe we watched a completely different fight then..
Cause the fight I watched, Canelo pretty much dominated through the first half of the fight , GGG only started to gain momentum after first 6 rounds and yet the later rounds were close..
Most casuals don't even know the difference between a jab and a power shot.
Anyone who thinks someone who constantly throws soft jabs with an occasional stiff jab in between won a fight while getting walked back with power shot after power shot to the head and body needs to stop scoring fights and go back to watching mma.
Basically this..
GGG hardly threw anything meaningful in that fight apart from a few combinations in 1 or 2 later rounds..
You cannot win a fight by JABBING!!
HBO commentators were up GGG's arse the whole fight.
Even calling the missed punches or those which got blocked/ landed on the glove as clean shots...
and goes deaf and dumb whenever Canelo lands a clean shot on GGG :lol1:
What a farce.. !! Jim Lampley and that moron Lederman are..
You so no credit for nelo right since GGG is a bum???
He gets credit for busting the hype train and exposing him as a Bum..
Canelo literally bullied him today! Canelo is a bully! :beerchug::boxing:
Cards were like 114-114, 115-113 x 2. That’s not bullying, that’s a good hard fought close battle.
So nelo got a hard close battle against a BUM?
No matter what the cards suggests (they're a joke anyway) Canelo won by far wider margin IMO..
There wasn't a single round in the fight where GGG dictated the pace of the fight it was all Canelo coming forward pressing the fight and ruining GGG with bodyshots , GGG was peddling backwards the whole fight, Did you see GGG's face at the end of the fight??? It was messed up , while Canelo's face was clean apart from 1 cut over the right eye..
Yes, I call it bullying.!! Canelo dictated the fight on HIS terms!!!!!!!!
Many of GGG’s jabs snapped Canelo’s head back more than Canelo’s power punches snapped GGG’s...
Maybe that's why it was Canelo who was pressing the fight onto him and dictating the pace while GGG peddling backwards throughout the fight???
Canelo's shots were hard and solid, the shots which he hit GGG with in earlier rounds shook GGG , the body work by Canelo was beautiful , GGG didn't display any of it apart from pitty pat Jabs and a couple good combinations in the later rounds..
Canelo was clearly the consistent fighter today, pressed the fight onto GGG, made GGG miss a lot,great body work and solid powershots..
Can we say the same about GGG??
Cannot blame judges for giving the fight to Canelo, GGG's performance was subpar .