Comments Thread For: Thurman Breaks Down Why Khan is Third For Mayweather

[mjgaz6]

No one in the US likes Khan and he has no fan base here. The main reason why people tune into Mayweather fights is to hopefully watch him lose. Therefore Kahn presents a lose-lose scenario more people would actually tune in to watch Kahn get KO'd again and we'd don't need Mayweather to do that. Thurman and Brook are much more marketable as PPV opponents as both have undefeated records with higher KO percentages and are in their prime. Conversely, I think Khan peaked around the time of the Zab Juddah fight. Anyway you look at it Mayweather is going to need another top tier fight on the card in order to gross north of 1 million PPV buys.

[Furn]

Nah, even Shawn Porter has a better resume at 147 than Amir Khan.

Khan has wins over the current no 5, 11 and 17 rated Boxrec welterweights

Brooke has a win over the no 7

Thurman has a win over the no 15

[LacedUp]

If Khan beat Porter you would have said Brook has already beaten Porter.
If Khan beat Brook you would have said Brook was just another British hype job.
If Khan beat Marquez you would have said Marquez was too old.
If Khan beats anyone they automatically become crap, if he struggles then Khan becomes crap.

No I wouldn't. I didn't say Maidana was crap when he beat him?

You're trying to compare the likes of Algieri to those guys which is just pathetic. Algieri was crap before Khan fought him.

[LacedUp]

Khan has wins over the current no 5, 11 and 17 rated Boxrec welterweights

Brooke has a win over the no 7

Thurman has a win over the no 15

I also think Khan's win over Maidana in a different weightclass 5 years ago merits a fight against Mayweather.

[FLYBOY]

No I wouldn't. I didn't say Maidana was crap when he beat him?

You're trying to compare the likes of Algieri to those guys which is just pathetic. Algieri was crap before Khan fought him.

The Algieri that showed up to fight Khan was a real good Algeiri. You should learn how to watch Boxing.

[Yaconcha]

king khunt has one credible name, marcos maidana and only because freddie roach riding his luck did khan nick it. rematch maidana and win then i will say a crack at floyd is on the cards.

[brickcityboxing]

Dude has no heart, no chin, I don't rate him at all. Also when I think of fights I want to see Lara is behind Mayweather in terms of excitement, I know that has zero to do with the possibility of him defeating him but I just don't see Lara keeping pace when the going gets tough, he'd let the fight slip away upon realising he was in for 12 hard rounds, besides the point anyway Floyd would make him miss all night. Their is too slick and slick, Floyd can't be outboxed in my opinion.

So getting up off the deck twice and breaking the guys orbital bone to get the stoppage in a close exciting fight would lead you to believe he has no heart and no chin? He took Canelo's best punches a lot better than the "Mandingo Warrior" did and I don't think anyones ever questioned his heart...

[TheCleaner]

going by resumes etc, before may 2nd the man beat Floyd was Manny. a man beat by jmm and Bradley.. jmm and may already went at it so if we're talking resumes, and the ranking of opponents they have wins over, Bradley deserves it more than any of these. shame a promoter stand off would prevent it.

[LacedUp]

The Algieri that showed up to fight Khan was a real good Algeiri. You should learn how to watch Boxing.

Yeah I should learn something.

If Khan was as good as he thinks he is, he'd have taken care of Algieri with ease like Pacquiao. Instead he made him look like a prime Antonio Margarito.