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I have to admit, before malignaggi I didn't know anything about khan, but now I've been watching his fights and gauging him as a fighter.
I honestly don't see how Mayweather can beat him.
Mayweather likes to fight in exchanges. He does his exchange, he steps out or wait until you've spent yours and resets again, and that's how he wins fights- by breaking you down in each exchange until you got nothing left. But Khan's reach is so deceptively long.. anytime mayweather is on the outside, khan has the advantage. The reach advantage is bad enough, but Khan's handspeed is tremendous- he might even be faster than floyd. He shoots his long ass arms like lightning, and with pinpoint accuracy too.
I see Khan either knocking out mayweather or taking him in a decision.
I can't see how you can outbox khan at this division, you need to force him into a fight to win, and mayweather has never done that.
*********Edit: I thought khan's reach was longer than it was when I wrote this(this is the first time i've really watched khan fight) and I didn't know mayweather's was that long. So I reverse my position for now, until I see more of Khan.
I honestly don't see how Mayweather can beat him.
Mayweather likes to fight in exchanges. He does his exchange, he steps out or wait until you've spent yours and resets again, and that's how he wins fights- by breaking you down in each exchange until you got nothing left. But Khan's reach is so deceptively long.. anytime mayweather is on the outside, khan has the advantage. The reach advantage is bad enough, but Khan's handspeed is tremendous- he might even be faster than floyd. He shoots his long ass arms like lightning, and with pinpoint accuracy too.
I see Khan either knocking out mayweather or taking him in a decision.
I can't see how you can outbox khan at this division, you need to force him into a fight to win, and mayweather has never done that.
*********Edit: I thought khan's reach was longer than it was when I wrote this(this is the first time i've really watched khan fight) and I didn't know mayweather's was that long. So I reverse my position for now, until I see more of Khan.
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