I watched it after reading a lot of the comments on here and I was expecting it to be closer.
Algieri was closer to his best than Khan but, Khan still won by at least 4 rounds. It was similar to the Peterson fight in many ways, Algieri realised after 3 rounds that we couldn't out box Khan and so started applying pressure and working the body well, but Khan still landed more, and did enough to win, but he still has most of the weaknesses he's always had. He stayed in front of Algieri too long, and had Algieri had any power he'd have scored at least a couple of knock downs IMO, having said that, the same could be said of Khan, despite all the style, there's seldom any bad intentions behind them.
The first thing I noticed was how small Khan looked compared to Algieri.
Algieri was closer to his best than Khan but, Khan still won by at least 4 rounds. It was similar to the Peterson fight in many ways, Algieri realised after 3 rounds that we couldn't out box Khan and so started applying pressure and working the body well, but Khan still landed more, and did enough to win, but he still has most of the weaknesses he's always had. He stayed in front of Algieri too long, and had Algieri had any power he'd have scored at least a couple of knock downs IMO, having said that, the same could be said of Khan, despite all the style, there's seldom any bad intentions behind them.
The first thing I noticed was how small Khan looked compared to Algieri.
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