In 3 fights Algieri has went from undefeated prospect to safe steppingstone opponent

[mastertech1985]

Algieri is a decent fighter....club fighter, C class guy...you know with good skills, makes for good Friday night fights and PBC type fights but he isn't a top ten contender at welterweight.


Algeri defeated Emmanuel Taylor, upset the overrated Provodnikov, didn't belong in the ring with Manny Pacquaio to begin with....he did absolutely nothing at welterweight to deserve a title shot.



Now since he has been on PPV, cable, and regular tv, he is a somewhat recognizeable name to the somewhat knowledgeable, casual fans.....He has good skills, has a lot of heart, but has no power power at all on the elite level


I hope they don't use him up before he reaches his potential....He has some good tools to make a name a junior welterweight

[stuff jones]

No. He beat a solid guy in Prov and got beat by an ATG. He's a solid B level fighter who is not threatening for weak jawed guys like Khan because of his feather fists. He's like Paulie M.

[Weebler I]

He's not that safe a stepping stone as Ruslan found out, Taylor fell in the water too.

He's only a stepping stone for Khan because Amir matches up well against him stylistically.

[LacedUp]

He's not even ranked in the top 20 by anyone. Says it all.

Safe cherry pick from Khan who again chooses a light welterweight feather fist to fight at 147.

[mastertech1985]

No. He beat a solid guy in Prov and got beat by an ATG. He's a solid B level fighter who is not threatening for weak jawed guys like Khan because of his feather fists. He's like Paulie M.

He is a steppingstone if they are gonna put him in with world class welterweights.....he isn't one......Algieri is no B class welterweight



He was a safe opponent for Pacquaio, who is an ATG because he was undefeated, had a title trinket, and scored a major upset in the eyes of some. Also he couldn't punch his way through a door made of Charmin...He had no business in the ring with Manny and had he been in their with Mayweather, Thurman, Bradley, Maidana or any other welterweight, they wouldn't have got a pass



He is also a safe opponent for Amir Khan who is a top ten welterweight contender, and a former world titleholder who is one of the most talented guys at the weight.


Algieri is a top ten junior welterweight....his management is so ******


He already fought Manny, Im sure he wont be making big bank facing Khan, so why not face another top ten guy at his own weight that he actually has a chance to beat




They strip the kid for fighting Manny.....instead of him moving down and facing someone closer to his level or slowly working his way back up, he decides to fight Khan, a guy he has no chance at beating...he needs a new team

[The Big Dunn]

He's not that safe a stepping stone as Ruslan found out, Taylor fell in the water too.

He's only a stepping stone for Khan because Amir matches up well against him stylistically.

He was built into the role by being given those fights. His team is very smart.

[bojangles1987]

He's not that safe a stepping stone as Ruslan found out, Taylor fell in the water too.

He's only a stepping stone for Khan because Amir matches up well against him stylistically.

Agree with this. Algieri isn't a bad fighter at all, but he's coming off a really embarrassing loss and is a stylistic dream for Khan. There were much better fights for Khan to take.

[Beater_of_ass]

Khan went with his third soft puncher in a row for a reason, too bad it's going to make for a boring fight.

[mastertech1985]

No. He beat a solid guy in Prov and got beat by an ATG. He's a solid B level fighter who is not threatening for weak jawed guys like Khan because of his feather fists. He's like Paulie M.

Paulie was a better caliber fighter than Algieri....He doesn't have a punch and relies on his jab, but Malignaggi had busy hands, good stamina, and made the most out of what God gave him.....If Paulie's corner gave him that " cage" gameplan he'd have a mental conniption....Paulie has a bit more know how as far as boxing than Algeiri.....Paulie was a good amateur and beat/ hung with world champions and contenders like Judah, Juan Diaz, Viacheslav Senchenko, Cotto, Hatton, Broner, Lovemore Ndo, Herman Ngoudjo, and Edner Cherry

only thing Paulie and Algieri have in common is they are orthodox stanced, use their jabs frequently and neither can break an egg with steel gloves on....Paulie is/was a better fighter though

Paulie was the definition of a B class fighter....Id say Algeiri is C+ OR B- max

[Divine Hammer]

Algieri is a good intelligent boxer. He was an undefeated champion not prospect. He beat Taylor far better than broner did, and he beat Provo far better than Bradley did. He outboxed maidana in sparring many times.

Only reason IMO this is a poor match up is because 1) he is no longer undefeated or a champion 2) there are better available options for khan at 147 3) algieri doesn't have the power to really get khan's respect 4) he is in the middle of transitioning to a new trainer so I don't think he has a lot of time to get situated and learn/implement anything new

Khan just seems content to avoid the big punchers at welterweight who can upset his chances of fighting the mayweather vs pac winner.