Who Thinks Khan Stylistically Still Owns Mayweather?

[etlux]

Anyone else think that Khan's loss is quite possibly inconsequential/irrelevant as regards to his fight with Mayweather? Mayweather fights nothing like Peterson and is not a 'pressure' fighter.
I think Khan is brilliant and faster than Mayweather from the outside, he just has no inside game and can't take pressure well. Not saying he definitely beats Mayweather but Khan right now is like a better version of Judah in some ways (though with less power) and Judah infamously gave Floyd some problems during the first half of their fight but then gassed out and mentally quit, which is something Khan doesn't do, at least not as bad as Judah.
So as much as it's funny how bad Peterson owned Khan, I actually think that loss has very little relevance towards the outcome of a fight against Mayweather. I think Khan would still give Mayweather major problems and steal a lot of rounds on activity alone.

[THE REED]

Sign me up under: "Not me"

[etlux]

explain your reasoning then

[THE REED]

Khan isn't going to just run in with flurries on Floyd without paying a major price for it. Mayweather will sharp shoot counters in between Khan flurries and dictate the pace with much superior foot footwork.

Khan will realize just flurrying is going to get him knocked out and he will end up slowing his pace down and try to box Floyd more conventionally, which isn't going to get him much farther ahead.

Not too mention Khans defense and ability to slip Floyds punches also isn't going to work out very well.

What may work on other opponents: i.e. flurrying to rack up points, isn't going to work out the same on Floyd.

[Kimo]

What people seem to forget with all their triangle theories is that Peterson fought a tremendous fight.

He took the role of a pressure fighter, coming forward with a body attack we rarely see in boxing, it was just brutal!!! This is kryptonite to a boxer like Khan who prefers the outside.

Comparing that with Khan facing Mayweather is just silly, it's apples and oranges. That said, he still has a lot of work to do, but physically he does present a good style for Floyd. Does he beat him now? Most probably not...But apart from Martinez and Pac he's a good candidate.

[etlux]

What people seem to forget with all their triangle theories is that Peterson fought a tremendous fight.

He took the role of a pressure fighter, coming forward with a body attack we rarely see in boxing, it was just brutal!!! This is kryptonite to a boxer like Khan who prefers the outside.

Comparing that with Khan facing Mayweather is just silly, it's apples and oranges. That said, he still has a lot of work to do, but physically he does present a good style for Floyd. Does he beat him now? Most probably not...But apart from Martinez and Pac he's a good candidate.

hey dumby my theory was the complete opposite of triangle theory. i.e. i was DISPROVING triangle theory.

conventional triangle theory would say: if khan lost to peterson that means he obviously loses to floyd because floyd in theory would destroy peterson easily. My theory goes completely AGAINST that and thus AGAINST trianlge theory in that even though khan lost to peterson and floyd would destroy peterson, I feel Khan has a chance to beat floyd

[01samuelc]

Floyd will have his guard up and cut of the ring beautifully plus the fact he's a full grown welter now means khan is getting stopped. I might be wrong but khan could not get the jab working against peterson let alone floyd.

[LEATHERF8CE]

Anyone else think that Khan's loss is quite possibly inconsequential/irrelevant as regards to his fight with Mayweather? Mayweather fights nothing like Peterson and is not a 'pressure' fighter.
I think Khan is brilliant and faster than Mayweather from the outside, he just has no inside game and can't take pressure well. Not saying he definitely beats Mayweather but Khan right now is like a better version of Judah in some ways (though with less power) and Judah infamously gave Floyd some problems during the first half of their fight but then gassed out and mentally quit, which is something Khan doesn't do, at least not as bad as Judah.
So as much as it's funny how bad Peterson owned Khan, I actually think that loss has very little relevance towards the outcome of a fight against Mayweather. I think Khan would still give Mayweather major problems and steal a lot of rounds on activity alone.

Your love for Khan is really getting in the way of reality..Not only does Khan need to come up with some kind of inside game, He also needs to work on his outside game too, his boxing footwork was horrible and sloppy, he's got bad balance, he's not light on his feet and this is was causes bad leverage on his punches when he decides to box going backwards.. a Prime Zab is nothing compared to Khan today..Zab is very light on his feet, good balance with good hand speed. How are you comparing a southpaw to Khan,, there's no comparison...no way and no how does Mayweather lose to a fighter with so many flaws in his game....

[etlux]

and also conversely who thinks Peterson beats Floyd? Kind of similar to Castillo's pressure and body work that gave floyd so much trouble long ago

[01samuelc]

Khan is very one dimensional as well. I think mccloskey figured out the angles of his punches and was able to evade them. Khan also fades late in fights.