Amir Khan vs Juan Manuel Marquez --- Who W?

[F!x]

I'm not sure if Beristain would still advise Marquez against the Khan fight but it's possible he might feel Marquez is ready for Khan at this stage of his career, especially considering he may also not have many years left in big fights so why not go for the biggest possible fights. Marquez and Khan both looked terrific in their last fights and it'd be a great match up.

For those who are unaware about Marquez / Beristain avoiding the Khan fight back in 2010 here's the quote (so no trolls in the thread trying to rewrite history and pretend as if they didn't avoid Khan):

Beristain goes on to say that Marquez "asked me to go with him to Los Angeles to work on the deal for his next fight, that his people (Golden Boy Promotions) want to match him with (Amir) Khan, but I told him that's not a fight to be taken lightly, as he (Khan) is very strong, and it's not a good fight right now, because he (Marquez) has not fully recovered from the Mayweather fight, which was just brutal."

"(Marquez) should look for a different opponent, one in his own weight class, and he should not be exploited again. Khan is a junior welter and that's where they want to make the fight; I think Juan Manuel deserves to bow out like a true champion, and not by being anyone else's stepping stone."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342901-beristain-talks-rift-with-marquez-marquez-khan

If they don't avoid Khan this year, who wins?

[just the facts]

Same old story with Khan, somewhere over the course of 12 rds JMM lands a punch Khan that makes Khan do his famous stumble, JMM quickly follows up for the stoppage

[Lalaland]

Khan makes that Steroid cheater drink his own piss.

AGAIN.

[Beercules]

Will Juan have a bad case of chest acne

If not then Khan by decision.

[twrx]

Khan ud unless jmm can land a big shot

[Deeznuts]

Roided Marquez lands a hard combo and puts Khan on Bambi legs. WADA Marquez gets outhustled

[Ryn0]

This is a fight Khan should and could win, it could be quite easy if he uses length, his footspeed and a jab and not engage. But Khan never makes it easy for himself, he would probably get caught with a counter.

[Guest]

I know J Diaz put him down, but what a lot of people seem to never mention in these type of threads is just how BIG Amir is. When he fought Judah it was like watching him fighting his kid brother.

Although the version of Barrera he fought was old and stopped in questionable circumstances, seeing them both in the ring together I doubted if it would ever have had a different result... the guy was just clearly in a different natural weight class.

[boliodogs]

That is an easy fight for me to pick a winner. Marquez would almost certainly win by KO. Marquez is Khan's worst nightmare. Marquez has fast, accurate powerful punches and he is a master at landing those hard punches right on the sweet spot. Marquez has great timing and he is quick to figure his opponent out. He can land his punches when he leads and he is the best counter puncher around. Khan will rush him with fast combinations until, suddenly down goes Khan. Marquez is also a great finisher and once he hurts Khan he will finish him off. That's how I see the fight anyway.

[Guest]

That is an easy fight for me to pick a winner. Marquez would almost certainly win by KO. Marquez is Khan's worst nightmare. Marquez has fast, accurate powerful punches and he is a master at landing those hard punches right on the sweet spot. Marquez has great timing and he is quick to figure his opponent out. He can land his punches when he leads and he is the best counter puncher around. Khan will rush him with fast combinations until, suddenly down goes Khan. Marquez is also a great finisher and once he hurts Khan he will finish him off. That's how I see the fight anyway.

That's a fair call. I have to take the size difference into account, but it could go that way.