Could Amir Khan be Mayweather's Ken Norton

[Box-Office]

Kahn is no one outside of Britain. Kenny is a boxing legend, the guy who had Muhammad Ali's number.
Deal with it.

Khan is the type of "no one" making the same $ as Maidana on the under card. Since, Khan is no one outside of UK who was Norton outside of U.S?

Douglas had Tyson's number and did nothing after because he was a one hit wonder. How come he couldn't beat Ali in 2nd and 3rd fights? Okay never mind Ali, why not Foreman/Holmes? He was a solid fighter, but not elite, so deal with that.

[DoubleLeftH00k]

its the reason why floyd picked maidana instead of khan who is the winner of his poll
floyd actually had a change in mind after daddy tol him not to pick khan

speed troubles floyd ala judah
now khan is better than judah in almost all aspects

stamina, speed,

[BafanaBafana]

Erislandy Lara would probably be Mayweather's toughest fight at this point, Mayweather's footwork is a bit sloppy at times against southpaws. Lara's constant movement, speed, height and reach advantage would force Mayweather to make major adjustments mid-fight. Prime Martinez would have beat him and even if they were to fight now at 160 it would be a great fight.

[Redd Foxx]

Khan is the type of "no one" making the same $ as Maidana on the under card. Since, Khan is no one outside of UK who was Norton outside of U.S?

Douglas had Tyson's number and did nothing after because he was a one hit wonder. How come he couldn't beat Ali in 2nd and 3rd fights? Okay never mind Ali, why not Foreman/Holmes? He was a solid fighter, but not elite, so deal with that.

Your arguments hide from the one thing that matters; how do the people feel and how are they remembered. One is the guy who had Ali's number, the other is synonymous with "glass jaw".
He'll, I don't even mind Kahn. But, comparing him to Norton in terms of value and legend is absurd.

[Bee Keepz]

I feel like Amir Khan possesses the tools to make Mayweather look bad -- A+ hand speed, elite foot speed, power, heart, and experience.

Khan's weakness is punchers. Mayweather is not a puncher, so Khan should be comfortable in the exchanges and just in general.

Also, Mayweather's lateral movement is not as good as Erislandy Lara's. It's not as sharp and he doesn't cover as much distance as Lara does in one step while maintaining balance and readiness to punch.

Don't get me wrong. I am a Mayweather fan, but something tells me Khan is Ken Norton to Mayweather's Muhammad Ali.

If the Khan that stopped Zab Judah shows up against Mayweather, I am placing a bet on him. The odds would be very profitable.

Also, a Mayweather-Khan fight could look a lot like Hopkins-Taylor I.

DAE agree? I respect all intelligent, thought-out opinions. I don't buy in to the media hype of either boxer. I try to look at this match-up as objectively as I can.

Floyd will finally get his KO.

Slip the jab...his head is right there.

[Awesome-O]

Ken Norton was never a World Champion. Khan is beyond that and not some one hit wonder.

Your arguments hide from the one thing that matters; how do the people feel and how are they remembered. One is the guy who had Ali's number, the other is synonymous with "glass jaw".
He'll, I don't even mind Kahn. But, comparing him to Norton in terms of value and legend is absurd.

Khan is in an era with 4 major belts, and the guys he beat for titles were Andriy Kotelnik and a Zab Judah who peaked in the early to mid 2000s.

Ken Norton was in an era with 2 major belts, and most of the time, one HW had both of them. He had to compete with Muhammad Ali (whom he beat 2 out of 3 in most people's eyes), George Foreman, and Larry Holmes.

And he still beat several contenders, including the greatest heavyweight ever, and at 35, gave absolute hell to a top 5 heavyweight of all-time in Holmes. A prime Holmes.

Beating the GOAT Heavyweight when he was still a great fighter, and (while Norton was past his prime) almost beating a prime top 5 HW ever...nothing compared to beating Zab, Kotelnik, Chino, and losing to the likes of Breidis Prescott and Danny Garcia.



Typical Khan-tards. A dollar short and a day late. Lacking in basic knowledge and respect of boxing history.

[Box-Office]

Khan is in an era with 4 major belts, and the guys he beat for titles were Andriy Kotelnik and a Zab Judah who peaked in the early to mid 2000s.

Ken Norton was in an era with 2 major belts, and most of the time, one HW had both of them. He had to compete with Muhammad Ali (whom he beat 2 out of 3 in most people's eyes), George Foreman, and Larry Holmes.

And he still beat several contenders, including the greatest heavyweight ever, and at 35, gave absolute hell to a top 5 heavyweight of all-time in Holmes. A prime Holmes.

Beating the GOAT Heavyweight when he was still a great fighter, and (while Norton was past his prime) almost beating a prime top 5 HW ever...nothing compared to beating Zab, Kotelnik, Chino, and losing to the likes of Breidis Prescott and Danny Garcia.



Typical Khan-tards. A dollar short and a day late. Lacking in basic knowledge and respect of boxing history.

A lucky night and that's about it. Big it up all you want.

[Awesome-O]

A lucky night and that's about it. Big it up all you want.

The 2nd fight was razor-thin and he was robbed the 3rd time. Although I don't think that much of beating a post-Manila Ali anyway.

He was past his prime and lost a razor-thin decision to a prime Larry Holmes. He beat several contenders in an excellent HW era. That's far better than anything Khan has done.

Norton has more quality wins AND had gave hell to 2 of the top 5 heavyweights of all-time. Khan has less quality wins and loses to the likes of Breidis Prescott and Danny Garcia, not George Foreman, Muhammad Ali & Larry Holmes.

Oh wait, Khan won titles, so that means he was better

I supposed Charley Burley wasn't as good as Marcos Maidana. After all, Maidana won titles.

[No Tomorrow]

I've maintained the thought that Khan would Mayweather Jr's Randy Turpin

[Awesome-O]

Khan has a very, very slim chance and would only serve to continue Floyd's cherry-picking ways.